text: Good news folks, there is an elementary school in the ASD that teach citizenship.  My children memorize the preamble of the Constitution, learn about the Continental Congress all in the basic 5th grade curriculum.  They recite the pledge of allegiance every morning followed by a patriotic song of the month taught by their music teacher.  Our local, government representative(s) (some years are more than one) attend the school's PTA-sponsored Trunk-or-Treat every year, dressed as Abraham Lincoln no less. The quarterly awards assemblies are attended by a squadron on JBER that also volunteers service hours with some of our elementary school events, separate from the Trunk of Treat.  The 5th and 6th grade students raise funds to take a field trip to Washington DC every other year.  Each month celebrates a character trait aligned with citizenship.  Student body elections to occur on the same day as our Election Day in November.  Public education is not as dismal as presented in this article.