Become A Student Representative 

The Role of Student Representative: 

Be a leader and a voice for the student body as part of the Greenbelt Middle School PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association) Executive Board. The PTSA membership is composed of parents, teachers, school administrators, staff and students. The GMS PTSA exists to support the students, families, staff, and community of Greenbelt Middle School. As a student representative on the PTSA, you will be expected to: 

1. Conduct polls at grade levels on agreed upon topics and report back to the PTSA Board. 

2. Voice issues or concerns of students of a particular grade level. 

3. Bring to the attention of the PTSA significant events or issues happening at the grade level, school or community. 

4. Be prepared to discuss issues and ask questions of the school administrators and the PTSA Board members. 

5. Share with the PTSA Board significant accomplishments of clubs, sports teams or classmates. 

6. Participate in PTSA sponsored events which will award volunteer hours. 

7. A leadership certificate will be awarded to those students who actively participate and a letter of appreciation for outstanding service will be added to their school record. Attendance at PTSA meetings/events is expected, there are approximately 5 formal PTSA meetings scheduled for the year, number of events vary. 

Criteria for Selection: 

1. Student’s parent/guardian needs to be a paid PTSA members and be in good standing. Any student can apply. 

2. Selection will be made by a Committee of PTSA Board Members and Faculty. 

3. Fill out the permission form and return to Mr. Pugh, attention GMS PTSA. 

Guidelines: 

• Student Representative to the Greenbelt Middle School PTSA Executive Board: Student representation is a vital part of the PTSA Executive Board. The PTSA Executive Board consisting of parents, teachers and administrators depends upon the representative to present timely and prudent information that exemplifies the broad range of the student population at Greenbelt Middle School. 

• Ideally, the PTSA Executive Board will have 6 student representatives, two from each grade, serving on the GMS PTSA Executive Board every school year. 

• No representative position is guaranteed for more than one school year. The Executive Committee will determine if the current representatives will be invited back for the next year. If a position becomes vacant, then the PTSA will announce the available position at the end of the school year and select a replacement representative to the Executive Board by the end of the first month of the new school year. 

• All candidates will be asked to obtain parental permission before accepting the position. This signed permission slip will be a part of the application process and will be kept on file by the PTSA Executive Board. 

• At the PTSA Executive Board monthly meeting, students will be asked to participate in PTSA functions as part of their responsibilities as a student representative to the Executive Board. 

• The student representatives and a parent/guardian must become members of the PTSA to serve. Each student representative has voting rights as a member of the GMS PTSA. The representative will be expected to support PTSA-sponsored activities and events in a positive and professional manner. 

• The representatives will be expected to understand and learn about what PTSA does at GMS for parents, teachers, and students.