Pick Me! Pick Me!
Save the date
for a Middle Level Regionals Leadership Conference near you
February 3, 4 or 5, 2009
Watch for Middle Level Regional registration details and site locations in the December In the
Loop.
Photo: Student leaders from Selah Junior High participate in the
opening icebreaker at the Wapato Middle School Middle Level Regional
site in 2008.
GREETINGS
Sue
English, the Cispus Office Manager, explained today how from dawn to
dusk over the weekend in high winds getting pelted by freezing rain and
snow she and her son bushwhacked through 2-1/2 miles of mountain forest
to pack out more than 500 pounds of meat from two bull elks. She had a
smile on her face during the retelling of the entire story. It reminded
me that when we love doing what we are doing, nothing seems like hard
work.
In the Loop, Editor: Joe Fenbert
In this issue...
Resources and
Activities
The WASC Board
PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS
Raising Student Voice and Participation (RSVP)
Fall Training for High
Schools
Raising
Student Voice & Participation (RSVP)
is
a student engagement program designed to involve every student in a
school in meaningful decision making. Washington Student Leadership and
the National Association
of Student Councils sponsors this program. To schedule an RSVP
training,
contact Director of Washington Student Leadership, Susan Fortin,
360-497-5323.
Current RSVP trainings organized through Local Associations of Student Councils:
November 19 at White Swan High, Greater Yakima Valley Association
contact: Craig Lacy,
West
Valley
High
December 2 in Chelan, place TBA, North Central Washington Association
contact: Steve
Quick,
Oroville High
December 11 at Hazen High, Seamount Association
contact: Kerri
Dowd,
Hazen High
WASC
Membership 2008-09
Open Enrollment Until December
By joining the
Washington
Association of Student Councils
(WASC), your school becomes a part of the student leadership team. Benefits
include:
- the semi-monthly electronic newsletter, In the Loop
- the issue-driven print publication, The Leader
- discounts on programs and publications
- eligibility for recognition and award programs
RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES
29 Student Solutions to
Bullying
At a recent leadership workshop with student leaders from
a variety of schools, I asked the students three questions: What concerns you? What do
you hope to learn? How do you "roll" as student leaders? From these questions, a
discussion regarding solutions to bullying surfaced. Bullying is in every school at some level; student leaders can be the key to
lessen its
impact.
A Year of Looking at
Inclusion
The WASC Board has selected the topic of inclusion as a theme for the 2008/09
school year. We have created a PBwiki on
inclusion
to document success stories, share activities, list resources, store documents
and pose questions. We hope you visit our PBwiki throughout the year to add to
our collective wisdom.
Invite Key: inclusion
URL: http://everyone.pbwiki.com/
"Thank You" to Kari Bradley of Curtis Junior High for sending me
an e-mail describing two sites that promote inclusion.
everymondaymatters.org
There are 52 Mondays a year and therefore 52 ways to kick off your week to
improve yourself and your community. This week was Monday #36, which asks
for readers to "Be Neighborly." The site contains interesting,
supportive and digestible facts and it is very student friendly. There is a
book that you can purchase that serves the same purpose.
forbetterlife.org
This site was formed to promote positive character traits, and passing them
on! You can request posters and will receive three VERY nice, large
posters with a well-known person, a character trait and the phrase "pass
it on." There are also PDF files if you have a great printer at
school! They have videos to download, maybe to incorporate into a video
you create for school, etc. You can share stories and read many
inspirational stories as well. I clicked on "Be Inspired" and then
the trait "Do
the Right Thing."
:-)
Our Space: THE WASC BOARD
The WASC
Board believes that the work of student leaders is crucial to the academic and
social success of all students. Two sets of guidelines have been designed as a
tool to elevate the work of student leaders at the school level and through a
local association of student councils (groups of high schools organized for a
purpose).
Guidelines
for forming a School Association of Student Councils
Guidelines for forming a Local Association of Student Councils
QUOTE
"I
tell them that if you stay committed, your dreams can come true. I'm
living proof of it. I left home at 17 and had nothing but rejections
for 25 years. I wrote more than 20 screenplays, but I never gave up."
Michael Blake
author of "Dances with Wolves"
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