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Hempfield Area Project 18 students share civics lesson at West Point Elementary

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Fourth-grader Evan Alessio chats with Nick Miller, president of Hempfield High School’s Project 18 civics program, during a civics lesson led by the high schoolers at West Point Elementary on Wednesday.
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Fourth-graders Reese Bell (left) and Ayla Brickner participate in an activity as they learn from Hempfield High School’s Project 18 civics program students about civics during a visit to West Point Elementary on Wednesday.
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Hempfield High School’s Project 18 civics program student Brandon Bauer (left) calls on a fourth-grader as Project 18 classmate Jocey Davis looks on at West Point Elementary on Wednesday. Project 18 students visited the school to offer a civics lesson to the fourth-graders.
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Fourth-grader Amari Grant (center) looks on as he and classmates learn about civics from Hempfield High School’s Project 18 civics program students at West Point Elementary on Wednesday.
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West Point Elementary fourth-graders cheer as students from Hempfield High School’s Project 18 civics program introduce themselves at the beginning of visit to the elementary school to teach the younger kids about civics Wednesday.
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David McDanel (left) and Danny Day ponder a question as they take part in a session led by Hempfield High School’s Project 18 civics program students to teach civics to fourth-graders at West Point Elementary on Wednesday.

Students of Hempfield Area High School’s Project 18 class visited with fourth graders at West Point Elementary on Wednesday.

Project 18 is a state and local government class that originally was spearheaded by the state of Pennsylvania in response to 18-year-olds being given the right to vote.

The elective class is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

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