Civics Education in Scarsdale Schools (2026-27)

SHS Internship
Summer 2026

LWVS’s summer intern researched transit-oriented developments in nearby communities and compiled a comparison presentation for use in connection with LWVS’s Freightway development study.

Global Citizenship Day at SHS
October 9, 2026

LWVS conducted a workshop for SHS Global Citizenship Day on Friday, October 9, 2026, to provide students information about the history of the League of Women Voters at both the national and local level.

The SHS students 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 2026 Students Inside Albany event.

Civics Jeopardy at SMS
Week of October 26, 2026

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 2, 2026

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.