Welcome Parents!
Student Council 2015-2016
Ms. Stennie laurena.stennie@cms.k12.nc.us
Mrs. Butler jonim.butler@cms.k12.nc.us
Ms. Franczak meghannm.franczak@cms.k12.nc.us
Why bring Student Council back?
Benefits of Student Council
• Promote school pride
• Building school and community relationships
• Encourage community involvement through service projects
• Develop leadership skills, social interactions, and public
speaking skills
Officer Positions - 5th graders only
President: Create and type agendas, facilitate Student Council meetings and meet
with Ms. Stennie, Ms. Franczak, and Mrs. Butler as needed.
Vice-President: Take the President’s place when he/she is absent. Take roll at
meetings.
Treasurer: Maintain accurate financial records and report to student council.
Secretary: Take notes during the meetings. Read minutes from the previous
meeting. Write appropriate letter to others (thank you notes).
Historian: Create and collaborate with PTO Yearbook Committee on activities.
Reporter: Work with EPSN
Officer Requirements-5th graders only
Primary Requirements:
Nominees must maintain an “A/B” average in all subjects.
All nominees will need 3 different staff signatures that will vouch that the nominee will uphold his/her
responsibilities. (refer to the Primary Election Sheet)
Student behavior must be exemplary.
Nominees must have a parent sign the Primary Election Sheet.
Students will be expected to be role models and leaders of the student body.
You may only run for ONE officer position.
If you are in the top 3 of the Primary Election:
Nominees will be expected to campaign by preparing a maximum of FOUR posters.
Nominees will need to write a speech to present during the morning news. (Speech and poster
requirements will be sent home after the primary election.)
Overall Responsibilities for Officers
(5th graders only)
Overall Responsibilities:
To voice student concerns and help keep EPES students informed about
special events.
Help with greetings during special school functions.
Promote school and PTO functions.
Promote and sponsor school spirit days.
Support our community by developing and participating in community
service. (SLT meetings, service projects, etc.)
Officers must attend student council meetings held before school once a
month.
Speech Specifications for Officers
(5th graders only)
Specifications for Officer Speeches
Greeting
Attention Getter - the hook. A statement or rhetorical question (a question you don’t actually answer) to sit your audience up
with open ears and mind
Who you are - your name, your grade and current teacher in the school
What you want - the role you are campaigning for: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Historian, or Reporter.
What improvements are you going to bring to the community-what steps are you going to take to accomplish goal (s).
(Brief summary -you will expand this in the body of your speech.)
Credibility - your qualification for this position.
Body
Your Main Idea -Your goal for the role, what you want to achieve, how you plan to do it, and the benefits to the audience.
Conclusion
Summary of main idea
Re-statement of what you want - to be elected to the role you're running for
Re-statement of the benefits to the audience
Closer, clincher, call for action
Class Representatives-4th and 5th
grade
• One representative from each 4th and 5th grade class
• Your child will need to attend monthly meeting which will be held of Thursday
mornings at 7:30am.
• They will participate in the meetings and then report to their class about
different events and service projects we will do throughout the school year.
• In addition to reporting back to their homeroom class they will also be assigned
to K-3 classroom to report back about events and service projects that are
taking place.
• They will help promote these events and projects to our school community.
Class Representative Elections
• In each 4th and 5th grade classroom, the teacher will facilitate their own class
representative election. The representative will be chosen by Friday, November 6th.
School Service Projects
• Student Council will be helping with the following events this year:
• Can food drive-November
• Pennies for Patients-March
• A Child’s Place Service Project-April
• Sponsor spirit week-TBD
Key Dates to Remember
Friday, October 9th – Primary Election Sheets due to Mrs. Butler
Friday, October 16th – Primary Election
Monday – Friday October 26th – 30th - Videos of Speeches shown on Morning News (officers)
Friday, October 30th – Whole School Elections for Officers
Friday, November 6th – Class Representatives Deadline
Thursday, November 12th – First Student Council Meeting at 7:30am
The dates for the rest of the Student Council Meetings for the year will be handed out at our first
meeting.