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Prepping for Student Advisory Council


 On Wednesday, I have another Student Advisory Council meeting. As mentioned previously in one of my blogs, to be a member of this council means taking on great responsibility. The introductory meeting took place on November 9th, where there were a lot of icebreakers and activities for us to get to know one another. Now that we have gotten the hang of what it takes to be a member and to know one another, they put us to work and asked for our opinions on different things the Georgia Board of Education was willing to implement. Things such as a video on mental health, questions that are on the student safety survey, and Georgia Futures scholarships were brought to our attention. I really enjoyed this because it allowed me to gain a voice for my peers at Carrollton High School and to advocate for what is best for our students. 

At this moment, I am preparing for the next meeting for whatever it may intail. It was very important last meeting that we as members come up with a service project that represents our school and that betters our community. I immediately thought of the CAS serivice project that the full IB students at Carrollton High School have to work on. I thought this was a great way to put these two projects together. I have been branching out on some ideas and one particular sticks out to me. I would love to start a Trojan Thrifts project where students at the high school bring in old clothes such as t-shirts, pants, jackets, and coats so they can serve as a donation to the Open Hands pantry in Carrollton. I am very familiar with this organization because my church runs and volunteers at this operation. I think this is a great place to donate clothing items for free because this place itself serves as a food pantry full of free items. I am very excited for what the future holds concerning my service project and I can't wait to give an uptade on how the meeting goes!

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