How awesome are these buttons designed by 8th graders to share their learning about the brave women who fought for decades for women's right to vote? #19th#HERstoryCPS@CPSCivicLife
"It means that I can know and understand more about the AAPI community and their history. This is important because I've never learned this before and it helps not only me but my community be inclusive and understanding." -8th grader
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"Learning about the AAPI community means that I get to learn about other backgrounds and people that I may have never heard of. I like that I get to learn about things that other schools don't really talk about." -8th grader
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The middle school students have been hard at work on an Informed Action Project: Can young people increase voter turnout? In addition to becoming experts on the voting process in Chicago, some students have created digital artwork for social media.