The board heard a student report covering spirit week, Club Chella, the homecoming parade and the Oct. 8 reopening of the John Jay High School B Wing, which the student representative said students described as “truly futuristic.” The student representative also encouraged senior and underclass engagement in school activities and noted an open application window for the superintendent’s Student Advisory Team.

Why it matters: Student activities and engagement feed into school climate and extracurricular participation. The B Wing reopening also affects student space and daily schedules.

Hans, the student representative, told the board the freshman class showed strong participation during spirit week, Club Chella drew many club sign-ups and the homecoming football game had the largest student turnout in recent years. He said the B Wing, which opened Oct. 8, contains four private rooms where students can study or meet; all four rooms were in use during the first days of opening. Hans also said applications for the superintendent’s Student Advisory Team close Oct. 15 and the first meeting is scheduled for Oct. 24.

The student report included a summary of middle-school events (pep rally and mummification challenge), elementary-school harvest and soup days, and upcoming standardized-tests and school events: PSAT on Oct. 15, ACT on Oct. 18, John Jay blood drive Oct. 17 and picture days in late October.

Board members thanked the student representative and said they look forward to student advisory-team reports to the board in future meetings.