Meetings:

Any student is welcome to join student council. 
 
Welcome to student council! 
What would it look like to participate in student council?
- Listening to and sharing the needs and wants of your grade
-  Attending approximately two meetings a month (usually Wednesdays) from 3:00-4:00pm
- Recycling pick-ups on an occasional Tuesday and Thursday during flex
- Decorating for and helping out at the October 27 movie night
- Helping before, during and after the December PTO craft show
- Discussing and collecting for various school-approved fundraisers and drives
- Acting as school representatives for new and in-coming students
- Giving tours to soon to be fifth graders in May and June
- Creating and running the fifth grade field day  

If you are interested in participating, these are the dates we would meet
October 11      First meeting (3-4pm)
October 27     7-9:30pm grade 7-8 movie night (I’ll need volunteers for set up before, running concessions during, and clean up after)
November 8    3-4pm meeting
November 29  3-4pm meeting
December 1 (Friday) – volunteers to help set-up PTO Craft Fair (2:50 – 8ish any part of that).  Jobs include, taping off booths, setting up tables, helping crafters unload their cars and crafts, helping PTO representatives with signs
December 2 (Saturday) – volunteers are needed 8am-5ish (any portion of that time). Jobs include: working bake sale, running raffle, helping vendors and at times watching their booths, working in the kitchen/café that PTO runs, helping vendors break-down and repack materials at the end of the event, overall clean-up   
 
December 6    3-4pm meeting
December 13  3-4pm meeting
Other meeting dates will be sent out in January 
 
Sincerely,
Gretchen Schwanfelder
gschwanfelder@rsd17.org