Bravo!
A big thank you to the
Mid-Columbia Association of Student Councils and Richland High for
organizing a well-attended and meaningful WASC Conference. More than
850 students and their advisers from over 100 schools participated.
Photo: Steering Committee for the 2008 WASC Conference
GREETINGS
Karen in
our office remarked yesterday that the Fall colors are arriving so
rapidly she can sit on her deck overlooking the meandering Cowlitz
River and watch the daily changes. The comment made me reflect on
watching the growth in students. They too have dramatic changes in their
social, emotional and intellectual lives as they participate in student
leadership. All we need to do to appreciate it is pull up a
chair and be still for a while.
In the Loop, Editor: Joe Fenbert
In this issue...
RSVP Trainings
Middle Level Team Retreat
ESD 189 (Anacortes) Student Leadership Workshops
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 a RSVP
training,
contact Director of Washington Student Leadership, Susan Fortin,
360-497-5323.
Current RSVP Trainings open to all interested schools.
Still Time to Register
Middle Level Team
Retreat
The Middle Level Team Retreat is designed to increase the effectiveness of a
school's student leadership team. Each participating school comes to the
leadership training with unique goals. Staff
members from our popular middle level summer
leadership camps facilitate the retreat.
Cispus Learning
Center, October
26-28
ESD 189 (Anacortes) Student Leadership Workshops
Washington Student Leadership partners annually with ESD 189
to facilitate student leadership workshops designed both for high school and middle level student
leaders.
ESD 189
Registration
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
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/
Washington State Disability Month, October
Last year the Washington State Legislature passed historic legislation
proclaiming October "Washington Disability History Month." Students from the
Self Advocacy in Motion project spearheaded the campaign that lead to the
legislation. The students testified before the legislature with compelling
stories about the need for respect, awareness and a basic understanding of not
only the disability civil rights movement, but also the historical
contributions people with disabilities have made to our world.
Resources for Washington State Disability Month
Ideas and Resources for the Observance of Veterans' Day
The first Veterans' Day was
observed on November 11 in 1918. On this day at 11:11 a.m. three unknown
soldiers were buried in Washington D.C., Westminster Abbey in England
and the Arc-de-Triomphe in France.
Veterans' Day
Resources
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.
In
an effort to help local student councils set goals and carryout meaningful work, the
students on the WASC Board created a reporting form and rubric for student
leadership programs in high performing schools. It is a tool to elevate the
work of student leaders and it serves as a recognition program.
Schools choosing to receive recognition for their achievements must submit a
completed packet for review by May 31, 2009. The form is available online and
can be completed electronically.
Guidelines for forming a School Association of Student Councils
The WASC Board has also been active in outlining the guidelines for local
associations of student councils, formerly called interhighs. Groups of high
schools determine the parameters of their organization and the requirements to
be a part of the local association. To
help local associations create purpose-driven groups, the WASC Board has
created a reporting form and rubric, which also serves as a recognition
program.
Guidelines for forming a Local Association of Student Councils
QUOTE
"The
only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within,
and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from
knowing that you've just done something as well as you can do it."
Clare Crawford-Mason
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