Student Council is attending the first Conroe Independent School District-located leadership-workshop this Monday for all student councils in the district. Sponsor Tracy Underwood intends for the locality of the workshop to strengthen the bond between other school councils and encourage students to participate in school activities.
“Hopefully it inspires some of those younger kids to stay active in Student Council when they move up to the high school level,” Underwood said. “We’re really trying to make a connection with them. I want to inspire our junior high students to become more active participants in their school and their community.”
Student Council workshops are traditionally held in the entirety of District 713, which covers the Houston area, but this will be strictly between CISD schools. For the first time, Junior High Attendees will have the opportunity to directly meet with high school staff to build leadership skills, while the high school councils will have the chance to collaborate and exchange ideas.
“We’re hoping that this initial workshop encourages our high school students to want to do more projects with the other high schools too,” Underwood said. “We’re trying to make a bigger connection with our other high schools, because we want to work with Conroe high. We want to work with Oak Ridge and grand oaks, just because we know that it will impact our community at large.”
Sophomore Logan Smith is one of five signed student council members attending the workshop. In the same light as Underwood, Smith hopes to serve as a hype-man for the incoming freshman.
“Most freshmen, they’re not as spirited when they first join,” Smith said. “I feel like this is a chance to give them that type of feeling while they’re still middle schoolers. Once they get into high school, they will already have that spirit.”
Having a larger staff will bring more behind-the-scenes help for all school events.
“It’s really hard to have as many big events like powder puff and homecoming in all the food drives to help our community,” Underwood said. “There’s only so much that a small organization can do, but if we can have more people on board, more ideas coming in, who knows what someone might come up with, as far as a project that could help us, you know, reach the next level.”
The workshop will also include a hygiene donation drive for Communities in Schools at each campus. CIS provides support to financially struggling students including food, cloths and supplies. Per every three donations, students. Those who wish to donate have until Friday to bring hygiene supplies to Underwood’s room in 4309.
“(The donations will) absolutely going to make an impact on students within the campuses,” Underwood said. “We will also be taking this opportunity to teach students to show the junior high students how we put together these (donation drives). By participating in the drive, students are helping to make a positive impact on someone else. Good deeds are always in style.”
