PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Wilmette League has offered this cherished village-wide program for over 50 years, making it one of the longest running programs of its kind in any of the 900 local chapters of the League of Women Voters.  It is an extra-curricular interactive civics program designed for Wilmette 8th graders that typically runs from January through March.

The program consisted of seven sessions: a kick-off event (with representatives from the village board, park board, library board and school board), school day workshops, and an evening meeting where they observed an actual board meeting and met with their government counterparts to learn the ropes, all culminating in Mock Village Board Meetings.