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Student Council
Leaders 'R' Us
Student Council Workshops Success Stories
I just wanted
to let you know what wonderful leaders you are helping us to
produce. After we attended your workshop the kids had
several wonderful ideas. One of the things that we wrapped
up on Friday was a collection for the Food Bank of the Rio
Grande Valley. The STUCO members organized a .99 cent drive.
We asked each student in the school to bring in .99 cents
over the course of a week. All of the money would be donated
to the Food Bank. Do you know that Rita and I lugged over
$1,300 worth of ones and change to the credit union on
Friday? Is that not truly amazing? I think that is a huge
amount of money for a group of elementary school kids to
raise in only a week. The really coolest part is that 95% of
our student body is on free or reduced meals. Even though a
lot of our families have needs of their own they still
thought about others. I guess that is what makes me love
Student Council so much. What a blessing to me. Thank you
again for helping to get our kids going and off on the right
foot. There is no telling what other goals we will be able
to meet and set this year!
Dawn Burbach
GT Teacher/STUCO Advisor
Bonham Elementary
Fisher Elementary is taking on a new slogan. We are wanting to be known for
being a "giving" school. In addition to all the other student council
fund-raises we do through the year, each grade level has revamped their Winter
Parties around being this "giving" school. Instead of presents for classmates,
or an exchange of some sort (like a book swap), each grade level chooses an
article of clothing that all students will donate. Kinder will do mittens, 1st
will do socks, etc. We display those items on a laundry line for all the school
to see how much we have collected. We started this last year and the giving
worked it's way into the Valentines Party as well. 5th grade students choose
not to do a craft but had parents donate cups and candy which they filled at
their party. These cups were donated to local charities such as Frisco Families
and other area resources. Holidays are a time for giving and we want our
students to feel comfortable with sharing what they have then wondering how much
they will get. We are hoping that this will continue as we as a school grow.
Fisher Elementary Student Council Advisor
Frisco ISD
Carolyn,
I am the Student Council advisor at Gardens Elementary in Pasadena. I was
wanting to let you know about two great fundraisers that we have participated in
this year. The first one was in October. We sold pink breast cancer wristbands
and satin ribbons to raise money for the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. We
raised $550 that was donated to the foundation.
During the month of March, we participated in The Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society's Pennies for Patients. It's a 3 week fundraiser where you bring in as
much money (coins or dollars) to go towards the society. When we participated
last year we raised $1,200. This year we raised $1,858. We had set a school goal
of $1,000 and when we reached it our principal, Ms. Layton, and assistant
principal, Ms. Lenio, agreed to have pies thrown in their faces by students for
a job well done. We were also mentioned in the area Pasadena Citizen paper about
the money that we raised.
Andrea Luna
Pasadena ISD
"Is it
almost over? It went too fast!!"
Rubie Carrasco, a student from Ben Milam
Elementary in Midland.
Rubie attended the Leaders 'R' Us Workshop in Midland on
Nov. 2, 2006
I am writing
you from H.P. Webb Elementary School in Olton, TX. Last
year was our first year to have a 5th grade student
council. We sponsored a penny drive to help a girl from
another district receive a liver transplant. Our parent
organization volunteered to give the winning grade level a
movie/popcorn party. We were amazed at the response from
our little elementary school! We delivered a check for over
$1200 to the girl (that was from our elementary campus
alone, and all in coins!). The girl, by the way,
received her liver on Christmas Day--what a gift!
Keri
Inman
Olton ISD
Carolyn,
After my first year as a Student Council sponsor, I wanted to say thank you for
helping me and my students have a successful year. We took a few baby steps
regarding some projects this year. We collected over 400 canned goods for our
local mission (from 300 students), profited $125 on our first fundraiser to
purchase some inspirational posters and frames for our school building, and
trained 15 students for future leadership positions.
We could not have done it without Leaders 'R' Us.
We just interviewed and elected our Student Council for the 06-07 school year
and I am happy to say that we are ready to sign up for the fall Leaders 'R' Us
workshop. I see that there will be a workshop in Frisco in late September. We
are interested in coming and this year I will get to bring my STUCO reps!
Please put me on your mailing list!
