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Student senate forms mental-health, breast-cancer and child-health committees; plans homecoming and Spirit Valley events
Summary
Student representatives told the board the student senate has started committees focused on mental health, breast cancer awareness and childhood illness fundraising, and announced open-house and event dates including PSAT and Spirit Valley.
Eric, a student representative, and a student senate speaker reported to the Board of Education that the student senate has begun regular meetings and launched several student-led committees, including a student-run mental-health and outdoor-activity project, a breast-cancer-awareness committee and a UNICEF-style committee focused specifically on childhood illness. The senate plans fundraising and awareness activities tied to those committees.
The students also announced upcoming events: a high-school East open house on Sept. 29, a high-school West open house on Sept. 30, Spirit Valley on Oct. 10 and the PSAT on Oct. 18. Eric said the student senate is also planning a homecoming dance led by the senate and noted that sports and other extracurriculars have recently started. "We have started our senate, our regular meetings... we're applying for a grant. It's a completely student run project and we're basing it off of, like, mental health and going on the outdoors," a student presenter said.
Why it matters: the student senate's committees and events indicate student engagement and provide structures for peer-led programming and fundraising. The board welcomed the student reps to the table and invited them to share experiences from an upcoming student-training event.
Next steps: students will continue committee work, seek grant funding for projects, and report back on outcomes; student-rep training scheduled next Wednesday will be live-streamed for the board and public.
