Since Fall 2015, Connecticut’s fifth graders have voted for one of their peers to serve as the state’s Kid Governor. Each year, these students embark on a year long term of advocacy around a community issue that is important to them and the students of Connecticut.
2021 Connecticut’s Kid Governor Reese Naughton
Zaya A. Oshana Elementary School
Southington, CT
Be Positive: Pandemic Perseverance
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2020 Connecticut’s Kid Governor Myra Stanfield
Eric G. Norfeldt Elementary School
West Hartford, CT
Standing Up for Animals in Need
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2019 Connecticut’s Kid Governor
Ella Briggs
CREC Ana Grace Academy of the Arts Elementary School
Avon, CT
Hometown: East Hampton, CT
Pride-Hope-Love
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2018 Connecticut’s Kid Governor Megan Kasperowski
Brownstone Intermediate School
Portland, CT
Stronger Than Cancer: Lifting Spirits & Changing Lives
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2017 Connecticut’s Kid Governor Jessica Brocksom
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
Milford, CT
Helping Animals, Those Without a Voice
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2016 Connecticut’s Kid Governor Elena Tipton
Dr. Thomas S. O’Connell Elementary School
East Hartford, CT
Campaign for Kindness
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