S.H.E. STUDENT COUNCIL

At Sam Houston Elementary, we have an active student council comprised of 50 3rd and 4th grade students. Students who wish to be a member of student council must get 2 teacher recommendations in order to be considered for the program. Any students with good academic and conduct grades are allowed to be in the organization. Mrs. Teresa Carroll (3rd grade) and Mrs. Keli Jacewitz (1st grade) co-sponsor the organization.

What does it take to join?

· Be a good citizen.
· Be a hard-working and diligent student.
· Relate well to other students and adults.
· Maintain good academic and conduct grades.

The PURPOSE of our Student Council is:

· To promote student participation within the school and its community
· Give all students practice in democracy in action
· Help other citizens and groups in our community
· To encourage and support healthy living styles for young people
· To assist students to focus on relevant current problems that affect them and to encourage them to seek solutions to those problems
· Strive for good citizenship
· Respect all individuals in the school and community
· Involve all students in sharing ideas to make our school the best it can be
· Help all students work together in our school

Our Student Council also does many service projects both for our school and the community.

The PURPOSE of Service Projects:
· Contribute to the educational growth of the students.
· Be directed toward as many groups and individuals as possible.
· Encourage initiative and originality.
· Develop student responsibility.
· Enlarge student horizons and lead to further education.
· Develop cooperative attitudes.
· Promote worthy school and community citizenship.

Past Projects include...

September – Red Ribbon Week
During Red Ribbon Week we participated in many activities. Prior to the actual event, we made drug awareness posters to hang in the hallways and tied red ribbons to the trees on the school grounds. We sponsored a school-wide dress up day for each day of the week to help remind students to stay away from drugs. We also attended the Red Ribbon Rally at Mance Park Middle School and performed a skit about the importance of staying drug free.

November – Canned Food Drive
We sponsored a school-wide canned food drive. We held a contest between grade levels to see which grade and which class at each grade level could bring in the most cans. We had lots of food to donate to the Good Shepherd Mission.

December – Book Drive
December we sponsored a similar school-wide drive as we did in the previous month. We collected a lot of books which were donated to the CPS Rainbow Room and the Hospitality House here in Huntsville.

Future Projects...

January- School Board Appreciation Week
We will travel to the school board and perform a short skit to offer our thanks for everything they do.

February- TAKS Testing
3rd and 4th grade will be taking the first round of TAKS tests so we will be doing something to encourage the students and teachers alike.

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