Agenda 9.19.18 / Minutes 9.12.18
Post date: Sep 18, 2018 10:59:43 PM
Agenda 9.19.18
Approval of Minutes
Reports
Approval of Community Reps
Improv Club Allocation
Freshman Off-Campus Motion
Notes and New Business
Council Minutes 9.12.18
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
Mod: Welcome freshman!
AMod: if someone from each committee could come out and help at the activity fair on Friday (at the committee booth) that would be great! We want more people, including those that aren’t in council, to join the committees so we will have a booth for people to sign up
Treasurer: The council fund is $4273.21 and the Co-curricular fund is $3,428.25
OEC: worked on new and tuition students election for tomorrow
SL: work to better the student life at the school
3. New Hampshire Institute of Civics Education Presentation
Council is a way to bring about change to HHS
A place where you can project your voice
Trying to find ways to support student voice at HHS
Increase student involvement within the school
Wants to build a network with other local high school
Grow student voice within schools
Last year, two kids went to the training and they had a lot of fun
event was sponsored by NH Listens and the NH Institute of Civics Education.
Want more kids involved this year
The purpose of this training is to collaborate with fellow students from other school
Want to host a student voice retreat at HHS in the future
Want students, including those not on council, to be involved with council
Get more students involved in student government within the school
Council leadership training; we already have a retreat every fall, but want to improve the training so that council can better improve the way it represents the student body and the student voices
“I move to add the following wording to the Student Handbook under Student Policies, Open Eligibility Requirements”
Freshmen can integrate into high school during 1st semester and then have privileges 2nd semester
This way they have a chance to integrate before getting their privileges
What are the opinions of the upperclassmen
Like the problem with the iPads at RMS
Feel that it’s better if the freshman get an year to stay within the school; better understand the school community
Freshmen need time to get involved in clubs / classes
They need to learn about time management
They aren’t mature enough
Not fair to not allow freshman to get off campus privileges, just because the upperclassmen never got those privileges
“I move to amend the motion to change off campus privileges from second semester to just fourth quarter’”
Just having it for fourth quarter would be good because they have a chance to integrate themselves within the school community before getting those privileges
Having it just fourth quarter will allow for a transition period between having no privileges to having some
If the freshmen aren’t allowed to go off-campus because of the reason of integration, then all grades be banned from off campus
Seems that most people just want to go off campus to get lunch/food at Co-op
They could just limit the places where freshman can go
From school to recreation center to Co-op
However, we can’t have teachers lined up, making sure the freshmen are only going to the Co-op
People want to get food before going to sports practice / before away-games
Upperclassmen don’t want freshman to go off campus because they aren’t used to the high school environment
They could make bad decisions / take part in bad actions
They need to understand that this isn’t a middle school environment.
After a semester of high school, the freshmen will have already gotten a hang of high school
People still join clubs when they are a senior
Freshmen can’t just understand high school in one semester
Even within second semester, people are still adjusting to high school
Spring sports, new classes, etc.
Most people are still adjusting to high school, even as a senior in 4th quarter
Kids moved to Hanover high as a freshmen; they didn’t know anyone, they didn’t understand the Hanover community
If they get off-campus from freshman year, they won’t be able to meet new people or make friends because people are already in different groups
People assume that everyone is from RMS but that is not the case
Some people only do spring sports
They are still adjusting to the high school environment/lifestyle (doing a school sport) and they are still trying to make friends
Time management skills are important to learn in freshman year
But even within the school, people can easily waste their time
They don’t necessarily learn time management
There is a huge difference between being a high school freshman and senior
Amendment passed
“I move to amend the motion to say ‘ninth grade students will have access to a “Co-op corridor” that that will pass between the high school and the Co-op food store located at 45 South Park St, Hanover, NH’ ”
The upperclassman would notice if freshmen were outside the areas in which they are allowed to be in
If they aren’t by the Co-op then the upperclassmen would notice
The upperclassmen should have the responsibility
It should be a school effort; the upperclassmen should look after the freshmen
Make sure they aren’t going off-campus to the places where they should not be going to