The Student Council is a group of six 5th graders, two from each class, who plan activities for the school that help make the school a bit more fun, that contribute to the community and also provide a positive atmosphere for learning.
Each Council member had to run a campaign complete with designing a poster and giving a speech to his/her class. School elections were held on November 4th. Dawson fifth graders voted for representation the same day their parents voted for community representation.
What
is it like to run for Student Council? Council member say it was an
awesome experience to create a powerful campaign and even more awesome that it
worked and they got elected! Some members had siblings on the Council so
they have wanted to be involved since first grade. Members say they felt
confident after overcoming the fear of giving a speech and enjoyed coming up
with a campaign slogan and using their computer skills for the poster design.
Their advice to other students who may want to run for Council in the future –
have a positive attitude and practice your speech, spell out your ideas, don’t
be tense, look at the audience, don’t speak too fast and most of all have fun.
After elections a suggestion box was placed in each fifth grade and then the Council members selected activities based on those suggestions.
January 23 School wide Wear Your Favorite Color to School Day
January 29-February 9
School Wide Fundraiser for The Make A Wish
Foundation
March 6
School Wide
Dress for Your Favorite Career Day
March 24
Grade 5 Science Exposition
(Further information posted below)
May 1
School Wide
Wear Your
Clothes Inside Out or
Backwards Day
Science can sometimes seem like
magic and mystery but leads to discovery and invention! Dr. Dale Schimmel,
District Supervisor for Math and Science spoke with the fifth grade to help
students who choose to participate in the Science Expo prepare their ideas for a
project. She pointed out scientific inventions that changed the world such
as gunpowder, paper
making, matches,
the rudder of a boat and the wheel barrow. She also reminded them that
science
surrounds us all when we think of the principles that make some toys work, how
bubbles pop or why salad dressing separates. The Science Expo can be a
chance to explore the why behind such phenomena, to share a collection or
conduct an experiment. Please visit the
Guidelines Link to help you to prepare
for the Expo.