Thanks so much,
Russell Van Hoose
Brent Intermediate School
Student Council Sponsor
At the
beginning of the second semester of this school
year Miles Elementary school was dealt a tragedy. One of
our 5th grade students was killed in a house fire at a
local dairy. This greatly impacted our school and
community. Our Student Council immediately went to
work to raise money and basic necessities for the
family. The Student Council at Irion County
Elementary joined our efforts. At a varsity basketball
game hours after the funeral the two organizations made
a presentation in honor of the family. The Irion
County Students brought numerous boxes of supplies and
donated $2,000 to the family. Combined the two
organization's came together in the true spirit of
Student Council. Most recently, the Miles Student
Council planted a tree in memoriam of the student on the
playground.
We are very
proud of the students from both schools.
Sincerely
yours,
Jamie Rouse
Miles
Elementary S.C. Advisor
Thanks for
all your help Carolyn! This is truly our first year to
have an "active" student council.
We are still getting things up and running. We have
held monthly meetings and helped with several community
projects. We had a Hurricane Katrina family come to our
school. Our students had buckets and signs outside each
morning for parents to donate to as they dropped their
kids off.
We made over $300.00 dollars to help them buy household
items for their new apartment. During October which was
adopt a shelter pet month, we decided just to adopt the
local shelter instead. Students brought food and
supplies and some parents donated money to help our
local shelter with their needs. We recently had a
canned food drive to help replinish our local food
pantry. The food pantry was able to help many families
over the holidays and their cubbards were almost bare.
Our student council wanted a pajama day so we took the
idea to our principal. Students that wanted to wear
pajamas were asked to bring $1.00. Proceeds will go
toward upgrading/updating our sound system in the
cafeteria so our programs can be even better. We made
over $200.00 on that alone.
Thanks
Stacey Kluttz -Davis Elementary
Our Student Council
conducts every Spirit Rally. The STUCO Officers write the script (with
a little assistance from me) and decide what we will do. The officers
introduce teachers who announce the awards, lead the student body in the
Pledges and cheers or songs (we have changed some of the words to fit
Mockingbird). The STUCO Representatives sit in front of the class they
represent to assist by making sure the students know when to sit, stand,
and/or participate. Our parents and faculty were blown away after the
first Spirit Rally. A short time later, the STUCO Officers led the
Veteran's Day Assembly in which Mockingbird's recently retired
principal, Mr. Mac, was honored. Now, everyone just expects our
student leaders to do a great job. The STUCO has also made numerous
signs and posters as well as spearheading a contest to encourage
students to bring Box Tops for Education. All of that has been
wonderful, but what they did Friday took the cake.
We had a "suspicious" phone call Friday morning and evacuated the
student body to the middle school next door. Although they were not
scared, students knew that this was not a planned evacuation. After I
made sure our building was clear I joined the students in the gym. I
called the STUCO Officers together and told them it was time for a pep
rally. I told them to lead the students in a couple of yells and songs
and was not even able to finish telling them what I needed when I was
called to go back to my campus to answer some questions for the police
officers. I just left the STUCO Officers on their own. They gave the
signal to get the student body quiet and got over 500 students so
involved that they were no longer anxious about what was happening. By
the time I got back, the middle school choir was brought in to sing.
The choir went back to class so we had a huge sing along going on. We
were singing one of the songs and I looked up and lo and behold, here
came the officers. They got together and wanted to do "Boom Chicka
Boom". We got this e-mail from one of our parents: "M_____ came home
and thought it was the "funnest" day ever. They got to be so loud in
the gym at CMSE that he thinks the middle schoolers definitely knew they
were there! He had no idea that it was a scary
situation." I guess all of this is to say that, yes, these students
have great leadership abilities and they are incredibly creative and are
always coming to me with new ideas. However, there is no way we could
have developed this phenomenal leadership team had it not been for the
Leaders "R" Us training! The Mockingbird Student Council Officers
bonded in such a way that it has had a profound positive impact on our
school.
Pam Mitchell -
Coppell ISD
Goodman Elementary Student Council
Events
- Field trip to Plantation Personal Care
Home
- Hurricane Relief Fundraiser to the American Red
Cross - $315
- Student Council Officer
elections
- Safety Patrol
- Collected
over 100 toys for the Santa’s Exchange
- Helped throw away trash on school grounds
Jenaro C. Castillo
- Goodman Elementary, Fort Bend
ISD
What a lovely time my students and I had at the Leaders "R" Us workshop!
You made it very enjoyable for the students. Thank
you for your efforts to enrich the lives of the students and advisors.
I had a great time as well.
