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The Student Council
The Student Council
The Student Council is a board of students who aim to represent the student body in a way that improves the school environment. Our objective is to work with the students to further build the school’s domain in a way that helps students thrive. We collaborate with the school to ensure that everything that the students like is maintained and try to take action on anything that could help meet student’s wants and needs.
In the student council, there are Student Council board members who make the ultimate decisions (*for more information see below) and Student Council union members who contribute to meetings with their insights, concerns, or help.
-We work with Sveriges Elevsråd-
-We work with Sveriges Elevsråd-
Sveriges Elevsråd is an organisation that gives us funds to carry out our projects and plans.
We receive money depending on the amount of Union Members we have! So, if any student council member is asking you to fill out a small paper that registers you it is for helping the school get more money to get the ability to improve all the things we need to. (Being a student union member does not mean you need to do any student council work!)
Sveriges Elevsråd additionally gives us much needed support during yearly elections and occasionally during meetings!
-Student Council Board-
-Student Council Board-
The Student Council board consists of 9 members with 7 different roles. Other than the decided positions, there are two additional positions for board members.
Board positions
Board positions
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Chair - 1 position
Leads the meetings and represents the Student Council
Vice Chair - 1 position
Shares leadership responsibilities with the chair and supports the chair
Secretary- 1 position
Keeps record of the meetings in order to ensure a smooth process
Communications manager- 1 position
Communicates the efforts and actions taken by the Student Council and handles public relations
Outdoor environment official - 1 position
Puts effort into improving outdoor area in accordance student body opinions and wishes.
Student wellbeing officials- 2 positions
Ensures social well-being by observing how students prosper in the school community
Board officials - 2 positions
Play an active role by contributing and supporting various initiatives in the Student Council.
Student Council Logos
Student Council Logos
Formal Logo
Created by Ananya Gaddam 2024
Informal Logo
Created by Olivia Ericsson 2024
Past events/activities
Past events/activities
As the Student Council, our main objective is to represent the student body. We represent the students' and their ideas and opinions. In order to gather students' ideas and opinions in an effective way, the Student Council created and set up a feedback/reporting box. This box is right now still up and can be found on the first floor of the annex building, in front of the teacher’s lounge.
We recently had an IB evaluation and the Student Council helped the IB evaluation team by giving them a tour of our school. The student council was able to represent the student body during the IB evaluation. We were able to provide them with our experiences and perspective on IB.
For the past few years, the Student Council has been organizing the end of term assemblies. Doing this we have inspired students from outside the student council to join in as well, whether it be helping organize the assembly or planning performances for the assembly. In the past we have included interactive activities during the assemblies such as Kahoots or quizzes to make the assembly more enjoyable for the students.
In the past we have collaborated with the DP student council to organize the assemblies as well. This helped us gather ideas from different age groups and allowed us to create an assembly that would be enjoyed by understanding different perspectives.
Our current biggest project that we have helped out with at the school this year is the modification of the outdoor playground in our new Olympiaskolan campus! The school is collaborating with the commune. With gathered input from students - we decided upon a final draft from the collection of ideas from our students of what can be added or changed in the area; which is due to start construction spring of 2025!
Join us!
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Elections
Elections
The Student Council follows a democratic system where the board members are chosen through voting. This typically happens in May and the chosen board members are assigned their roles for the following school year.
Last year, we put up posters to inform people of the upcoming Student Council election. To nominate oneself in the elections, it was necessary to scan a QR code in the poster, which was linked to a form for registering the individual as a nominee. It is possible to originally nominate oneself to only one certain role.
During the election, the nominees will present a speech for the Student Council union. Once all the nominees had presented their speech for that specific role, the union held an anonymous vote and the selected student was then revealed. This process is used during the election of all the roles in the Student Council board (the number of the board officials may change every year, however it is entirely up to the Sverige's Elevsråd official guiding us with our election.)
Meetings
Meetings
Student Council Meetings are held at designated times which usually fall on Tuesdays after school. There are also meetings held in collaboration with the DP Student Council. The MYP student council is supervised by Ms. Josie, while the DP student council is supervised by Mr. Ivan.
Everyone is welcome to attend student council meetings! Union members don't have mandatory attendance. You may join to pitch in ideas and opinions if it is of your interest, bring attention to any problems, or utilise for your core/community project if relevant. Attending board meetings might also be nice for those who would like to join and run for Board positions in the future, as it can help gain experience in Student Council functions.
The meeting notes are taken by the secretary of the Student Council board and follow a designated template that is assigned from Sverige’s Elevråd. This ensures that the timekeeping is organised and easy to access for other members if they need to look back on previously discussed material to take action upon.
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