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Jessie Waggoner, 11 --~--­

Student Councii 4~------­

District 8 Representative4~t---­

"Being 08 rep gave me
so many opportunities to._.!~! ... ____ _...
meet kids from across the 4lllii
state and learn more about
other student councils."

A. Jun ior Kriste n Mc-
Ca nn tapes up decora-
tions for Homecoming
the night before th e
dance. Student co uncil
members ca me back
to the sc hool after the
homecoming football
game to finish putting
up the decorations for
Saturday night.
B. Freshman Alex Hip-
pen and so phomore
Alyssa Amen cut out let-
ters for the entrance sign
of the W inter Dance.
Most of th e decorations
resemb led basketba lls,
ali ens and Looney Toons
characters for the "Space
Jam " theme. photos by
Ca itlin Cruz

Pl anning soc ial events and helping throughout the community were great ways to have fun.

A 3.5 CPA or hi gher and consistent attendance were onl y a pending on class standing and yea rs of membe rshi p with
couple of requirements needed to gain the great reputati on as a NHS.
member of National Honor Society. Members took pride in the "Juni or members had to do a monthly se rvice project
eve nts they put on, including an induction ce remony, fundrais- and complete individual se rvice hours as well," junior
ers, community se rvice, and the Mr./Ms. Mustang competition. Ryan Muehling sa id.
Many of th e members looked forward to the annual lock-in . After applying and bein g se lected by the student
E ve nts were held all around the sc hool throughout the night, body, student council put on the homecoming week tnat
including karao ke, video and boa rd ga mes, mat ball, volleyball , everyone looked forwa rd to. W ee ks of Thursday morn ing
movies, food and more. planning, decoration days, and pro moting paid off to put
"Th e best part of the lock-in was having all of my friends th ere toge ther the "O ld Holl ywood" th emed dance.
with me," se ni or liked hea rin g all th e compliments about how cool eve ry',
"Sin ce we made all the decorations from sc ratch, I
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m a ke important require- thing looked," so phomore Brent Lovett sa id.
Along with Homecoming, student coun cil put on th e
"Space Jam" themed winte r dance and a fundraise r for
ments was the com-
the Make-A-Wish foundation. Th ey strive d to reac h a goa l
munity se rvice hours
an eac h member had to of 2, 000 doll ars from the student body and ended up
donating 5,000 dollars total.
complete. Th e num-
"MN was recognized by Make-A-Wish for th e generous
ber of hours va ried for
eac h member de-
donation and rece ive d a plaque of the w ish we helped to come
true," sponso r Larissa Knudson sa id .
Both activities felt proud of all their work . Over 20 hours
liilP.OCt of voluntee ring done by each NHS member and countless
numbers of decorations made by student council brought the
productive yea r to a close.