7th graders have been working on many things in the past week. One of the things is a weather factor map. This project counts for three different class grades, Com Arts, Social Studies and Science. We will be presenting a map of many weather factors and pretend we are a news reporter and are on the air. We also started on the third Habit of Highly Effective Teens. We are almost done with the book The Outsiders and it is a very good book in my opinion.  

       Parent teacher conferences will be held tomorrow and Thursday evening.  All students are encouraged to bring their parents to review samples of their work.  School will not be in session on Friday.

       The Select Choir, made up of 7th and 8th graders, presented a concert with the High School last week, which went very well. 

       Boys basketball try outs were held yesterday.  Girls try outs will be held today, immediately after school.

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The Electoral College: Not a place but a process to elect the President

 

 

 

The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress.

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Missouri's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. So the state of  Missouri is worth 10 "votes" in the electoral college. This video from the 2008 election explains the process much better:

 

 

 

 

 

Here is map of all of the states: