We are starting to gear up to have our Student Council elections within the next couple of weeks and will be introducing a new process to become a member of No Place for Hate (NPFH). Parents, you can look for a letter that should go home to you today about the Student Council Election process, all the details of the requirements, and what Student Council members will be doing. Students who are interested in joining Student Council filled out applications today in class to let us know why they are interested in joining and why they would be a great asset. Next week, the teachers will hold in class elections to decide on who will be the rep(s) for the classroom.
One rep from every 3rd and 4th grade classroom will be elected, and two reps from each 5th grade classroom will be elected. The numbers will be lower this year, which will help greatly to make the experience more meaningful for each student, as we will be able to have deeper discussions, work on more projects, provide opportunities more easily for every voice to be heard, and provide more leadership opportunities for each, individual child. Next Friday I will have a short meeting with all the elected reps to go over campaigning rules, if they choose to run for office (only 4th and 5th grade students can run for office). I will keep you up to date on everything as we go through the whole process. By Friday, September 25, we will know and announce who our Student Council Officers are for the 2015-2016 school year!
Last Year's Student Council Members
No Place for Hate Coalition members will be chosen differently this year than the previous years. Students now need to make a decision on which they would like to be a part of, Student Council, or NPFH. You will no longer be able to be a member of both, which will open up more leadership opportunities for students and give them the option of just doing one, since not all students would like to be part of both. NPFH has its own application and these applications will weigh a lot more heavily in deciding who is selected than for Student Council. A team of staff will get together to go over the applications that the students filled out in class and choose eight students (four 4th grade, and four 5th grade) based on those applications to be part of NPFH. These applications are being worked on in class next week, so the students are doing this independently and the answers are their own. I will have a committee look at the applications the week of September 21-25 and we will announce the eight selected members on the 25th along with the Student Council Officers who are selected. Please check out my "No Place for Hate" tab on my blogsite for more information about what NPFH is and what the coalition members help me with! http://msahumada.blogspot.com/p/no-place-for-hate.html
Last Year's No Place for Hate Coalition and the Wall of Compliments They Made
I am excited to get both of these groups going again!!! They are both very positive, a lot of fun, and provide excellent leadership and service opportunities for our students!!
Have a great weekend! :-)
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