Green Grove International School

STUDENT COUNCIL
Green Grove Overview

In line with the Green Grove’s philosophy of being a student centric international School, this student body plays a key role in translation of this belief into action, playing multiplicity of roles by being the friend, philosopher and guide to the students and orchestrating the show from behind the stage, facilitating interactions and engagement between the school and the student fraternity.

The Student Council assumes a responsible role in administering managerial skills learnt in the classrooms through experiential learning. Each member embodies the Green Grove’s spirit of being a 'Go-getter', staying on their toes to take care of concerns of the community. The council, apart from addressing students' day to day affairs - infrastructure, food, health, Resource Centre, sports complex, entertainment - ensures catering to the scholastic prowess of the students. The Council does it all from coordinating various events in the campus with aplomb, to screening weekly movies and throwing stellar parties for the student community.

Mature and level-headed, members of the Council ensure unencumbered flow of information between the various student committees, the rest of the students and the school. The council is committed to transparency and accountability and to this end holds periodic 'Open House' sessions where both students and Directors participate. Each Open House serves as a simulation for participative leadership.

Roles of the Student Council

To officially represent all the students in the school.
To identify and help solve problems encountered by students in the school.
To communicate its opinion to the school administration on any subject that concerns students and on which the council wishes to be consulted.
To promote and encourage the involvement of students in organizing school activities.

Responsibilities of the Student Council

To promote the interests of students among the school administration, staff and parents.
To inform students about any subject that concerns them.
To consult students on any issue of importance.
To organize financial campaigns for school life and charitable activities.
To organize educational and recreational activities for students.
To participate in developing the school’s educational projects and to promote it to students.
To organize an activity to recognize the efforts of students involved in organizing school activities.
To propose activities to the school administration that would improve the quality of life in the school.
To maintain good relations, out of mutual respect, with the school staff (the principal, teaching and non-teaching personnel) and parents.
To have fun!

The Student Council consists of the following members:

President of the Council
Executive Vice President of the Council
Vice President of Administration
Vice President of Finance
Vice President of Communication
Grade Representatives

The members of the council will be elected through School Council Elections.

Roles of the Members of the Student Council :

President of the Council (High School)

To act as official spokesperson for the council in its relations with the students and the school administration.
To call meetings of the council and to prepare the agendas.
To chair the meetings of the council.
To supervise the tasks of the council members.
To take part in all special committees formed by the council or send a representative to such committees.
To represent the students on official occasions.

Executive Vice President of the Council (1 Senior High & 1 Junior High)

To advise and assist the President.
To coordinate the work of non-elected students involved in the organization of school activities: newspaper, environment, school dances, etc.
To replace the president when he or she cannot be present.

VP of Administration (Jr. High School)

To write up the minutes of every council meeting.
To publish and distribute all the documents necessary for meetings.
To write and classify the correspondence of the council.

VP Finance (High School)

To keep accounts up to date.
To make purchases.
To provide full information about the council’s finances whenever the council wishes to see it.

VP Communication (High School)

To advertise upcoming events and activities to the student body.
To work alongside the VP Administration to facilitate communication between the student council, school staff and the parent council.
To bring information collected from students, parents and teaching staff to the attention of the student council.

Grade Representatives (open membership)

To communicate the ideas and needs of specific Grades to the student council.
To communicate the student council activities and actions to their designated grades.
To aid in the organization of educational and recreational activities proposed by the council.
To act as consultants to the student council on matters that affect the grade they represent.