Class 5-402 - Ms. Petrozza & Ms. Perkins

President Barack Obama

Who did you vote for on November 6th? On that day the American people voted for a new president. The two candidates were Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Class 5-402 would like to give you some facts about these 2 candidates. First we would like to give you facts about Barack Obama. Do you know how old he is? He was born on August 4th, 1961 and that would make him 51 years old. He was born in Hawaii, and moved to Chicago, Illinois. Did you know his favorite sport was basketball? His favorite foods are pizza and chilli. His wife is Michelle Obama and they have two children. Their names are Malia and Sasha. Before he became president he was a senator in Chicago, Illinois. Obama's hero was Martin Luther King Jr. President Obama belongs to the Democratic party. The animal symbol for this party is the donkey.
 


The donkey represents the Democratic party.

Now we would like to give you some facts about the other presidential candidate Mitt Romney. He was born on March 12, 1947 in Belmont, Massachusetts and today he is 65. He is married to Ann Romney and has 5 sons. He was the governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. Mitt Romney belongs to the Republican party. The animal symbol for this party is the elephant.

The elephant represents the Republican Party.

          

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney

           Where do the candidates stand on important issues like education? Find out here! Barack Obama wants to help all the children in the United States go to college. He wants to give cheap loans to students so they could go to college. He wants to help teachers pay for their college.
          Mitt Romney believes that parents should have choices in how and where the children go to school. Give parents better information about schools so they can send their children to any school and reward teachers who do a good job in the classroom.

This news article was written by the students of class 5-402.







of class 5-402.