Civics Education in Scarsdale Schools (2025-26)

Global Citizenship Day at SHS
October 10, 2025

LWVS conducted a workshop for SHS Global Citizenship Day on Friday, October 10, 2025, to provide students information about the history of the League of Women Voters at both the national and local level.

The SHS student who had been selected to attend the LWVNYS Students Inside Albany program last spring spoke about the impactful experience and encouraged fellow students to apply for this year’s program. Follow this link to read the recap of the 2025 Students Inside Albany event.

Civics Jeopardy at SMS
Week of October 27, 2025

Civics Jeopardy 2022

All 8th grade SMS students had the opportunity to test their trivia talents in the week leading up to the general election by playing a Civics Jeopardy game created by LWVS volunteers and SMS social studies teachers.

Are you able to identify at least two amendments that expanded voting rights? Can you name two of the five U.S. presidents thus far who lost the popular vote but still won the election? If not, you may not be smarter than a middle schooler!

Mock Election at SMS
November 3, 2025

Beatrice Sevcik and Suzie Hahn
SMS Poll Workers for Butler House and CHOICE Voting Districts During 2022 SMS Mock Election

LWVS coordinates annually with SMS social studies teachers across all grades to implement a school-wide mock general election on the Monday before the General Election. Students are provided a specially-prepared, age appropriate Voter Guide and offered the same ballot choices that a registered voter residing at the SMS mailing address would have encountered at the polls.

2025 SMS Mock General Election Results

SMS Voter turnout: 1,044

Westchester County Executive

1,023 responses

  • Ken Jenkins (D): 73.7%
  • Christine Sculti (R): 26.3%

westchester county Clerk

1,025 responses

  • Sheila Marcotte (R): 34%
  • Thomas M. Roach (D, WF): 66%

westchester county Board of Legislators, District 5

1,026 responses

  • Jennifer L. Puja (D, WF): 71.9%
  • Frank Schanne (R): 28.1%

N.Y. supreme court justice — 9th judicial district (CHOOSE up to 4)

Poll Workers at 2023 SMS Mock Election

1,035 responses

  • Diane Clerkin (C, D): 73.6%
  • John P. Collins, Jr. (C, D): 74.6%
  • Thomas Humbach (R): 41.2%
  • Desmond C. Lyons (D): 66.8%
  • Raymond P. Raiche (C, R): 33.7%
  • Verris Shako (C, D): 62.8%
  • George A. Smith (C, R): __%
  • Kiel E. Van Horn (C, D): __%

westchester county court judge

1,022 responses

  • Joseph I. Farca (R): 29.5%
  • Erin M. McGoey (D): 70.5%

westchester county family court judge

1,023 responses

  • Jeanmarie A. Marquardt (R): 30.8%
  • Emily R. Rubin (D): 69.2%

westchester county Surrogate’s court judge

999 responses

  • Brandon R. Sall (D): 100%

NYS PROPOSAL 1: amendment to Allow Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County on State Forest Preserve Land

Allows skiing and related trail facilities on state forest preserve land. The site is 1,039 acres. Requires State to add 2,500 acres of new forest land in Adirondack Park.
A yes vote authorizes new ski trails and related facilities in the Adirondack forest preserve.
A no vote does not authorize this use.

1,044 responses

  • Yes: 56.9%
  • No: 43.1%

Please contact LWVSyouthprograms@gmail.com for more information.