Student Council at Lower Gwynedd

ElementaryBoard of School Directors Meeting

April 1, 2019

How can someone join Student Council?

At the beginning of each new school year, information is given to the fifth-grade class regarding Student Council. If interested, students are asked to fill out an application that contains the following questions:

1. Why do you want to become a member of Student Council?

2. What is one great aspect of Lower Gwynedd?

3. What is an improvement you would make to Lower Gwynedd?

4. What volunteer/community organizations do you admire? Why?

5. What are some ideas you have for this year's Student Council?

What is the purpose of Student Council?

• To promote the whole child, specifically socially and emotionally

• To provide students with an opportunity to share their citizenship

• To assist with assemblies and spirit days

• To promote community awareness, within and outside of the school

• To keep an open line of communication between the Student Council members and the rest of the students at Lower Gwynedd

*Each year is a new experience and may include different opportunities as they arise.

Leadership

September Activities

• Applications submitted

• All fifth-gradestudents welcomed

• Total of 58 members for the 18-19 school year

Appreciation

October Activities

• College Wear Day

• Morning announcements with college facts were made in the days leading up.

• Candy and letters for soldiers

• Student council members sorted donated candy into bags along with hand written letters.

Recognition

November Activities

• Mismatch Clothing Day with mismatch buddies

• Classes, who are not usually paired up, buddied up to complete an activity together.

• Veteran’s Day volunteers

• Student council members escorted the veterans to classrooms and the corresponding assembly.

School Community

December Activities

• PJ/Movie Day• PJs were worn, Dr. Walsh

read “Pajama Day” as a PowerPoint presentation was displayed in the background, and a short movie was played.

Inspiration

January Activities• Career Day

• Students dressed as the future career they wanted to pursue.

• Family volunteers came into the classrooms to share their careers with the students.

• Corresponding activities were completed to foster student career choices.

• Representations of careers included:

• Pharmacist, veterinarian, scientist, hair dresser, tow truck driver, graphic designer, author

Charity

February Activities

• “Soup”er Bowl can collection• Each class made a prediction on the total

amount of cans collected (over 500 cans total donated to Mattie N. Dixon Community Cupboard!)

• Hidden hearts• Each class searched the building for their class

heart, and then hung it on their door.• NICU Squares

• Fifth-grade students volunteered to weave bonding squares for babies and their mothers through the Today is a Good Day Foundation.

Celebration

March Activities

• Down Syndrome Awareness Day

• Students wore crazy socks.

• Spring Wear Day

• Students wore pastel colors and florals to celebrate the first day of Spring.

Our thoughts...

More to come...

•Vocabulary Day (April)

•Mindfulness Day (May)

•Hawaiian Day (June)

Thank you!

Questions?