PNA Foundation, June 12

Attention editors: Online mock election - 'Let Students Voice Their Choice'

The 2008 Online Student Mock Election Event, "Let Students Voice Their Choice," offers Pa. newsrooms an opportunity to connect with young readers and show them the value and relevance of newspapers to an issue that they care about passionately.

What the project will do for your newspaper:

1) Incorporate state academic standards for civic & government in all components of this endeavor

2) Recruit 'participating' schools in your circulation area through an interest survey

3) Select and provide supplemental materials to participating schools to support the voting and election process

4) Connect newspapers and their participating schools online so that students have the opportunity to 'voice their choice' through a voting process

5) Encourage student participation in the election and voting process through in-paper contests and activities

6) Provide a calendar of election events to participating schools to increase readership an circulation

7) Provide editorial staff with student contributions and the final analysis and results of the students' choices

Get involved and engage your newspaper in the online mock election to 'let students voice their choice.' For full details and a step by step guide in PDF format, please visit http://nie.lancasteronline.com/election/.

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