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Student Advisory Council Meeting - February 4th


 January 24th was my most recent Student Advisory Council meeting with the Georgia State Superintendent of Schools. Our first meeting, which was held back in November, consisted of a few icebreakers to get to know one another and a brief Q&A with Richard Woods as well as organizations asking for our input on different school policies such as the Student Health Survey. That meeting made me really excited for the next meeting. My previous blog was about my anticipation and preparation for the meeting that was just held last week. That preparation was incredibly useful and allowed me to come to the meeting with confidence. 


On that Wednesday morning, I met another friend of 3 that I have gotten close to in all. Her name is Hannah and we hit it off really well. She is a junior who is a basketball cheerleader. We asked each other questions about our plans for college and for our service project. Her service project has to deal with helping students from low-income families with funds for participating in sports and other extracurricular activities at her school. A few days after the meeting, she contacted me wanting to know if I wanted to have a segment in her school's newspaper talking about my contribution to the Student Advisory Council. I was of course all for it and answered a series of questions that I felt best described my role within this community.


This meeting consisted of all 69 of us touring the capitol building and enjoying time learning more about the leaders of our educational system and what they do for the wellbeing of the students. They also were very insightful about college information and settled our nerves about the next chapter in our lives. After we went back to the East Tower, we ate lunch and had a long Q&A with Superintendent Woods and a lot of the students had great questions to ask. I decided to represent my school and ask about the literacy gap concerning elementary school students. From what I heard, he is on the mend to fix such problems regarding that gap. Overall, I am extremely grateful for this opportunity to represent my school and to have a place within this community of young scholars.

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