Georgia Association of Student Councils
Most Outstanding Projects Competition
We encourage all schools to enter projects in either the High School or Middle School division.
Schools may enter projects in six categories maximum, but only one project entry per category is
allowed. Schools are not required to attend convention in order to be eligible for awards.
Please use the GASC Most Outstanding Project Official Entry Form or the online form
provided by the GASC Advisor Liaisons. This form may be duplicated and used as many times as
needed. Up to two awards for each category will be given.
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Outstanding Community Service Project--Outreach: Projects designed to serve and make a
positive impact in your community at large (ex: Adopt-A-Road, community park clean-up,
volunteering at a nursing home, etc.)
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Outstanding Community Service Project--Fundraising: Projects designed to raise funds for
specific charities, projects that send money for disaster relief, or projects that supply money to
buy goods/services that help people in need, etc.
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Outstanding School Service Project: Projects designed to improve your school or provide a
service to the school or group within the school family only on school grounds (ex: clean up
school grounds, help out another club, tutoring peers at your school, RSVP program. etc.)
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Outstanding School Spirit and Pride Project: Projects designed to promote school spirit or
encourage pride in self, pride in class, pride in school, and pride in community (ex: spirit club,
spirit wars, spirit week, spirit favor give-a-ways, etc.)
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Outstanding Citizenship/Patriotism Project: Projects designed to promote the duties and
values of citizenship and patriotism (ex: voter registration, Adopt-A-Soldier, 9/11
Remembrances, Veterans’ Day activities, recognition/care packages for troops, etc.)
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Outstanding Fundraising Project: Projects designed to raise funds in support of Student
Council, Student Council projects, or the school (ex: selling candy, Rock-a-thon, etc.)
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Outstanding Leadership Project: Projects designed to teach leadership, enhance leadership
skills, or to practice leadership skills (ex: leadership assemblies, council member lock-in, etc.)
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Outstanding Student Recognition Project: Projects designed to honor or recognize students for
excellence (as an individual or group level) (ex: student of the month, birthday recognition, honor
roll recognition, student appreciation week, etc.
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Outstanding Student Relations Project: Projects designed to improve relationships among the
student body (ex: mix-it-up day, club fair, class socials, etc.)
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Outstanding Recruitment and Advertising: Projects designed to encourage new membership
for Student Council and/or publicize Student Council events (flyers, posters, event calendars, etc)
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Outstanding Faculty/Staff Recognition & Relations Project: Projects designed to honor,
recognize or show appreciation for faculty/staff and/or build better relationships between staff
and students (as an individual or group level) (ex: faculty/staff member of the month, teacher
appreciation gifts, teacher appreciation week, socials, faculty newsletter, etc.)
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Outstanding Website: Councils who maintain and run websites that are used to inform schools
and communities about their council news and business (include details from the site)
GASC Most Outstanding Projects Competition
Official Entry Form
ENTRY RULES
Entries must be on this Official Project Entry Form.
A school may enter one project per category in six different categories. Schools are not
required to attend convention in order to be eligible for awards.
∙ Each entry is limited to this form and a one page description, with the exception of the
website category. Please include a description of the project on the following page.
∙ Eligible projects must have been completed after the previous GASC convention.
∙ Entries must be submitted via e-mail as a PDF or Microsoft Word file format.
∙ The decision of the judges will be final.
∙ Any entry not prepared according to the rules will be disqualified.
∙ First place winning projects may only be entered every four years by the same school.
Entries must be sent to GASC High School and Middle School Advisor Liaison
electronically at GASCawards@gmail.com by January 22, 2015.
PROJECT CATEGORIES
Indicate the category of this project by indicating the appropriate category below:
• Outstanding Community Service Project--Outreach
• Outstanding Community Service Project--Fundraising
• Outstanding School Service Project
• Outstanding School Spirit and Pride Project
• Outstanding Citizenship/Patriotism Project
• Outstanding Fundraising Project
• Outstanding Leadership Project
• Outstanding Student Recognition Project
• Outstanding Student Relations Project
• Outstanding Recruiting and Advertising
• Outstand Faculty/Staff Recognition & Relations Project
• Outstanding Website
Submitting School Information
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Middle School
High School
Name of School: ______________________________________________________
Name of Project: ______________________________________________________
Name of Chairperson: __________________________________________________
Approximate Start Date: ________________ Approximate Completion Date: ______________
For Outstanding Website, write URL address on line below:
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Specific goal of the project: _______________________________________________________
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Please provide a detailed description of the project. You are limited to the prior entry
form, this additional page of written description, and one photo (if desired). Please make
sure no school name or location is apparent in photos.