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
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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