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Kids Voting South Dakota Sponsorship List:
Your support helps establish a voting generation who regards voting as vital to American life. Please remember that all donations are tax deductable.
Download and print a pdf of current sponsors.
Current Events
Making an Impact Contest and Engaging Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Civic Leadership Symposium
We are excited to announce in celebration of the 20th anniversary (1992-2012) KVUSA is hosting a national contest titled, "Making an Impact". The contest will recognize 6th-12th grade students who are creating a positive impact on their community through a service learning or civic engagement project. The entries will be divided into two categories 6th-8th graders and 9th-12th graders and one winner from each category will be selected as grand prize winners. These winners will make a presentation about their project via Cisco's telepresence and webex technology in Washington D.C. at the "Engaging Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Civic Leadership" Symposium. Students, teachers and civic education advocates can watch the symposium and presentation and ask questions via the URL link that will provided at a later date. A detailed agenda for the symposium will be distributed soon.
The contest and symposium would not be possible without the help and support of our partners (Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, CIRCLE, League of Women Voters, Mikva Challenge, National Council for the Social Studies, and Rock the Vote).
Below are materials that you can share with your teachers and students!! Please share all of this information with them frequently. We will be sending you reminders that will contain specific facebook messages, twitter messages, email blast language etc. We hope that every affiliate will have students that enter the contest.
Also all the details about both the Making an Impact Contest and Engaging Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Civic Leadership Symposium can be found at www.kidsvotingusa.org/EYT2012.
Past Events
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September 15, 2011 |
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Cedar Shores Hotel, Oacoma, SD |
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The purpose of this roundtable is to bring together civic leaders, educators, elected and appointed officials, and citizens to discuss civic engagement and education for all people.
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May 20-22, 2011 |
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Denver, CO |
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June 6-9, 2011 |
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Sioux Falls Roosevelt HS, Sioux Falls, SD |
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The Educators Summer Symposium provides opportunities for educators, school resource officers, parents and community members to participate in practical, research-based sessions designed to provide information, stimulate discussion, and foster personal and professional growth.
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June 16, 2011 |
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Rapid City, SD |
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February 24, 2011 |
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Riggs High School, Pierre, SD |
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The 14th Annual Kids Voting South Dakota Taco Feed and Liberty Ball Game, held in Riggs High School in Pierre will feature Taco's for Top Dogs (the public enjoys a meal with Legislators-our South Dakota Top Dogs!), sponsored by Taco Johns and Coke Cola of Pierre, at 5:30 pm, followed by the South Dakota State Senate vs. South Dakota House of Representatives in a fun and challenging basketball game at 7 pm. This is the major fundraiser for Kids Voting South Dakota.
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March 9, 2011 |
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Capitol Rotunda, Pierre, SD |
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Civic Education Day at the Capitol will be held at the Capitol Rotunda in Pierre on Wednesday, March 3, 2011 from 7:30 am - 4 pm in conjunction with the Seventh Annual South Dakota Project Citizen State Showcase. South Dakota Project Citizen is a national program provided through the Center for Civic Education. The program is administered and sponsored by Chiesman Center for Democracy. A wide variety of civic education programs, resources, and publications will be on display along with the Project Citizen 2010 student portfolios. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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March 10, 2011 |
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Pierre, SD |
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The South Dakota Project Citizen State Showcase is held in Pierre, on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at the King’s Inn & Convention Center. South Dakota Project Citizen is a national program provided through the Center for Civic Education and a South Dakota program of the Chiesman Center for Democracy. It is an issues centered curricular program that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. Students learn important civics and language arts content standards, including analysis of public policy, advocacy, research, writing, and presentation skills. Entire classes of students work cooperatively to identify an issue in their community. They then research the issue, evaluate alternative solutions, develop their own solution in the form of a public policy, and create a political action plan to enlist local or state authorities to adopt their proposed policy. Students develop a portfolio of their work and present their project in a public hearing showcase before a panel of civic-minded community
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March 3, 2010 |
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Capitol Rotunda, Pierre, SD |
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Civic Education Day at the Capitol will be held at the Capitol Rotunda in Pierre on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 from 7:30 am - 4 pm in conjunction with the Sixth Annual South Dakota Project Citizen State Showcase. South Dakota Project Citizen is a national program provided through the Center for Civic Education. The program is administered and sponsored by Chiesman Center for Democracy. A wide variety of civic education programs, resources, and publications will be on display along with the Project Citizen 2010 student portfolios. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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March 9, 2010 |
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Riggs High School, Pierre, SD |
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The 13th Annual Kids Voting South Dakota Taco Feed and Liberty Ball Game, held in Riggs High School in Pierre will feature Taco's for Top Dogs (the public enjoys a meal with Legislators-our South Dakota Top Dogs!), sponsored by Taco Johns and Coke Cola of Pierre, at 5:30 pm, followed by the South Dakota State Senate against the South Dakota House of Representatives in a fun and challenging basketball game at 7 pm. This is the major fundraiser for Kids Voting South Dakota.
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- 2009 KVSD Flag Day Celebration - Sioux Falls
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Friday, June 12, 2009 - 11:00 am |
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Maximum Promotions - under the BIG tent |
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Kids Voting South Dakota Sioux Falls Flag Day Celebration is an annual event held on or around Flag Day (June 14) intended but not limited to children and veterans in the Sioux Falls area. The purpose of the event is to educate, celebrate, and honor our U.S. Flag. The day is filled with interactive stations, music, food, and educational messages focused on the flag, democracy, character, and civic participation.
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- 2008 Kids Voting South Dakota National Kick-off at Mt. Rushmore
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Wed, Sept. 24, 2008 10 am – 11:15 am |
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial Amphitheater |
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Kids Voting South Dakota has invited all the KVSD participating school districts in the Black Hills area to bring their 5th & 6th graders to the National Kickoff for Kids Voting at Mount Rushmore. The event stresses the importance of voting and being active participants in our electoral process and in our communities. Those attending will enjoy patriotic music, keynote from our Secretary of State Chris Nelson, and a special presentation from local entertainer, Gordy Pratt. Groups are encouraged to explore and participate in a variety of activities prior to and after the program available at Mount Rushmore. |
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