Race and Rylie both decided to run for Haley Student Council for the 2010-2011 school year; Race for President and Rylie for Historian. Three other students were running against Race and five other students were running against Rylie. I asked Rylie if she wanted to try for Secretary - only 2 people were running in that race, but she said, "NO!" She LOVES taking pictures with the camera she received for Christmas and she really wanted this position. So, I made the kids sit down and write their speeches. When they finished them I helped them edit them. Then we worked on their posters. They were only allowed 3 each. I told the kids to come up with their own ideas and that I would help them put it together. They did an AMAZING job on both their speeches and the posters. Rylie wanted her posters to look like scrapbook pages and Race's poster were funny - just like him. I went to listen to them give their speech (in front of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes) and they did an awesome job. The next morning I dropped the kids off at school early so that they could hear the election results. THEY BOTH WON!! Rylie's teacher let her call me right away. She was soooo excited! Mike and I took them both Subway for lunch as a surprise. Kids all over the school came up to us to tell us that they had voted for Race and Rylie! Koodos to both Race and Rylie for a job well done!