Welcome To The Welcome To The Student CouncilStudent Council

Our GoalsOur Goals

• To represent the student bodiesTo represent the student bodies• To create school events to enhance To create school events to enhance

school spiritschool spirit• To focus on student issues and to To focus on student issues and to

come up with solutionscome up with solutions• To collect data about student concerns To collect data about student concerns

and needsand needs• To work as a team to get everything To work as a team to get everything

done in a timely fashiondone in a timely fashion

Our MakeupOur Makeup

The Student Council

Executive Council

Freshman Officers Sophomore Officers Junior Officers

How Do We Do All This?

We Must Get Organized

Communication is Key!

All officers need to have everyone’s e-mail (cell phone numbers would be a plus)

Everyone should check the Student Council Web Page and the calendar at least weekly for updates (www.vonsteuben.org)

Listen to the school’s daily announcements

The secretaries must share minutes and documents with everyone

Put Curser over Students tab

Click on Student Council

Click here to access Gio’s

Page

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Student Council

Documents

Have Meetings

Make sure to schedule meeting to accommodate as many people as possible

Reserve a room two days prior to meeting

Make sure there is an adult to supervise

The secretary should take minutes at all meetings

How To Take Minutes…. The date and location of meeting should be on top of the

document A list of people present should also be added to the top The Minutes should consist of all the main topics discussed in

bold with details about the issue in bullets under it The person who brought up the topic should also be listed under

the topic When a vote is taken on an issue it should be list and the person

who proposed as well as the person who seconded it should be listed

If a motion is not passed by majority the ratio of the vote should be listed

HERES AN EXAMPLE

Student Council Von Steuben MSC5039 N. Kimball Ave. Chicago, IL 60651

773/534-5100

Junior ClassOctober 29, 2007Giovanni Medina

Jr. ClassWynndee Reese, Morghan Brandon, Kelsey Hodgkinson, Marline JohnsonInstead of Jr. Prom have a turnabout

oDifferent location than schooloOnly Upperclassmen

Change Days of Spirit Day – no Hawaiian dayCarnival Night

oIn the courtyardoDifferent clubs run different booths

Game and food boothsoIn the springtime

Meetings every Tuesday during 9th

Future Meetings DiscussionsoPlaces for turnaboutsoPricesoDJ’soThemes for a turnaboutoFood or no food???

Morghan is looking for DJ’s, themes and designing a preliminary playlistWynndee is researching location and a price rangeKelsey and Marline are looking at themes and ticket prices

How Do We Find Out Students Needs?

• You have to ask!• Put out surveys to your student body• During your free periods ask them about

their concerns• Ask them to attend your meetings to

discuss issues and concerns• All of this data should be put into some

type of visual and Numerical Representation

What Do We Do with out Data?

• Once You have surveyed the student body and heard about what they want and their concerns you have to evaluate it

• As a group look at te issues that students are concerned about the most as well as the things they want

• You have to pick Issues that A) You can tackle and is not to far fetched and B) you have to be able to come up with a plan to resolve the issue or a plan to achieve some goal.

Now Be Prepared to Bring Your Plan to the Executive Council, Your Sponsor and The Administration for

Approval.

Student Council

Von Steuben MSC5039 N. Kimball Ave. Chicago, IL 60651

773/534-5100