Student council
Student council or Student
body is a curricular or extracurricular activity for students within
elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems
across the United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines and also in
Liberia, these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student
government, Associated Student Body, Student Activity Council, Student Council
Association or S.C.A. Student councils often serve to engage students in learning about democracy and leadership.
About
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| Some Members of our different students parties |
The student
council helps share students’
ideas, interests, and concerns with teachers and school
principals. They often
also help raise funds for school-wide activities, including social events,
community projects and school
reform. For example
most schools do food drives, fundraisers and parties.[1][2] Many members
learn skills that were an extension of their formal education.
Function
Student
councils operate in many forms. There are representative-based and modeled
loosely after the U.S.
Congress, or based on
the Executive Branch of the United
States, In this form
student representatives and officers are usually elected from and by the student
body, although
there may be prerequisites for candidacy or suffrage. In elementary schools, there are typically one or two
student representatives per classroom and one presiding set of officers.
However, many secondary schools have one set of officers per grade
level.
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| little girl during the election of students council gorvernment |
An example of
the structure of an elementary student
council may include a president, a vice president, secretary, treasurer,
sergeant of arms, fundraising officer and historian. These roles may be
assigned or voted on, either within the student council or by the entire
student body. They may also reflect descending grade-levels, with the president
in the oldest grade, and so forth.[4] Secondary
school governments often have more independence and power than younger governments;
it includes a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chairman. Often a
student government is overseen by a sponsor, which is usually a teacher at that
particular school. Most junior or middle school student councils have a constitution
of some sort and usually do not have a judicial branch.[5] Compared to
elementary school councils, junior high and high school councils generally have
fewer people.
Student
councils usually do not have funding authority and generally must generate
their operating funds through fundraisers such as car
washes and bake sales.[7] Some student
councils have a budget from the school, along with responsibility for funding a
variety of student activities within a school.
According to
several schools:
"A Student
Council is a representative structure for students only, through which they can
become involved in the affairs of the school, working in partnership with
school management, staff and parents for the benefit of the school and its
students."[3]
