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Programs and Events
Activities and Timely Tips
Our Space: News from the WASC Board
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GREETINGS
Bounce,
bounce...Gobble, gobble...Bounce, bounce...Gobble, gobble. Basketball
season has started; Thanksgiving is here. The link between
the two: legendary basketball coach John Wooden.
He promotes 9 Promises based on the Creed of Optimist International. These
positive affirmations can help us be thankful and look for the
positives in our daily lives.
In the Loop editor, Joe Fenbert
PROGRAMS
AND EVENTS
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Dates
Middle Level Regionals Leadership Conference
Feb. 5-7, 2008
The 17th
Annual Middle Level Regionals will be held Feb. 5-7, 2008 at the
following locations. Registration materials will be available in
December.
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Feb. 5
Tue
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Evergreen Junior High
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Redmond
Greater Eastside
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Feb. 5
Tue
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Whatcom Middle School
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Bellingham
Greater Bellingham
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Feb. 5
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Wapato Middle School |
Wapato
Greater Yakima |
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Feb. 6
Wed
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Chehalis Middle School
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Chehalis
Greater Olympia
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Feb. 6
Wed
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Enumclaw Middle School
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Enumclaw
Greater Puget Sound
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Feb. 6
Wed
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Cashmere Middle School
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Cashmere
Greater Wenatchee
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Feb. 7
Thur
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Cascade Middle School
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Vancouver
Greater Vancouver
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Feb. 7
Thur
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Chief Leschi Middle School
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Tacoma
Greater Tacoma
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Feb. 7
Thur
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Cavelero Mid High School
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Lake Stevens
Greater Everett
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Feb. 7
Thur
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Centennial Middle School
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Spokane
Greater Spokane
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Rescheduled for February 2008!
Sonics Leadership
Day
Washington Student Leadership and the
Sonics have decided to reschedule the Nov. 28 Leadership and Your
Future Workshop for February. A new date has not been confirmed yet.
Current Opportunities:
Washington
Activity Coordinators Association Conference
March 19-21, Vancouver Hilton
A Shining Future, A Colorful
Past
Join ranks with the more than 400 student leadership advisers that attend the
annual professional conference sponsored by the Washington Activity Coordinators Association. Registration information Share your ideas with
others -- the
breakout sessions presented by delegates is the heart of the WACA experience.
Download the presenter
information form.
WASC Membership Drive September to December
By joining or
renewing your membership with
the Washington Association of Student Councils (WASC) your school becomes a part
of our statewide student leadership team.
ACTIVITIES AND TIMELY
TIPS
Promoting Academic Success
for All
In addition to encouraging the social success for
all students,
student leadership teams are becoming stakeholders in promoting the academic
success for all students as well. One way to promote academic success is to
become familiar with the issues that are holding some students back in classes.
Two recent reports shed light on some of these obstacles.
The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of
High School Dropouts
A research project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that
identifies the reasons why students decide to quit school.
Study Finds School and Family
Ties Protect Teens from Risky Behavior
The largest research study ever undertaken on adolescents in the United States
was conducted by the University of Minnesota and funded by the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation. The study found that feeling connected to school protects
teens from a variety of health risks.
December
December Bingo's
Birthday Month:
Have a Bingo Fundraiser for a school project or organize a bingo party for a
local nursing home.
Dec.
2-8 National Handwashing Awareness Week: Promote and encourage
handwashing through a clever marketing campaign.
Dec. 10 Nobel Prize Day: Have students create bulletin boards
highlighting who the 2007 winners are and what they achieved. Create your own
"Local Nobel Prize" awards to recognize students and staff contributing
positively to the school and community.
Dec. 10-16 Human Rights Week: Have students research prisoners of
conscience and encourage them to write letters to the appropriate governments
or international organizations on behalf of the prisoners. Create bulletin
boards illustrating the Geneva Convention.
Dec. 17 Wright Brothers Day: Organize a paper airplane contest.
Dec. 22 National Haiku Poetry Day: Have a haiku reading.
OUR SPACE:
News from the WASC Board
The
WASC Board is composed of representatives from across the state from Local
Associations of Student Councils (formerly known as Interhighs)
Student leaders strive to
nurture and empower all
students to make a difference in their schools, communities and world. A
student leader displays integrity, cooperation and respect toward self and
others.
Meeting Announcements: 2007/08
Local
Associations of Student Councils
(formerly Interhighs)
complete
list of meetings
Columbia Basin
Nov. 28 (Wed) at Warden High
Edmonds
Dec. 18 (Tue) at Lynnwood High
Greater Puget Sound
Dec. 12 (Wed) Constant Representative Meeting at Stadium High
Greater St. Helens
Dec. 13 (Thur) Planning Meeting at Fort Vancouver High
Greater
Yakima Valley
Jan. 9 (Wed) at Granger High
KingCo
Feb. 28 (Thur) Student Exchange at all schools
Mid-Columbia
Dec. 5 (Wed) at Southridge High
Nisqually
Dec. 12 (Wed) at Cascade Christian
North Central Washington
Jan. 15 (Tue) at Campbells Inn, Chelan
South Puget Sound
Dec. 12 (Wed) at Auburn Riverside
PAC West
Nov. 30 (Fri) at W.F. West
Wesco
Nov. 28 (Wed) at Kamiak High
QUOTE
"The highest result of education is tolerance."
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