Brookville High School Earns Governor'S Civic Engagement Award for Helping Eligible ...

"These prestigious awards celebrate the efforts of Pennsylvania high school students to register their eligible classmates to vote and to hopefully launch them on a lifelong habit of voting," Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt says.

And that's exactly what 36 high schools in the state did, winning Governor's Civic Engagement Awards for registering at least 85% of their eligible students to vote and 65% of their eligible students to vote.

In total, 160 students helped register more than 3,300 students at their schools, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

"With only months left before a pivotal election, it is more important than ever for young people to get ready to vote and to make their voices heard," says Secretary of Education Dr. Crisplid N.

Mumin.

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