Janet Adams -
Hudson PEP
The Jackson-Roosevelt Elementary participates in many activities during the
year. Our most rewarding is a food drive at Thanksgiving. The Student Council
heads up a class by class food drive. Last year our school collected enough food
to feed 70 families.
Roy Zengerle - Calhoun County ISD
Floresville Elementary
Student Council
Hurricane Katrina Penny Drive
Hurricane Katrina has been
the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico. This has been a
major weather event with widespread flooding, power outages, and catastrophic
damage.
That is why Floresville Elementary is proud to contribute to the Red Cross
Disaster Relief Fund. Please join us by donating to the FES Hurricane Katrina
Disaster Relief Penny Drive.
Donations may be sent as
change, cash, or checks. Please make checks payable to Floresville Elementary.
The community may also
donate to the FES Penny Drive by dropping off donations at the Floresville
Elementary School Office.
We had over $2,500 to send
to Red Cross.
Thanks for your support!
Floresville Elementary
Student Council - Building a Community of Character
Our Student
Council had a "Turkey Drive" for Thanksgiving with a
goal of 30 turkeys and we nearly doubled our goal! They
helped organize a "Food Drive" to resupply the shelves
of the San Antonio Food Bank following the Holidays. We
used the theme of the Super Bowl, and set up a football
field on the stage and students brought in canned goods
and other supplies and placed them on the "field" of the
team of their choice. We also collected school supplies
for our Sister School, and our student council members
brought the supplies to the Sister School during a P.T.A.
Parent Support Night. They really did their part to
provide a service to our San Antonio Community. They
assisted in Flag Ceremonies and were excellent role
models for our school. We were very proud of their
efforts.
Catherine
Wood, Amanda Isaac
Blattman
Elementary
Here at Barbers
Hill Intermediate School in Mont Belvieu, our student
council members are leading the way for the newly enrolled
"hurricane refugees" by acting as the official welcome wagon
for our school. Student Council representatives have
been assigned to new students to act as mentors. They
will be helping our new students by showing them around the
buildings, introducing them to others, helping them to get
organized, and helping out with class assignments as well as
homework. So far, we have enrolled 4 new fifth grade
students and 8 new sixth grade students. We are also
planning to have our new council members work next week at a
nearby community church which is acting as a clothing depot.
Sorting as well as labeling the incoming articles of
clothing will be a few of the duties these big hearted
students will perform during after school hours. We
are very proud of all of our students here at Barbers Hill
Intermediate, not just our council, as everyone is opening
their hearts to take the time and make the room during this
very difficult time in the lives of our new students.
Barbers Hill Intermediate School Student Council, Barbers
Hill ISD
"This past fall I attended a StuCo workshop that
you presented in Rosharon, TX. This was an excellent workshop and our school
now has a strong, hard working Student Council made up of 4th graders. I
still pull out my materials from the workshop and look over them weekly for
ideas for my students. They have loved everything thus far. The third
graders coming up are very excited about their election in May for next
school year's council.
We would love to have you come to the Brazosport area this fall and hold a
workshop to share all the incredible information you have available for
those already with councils and those who wish to begin new ones."
Sandra Consilio
Jane Long Elementary
"We have a
student Council at our elementary school. The officers
are fourth and fifth graders. Our representatives are
students in grades two-five. We were very proud of our
student Council last school year. The kids really put an
emphasis on helping others. One of our teacher's husband
was stationed in Iraq last year. Our STUCO kids
organized a collection. They had students on our campus
donate items for goodie boxes for the soldiers. The
response was tremendous! We received so many things that
we filled up ten large shipping boxes. We learned
later that the boxes really made some of the soldiers'
days. The next project that the Council took on was
raising money for the Red Cross for the Tsunami Relief
Fund. Again, STUCO kids really encouraged everyone to
participate and did a great job of raising awareness.
Our Elementary school ended up raising about $750.00 for
the American Red Cross. Most of it was in pennies! The
kids thought that at the end of the year, we had done a
lot for people, but what about animals? So, they started
a drive for the Humane Society. In the end we not only
raised money for the HS. but received donations of food,
bedding and other supplies.
I think
that our Student Council did an amazing job last year of
raising the awareness on our campus for others, both two
legged and four legged. We were very proud to work with
such wonderful and giving kids."
Thank you,
Dawn
Burbach
Rita
Galloway
Student
Council Advisors
Bonham
Elementary
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