FRESHMAN CLASS
OFFICE ELECTIONS
2014-2015
Each class shall elect for itself a President, a Secretary/Treasurer, and three
Senators.
Powers and Duties
1.
The President shall preside over all class meetings and be the official
representative of his class activities. He is a member of the Presidents' Club
which will convene to meet with the administration or Class Moderator. He shall
be a member of the Student Council, a member of the Dance Committee, a
"runner" in the Magazine Drive, serve on the Magazine Committee and a
member of the Block J.
2.
The Secretary/Treasurer shall keep a record of all class affairs and financial
matters. He shall take the place of the President in his absence. The
Secretary/Treasurer shall be the class fundraiser. If called upon, he will be
responsible to present a report of his class activities at the first meeting of each
month. This report is to be posted on the Student Council Bulletin Board. He
shall be a member of the Student Council, the Dance Committee, a "runner" in
the QSP Magazine Drive, and a member of the Block J.
3.
The three Senators shall be class representatives. Their primary function is to
communicate to their class and to bring communication back to Student Council
from their classmates. They shall assist the President and Secretary/Treasurer in
class duties. They shall be members of the Student Council, the Dance
Committee, "runners" in the Magazine Drive, and members of the Block J.
4.
The Student Court consists of one Chief Justice and four Court Justices, one
from each grade level
5.
The Executive Council shall review the list of applicants and shall appoint class
justice. The Freshman Class Justice shall be appointed after the election of all
Freshman class officers.
Qualifications of Class Officers
1.
All candidates for year offices must have compiled at least a 2.50 grade point
average at Jesuit and not be on academic or disciplinary probation.
IMPORTANT DATES
September 8:
Application Material Available
September 11:
MANDATORY MEETING AT LUNCHTIME FOR
ALL CANDIDATES (GR 103)
September 17:
Frosh Election Assembly
September 18:
Runoff Election (If needed)
Note: The meeting in
GR 103, on September 11
is MANDATORY
...if you miss the meeting,
you
cannot run(unless you
are absent from school.
Petition for Class Office, 2014-2015
Name (please print):
GRADE Level:
Frosh
Position Sought (circle one):
President
Secretary/Treasurer
Senator (3 positions)
All candidates must include a separate TYPED statement of: information about
yourself, reasons why you are running for office, and any qualifications that may
be of assistance in performing the assigned duties (listed on page 1).
Each candidate must obtain at least 40 signatures from the student body.
A student may sign only one petition for each office. All duplicate signatures will
be voided from each petition.
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Class Office
General Information
General requirements for office:
1.
Must meet class requirements.
2.
Must not be on probation (academic or discipline).
3.
Must have at least a 2.50 GPA.
5.
Must not spend more than $30.00 on campaign.
6.
Can not give out campaign gratuities.
7.
Must be prepared to attend all open dances as dance committee member.
8.
Must be prepared to attend functions outside Jesuit as a school representative.
9.
Attend weekly meetings of the Student Council.
10.
Assist cheerleaders after head cheerleaders have been elected.
11.
Work with cheerleaders on Spirit Week, Homecoming, WSP, Food Drive and
other school wide functions.
12.
Be a member of Block J.
13.
Assume other responsibilities that might occur during the school year that are not
listed here.
ELECTIONS-CAMPAIGN RULES
l.
You may not distribute gratuities to other students. Gratuities include but are not
limited to t-shirts, food, parties, and gifts.
2.
All signs must be at least 8 l/2 by 11 inches in size.
3.
No sign may be attached to the gutters of any building or draped from the roof.
4.
No signs or hand outs are to be put in student lockers or affixed to cars in the
parking lot.
5.
All signs are to be attached with masking tape...not
6.
All signs are to be in good taste and consistent with the philosophy of
Jesuit High School. No signs which explicitly or implicitly express racism
or sexism will be allowed. Use of vulgar language or sexual innuendo will
not be tolerated. If there is a question in your mind get permission before
you put it up.
7.
Decisions concerning the appropriateness of campaign materials and procedures
will be the responsibility of the Director of Student Activities.
8.
Defacing another's posters will not be tolerated.
9.
All campaign slogans and signs must be positive and directed at the issues
and not the person(s).
10.
You will be required to clear your posters and clean up campaign materials by a
deadline after the elections. This includes removing tape from buildings.
11.
Failure to comply with the rules for campaigning will result in your disqualification
as a candidate.
duct tape.
I have read, understand, and agree to comply with
these rules.
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Instructions for Freshman Election
Speeches
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Speeches will be given during the collaboration period Assembly on
Wednesday, September 17th.
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Each speech should be no more than 2 minutes long. Practice and
time your speech.
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Speak slowly and loudly into the microphone.
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Give Mr. Hancock (GP 101) a copy of your speech by the end of
school on Monday, September 15th.
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Jokes are ok, but do not use any profanity or derogatory humor
directed towards others or yourself in your speech.
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Voting will take place immediately after the Assembly. If a runoff
election is necessary (no candidate for an office gets 50% plus one
vote), it will take place the following day.