When the winds died down and the rain finally stopped falling, the fourth grade mayor of Kleberg Elementary in Kingsville, Texas was grateful that her town – and her school – were spared from the worst. But their neighbors to the north weren’t nearly as lucky. When she returned to school, Mayor Yoltzin Bruce knew […]
Month: December 2017
Kids In Charge: Jobs for the Taking
The ballots were counted. It was a tight race, but there was officially a new mayor at Dalton Intermediate School. Abby sat nervously in the library, awaiting the results. “Congratulations!” her friend Hunter bounded in the door with the good news. “Wait, what?” she said in disbelief. “I won?” “Now the real fun begins,” Mrs. […]
Kids In Charge: Acing The Interview
“This is hard,” Bella said aloud with a sigh as she thumbed through the stack of resumes infront of her. As the Police Chief of MicroSociety Academy Charter School, the fourth grader was tasked with hiring a new force of PeaceKeepers to patrol the hallways of the school and uphold the laws they had all agreed […]