The following students were elected by their classmates as their school’s nominee in the 2020 Statewide Election for Connecticut’s Kid Governor®. We congratulate these students on crafting strong platforms around important community issues and encourage them to continue advocating for change in their communities.
If your student is working on their community issue, let us know! Share their work with us by emailing info@kidgovernor.org.
Nominee Name: Abigail S. Vargas
Nominee’s Community Issue: Bullying Awareness
Nominee’s School: Latimer Lane Elementary School, Simsbury
Nominee Name: Adeena Aijaz
Nominee’s Community Issue: Racism
Nominee’s School: Hanmer School, Wethersfield
Nominee Name: Andrew K. Daukas
Nominee’s Community Issue: Children’s Lunch & Recess Matters
Nominee’s School: Long Meadow Elementary School, Middlebury
Nominee Name: Andrew Van Cott
Nominee’s Community Issue: Racial Discrimination
Nominee’s School: McAlister Intermediate School, Suffield
Nominee Name: Ava Nicosia
Nominee’s Community Issue: Littering
Nominee’s School: Thomaston Center School, Thomaston
Nominee Name: Ben Scott
Nominee’s Community Issue: Racism
Nominee’s School: Canton Intermediate School, Canton
Nominee Name: Della Rooney
Nominee’s Community Issue: School Start Times
Nominee’s School: Canton Distance Learning Academy, Canton
Nominee Name: Elizabeth Pond
Nominee’s Community Issue: Veteran Homelessness
Nominee’s School: CREC Ana Grace Academy of the Arts, Avon
Nominee Name: Fiona Graham
Nominee’s Community Issue: Homelessness
Nominee’s School: Portland Virtual Learning Academy, Portland
Nominee Name: Haley R. Reis
Nominee’s Community Issue: Childhood Depression & Anxiety
Nominee’s School: CREC Discovery Academy
Nominee Name: Jake A. Tirana
Nominee’s Community Issue: Racism
Nominee’s School: Saxe Middle School, New Canaan
Nominee Name: Kaylee Cruz
Nominee’s Community Issue: COVID-19 Awareness
Nominee’s School: Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School, Waterbury
Nominee Name: Kennedy G. Carter
Nominee’s Community Issue: Littering & Recycling
Nominee’s School: Woodside Intermediate School, Cromwell
Nominee Name: Lily G. Buccini
Nominee’s Community Issue: Equality for Everyone
Nominee’s School: Highcrest Elementary School, Wetherfield
Nominee Name: Rowyn S. Kootz
Nominee’s Community Issue: Climate Change
Nominee’s School: Brownstone Intermediate School, Portland
Nominee Name: Sam Foran
Nominee’s Community Issue: Childhood Cancer
Nominee’s School: Andover Elementary School, Andover
Nominee Name: Samuel Pedneault
Nominee’s Community Issue: Stop Pollution in CT
Nominee’s School: Charles Wright Elementary School, Wetherfield