The other day, someone asked me, "Why do we have spirit days?" Why do we have spirit days? Spirit days are for the entire school to work towards one goal (everyone should wear hats, everyone should wear their clothes backwards, etc.), and so they help build a community. I think that building a community is a very important thing for a school to do to so everyone feels happy and welcome. Spirit days are also a chance to show your spirit for Ridgecrest, and a way to make school fun and something you look forward to. Of course, it's fun to learn, but spirit days are another way to have fun! There are a couple of spirit days coming up, so I hope you all participate! Backwards Day is on December 19th, Pajama day is on January 16th, and Twin/Triplet day is on January 30th.
I hope to see you all showing your spirit soon! Goodbye and have a wonderful day!
--Gigi V. and Yori B.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Finally A Long, Long Break!
It's time for the holidays again! We really need a long break just to recover from all the school work. As you all probably know it's the time to sit down in front of a warm fire, eating fresh baked cookies and drinking a warm cup of hot chocolate. It's also almost time to go outside and build a snowman with all your friends. We are personally excited for all those half days and the two weeks off until next year. In other words, we have the rest of the year off to relax.
~Yori and Amanda
~Yori and Amanda
Thursday, November 20, 2008
A Spoon Full of Sugar...
RC is helping the Shoreline School district Holiday Food Drive. We are collecting sugar. We are Why?? RC is in charge of collecting the sugar. Other schools in the district are collecting different items for the Holiday Food drive. Our school goal is 300 5lbs bags of sugar which is equal to 1500 pounds of sugar. That's a lot of sugar!!! We are also collecting items from the ten most wanted list so bring those too! We are promoting the food drive early so you can start buying sugar and other foods at cheap prices. So start collecting as much food as you can!!!
We are also collecting other important food items that are really needed. Check our announcements page for our 10 Most Wanted Food Items.
And don't forget to bring in gifts for the Teen Gift Drive!
Thanks.
~Amanda S. 6th grade Representative
We are also collecting other important food items that are really needed. Check our announcements page for our 10 Most Wanted Food Items.
And don't forget to bring in gifts for the Teen Gift Drive!
Thanks.
~Amanda S. 6th grade Representative
Insider's Perspective on the November 20th Meeting...
Well I hope you like the blog so far. Here is some info on the November 20th meeting. The meeting was called to order by the Co-presidents, we (the reps) sat there waiting anxiously to have our named called to make sure we were accounted for being at the meeting. All of us had a huge discussion about issues of the school. That was only the first part...
We then walked out the door and started snapping pictures of the whole student council for the website. After that was done, we broke up into our committees and started to get to work. I was one of the members in the website committee so I was busy updating the blog while Gigi (One of the Co-Presidents) was busy updating the website with images and upcoming events. Other committees were working on things such as posters and filling the showcases. Already it was time to go. Time to look forward to another meeting.
~Amanda S. Sixth Grade Representative
We then walked out the door and started snapping pictures of the whole student council for the website. After that was done, we broke up into our committees and started to get to work. I was one of the members in the website committee so I was busy updating the blog while Gigi (One of the Co-Presidents) was busy updating the website with images and upcoming events. Other committees were working on things such as posters and filling the showcases. Already it was time to go. Time to look forward to another meeting.
~Amanda S. Sixth Grade Representative
Thursday, November 13, 2008
November 13th Meeting Highlights
Welcome to the second student council blog. In this blog, I will be talking about Thursday, November 13th meeting.
Towards the beginning of the meeting, one of the presidents had to begin the meeting by calling the meeting to order. During this meeting, it was my job to do it. It took a wile for people to here me, causing me to have to say it twice. Once we got organized, we stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. When everybody sat down, it was time for the quote(s) of the week. Since it was Veterans Day on Tuesday, we had some Veterans Day quotes. I have no clue how she gets so many good quotes. I think there were at least 4 of them. So far I was only able to find one the previous week.
This meeting, we didn’t have much Items/issues we needed to discuss. I think only think 1 person raised their hand. We didn’t have much time to discuss that many things either. Mrs. Mehlert came in to talk to us about bringing sugar to raise money. Our goal was to get 300 bags of 5 pound sugar. For each class, you get 10 points for a bag of sugar, 5 points for an item off of the 10 most wanted items, and if you want to, 30 points for a pair of pajamas. She also said the class with the most points gets a root beer float party.
After she left, it was time to do committees. I’m in charge of the spirit day committee. In each committee, there is an officer in charge of it. In this meeting, there was only 30 minutes left to do committees, so we didn’t have as much time to do the things that we usually do each week.
~Bogui A., Co-President
Towards the beginning of the meeting, one of the presidents had to begin the meeting by calling the meeting to order. During this meeting, it was my job to do it. It took a wile for people to here me, causing me to have to say it twice. Once we got organized, we stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. When everybody sat down, it was time for the quote(s) of the week. Since it was Veterans Day on Tuesday, we had some Veterans Day quotes. I have no clue how she gets so many good quotes. I think there were at least 4 of them. So far I was only able to find one the previous week.
This meeting, we didn’t have much Items/issues we needed to discuss. I think only think 1 person raised their hand. We didn’t have much time to discuss that many things either. Mrs. Mehlert came in to talk to us about bringing sugar to raise money. Our goal was to get 300 bags of 5 pound sugar. For each class, you get 10 points for a bag of sugar, 5 points for an item off of the 10 most wanted items, and if you want to, 30 points for a pair of pajamas. She also said the class with the most points gets a root beer float party.
After she left, it was time to do committees. I’m in charge of the spirit day committee. In each committee, there is an officer in charge of it. In this meeting, there was only 30 minutes left to do committees, so we didn’t have as much time to do the things that we usually do each week.
~Bogui A., Co-President
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Welcome to Our New Blog!
Hi! Welcome to the Student Council Blog! Here, you can post your thoughts and ideas about Student Council and Ridgecrest! Each week or so, we will have an “insider’s opinion” from a Student Council member about their experience in Student Council. I hope to hear from you! Through this blog, the Student Council website, and many other forms of communication, we can use the students of Ridgecrest to help enhance the school so it can be in the best possible shape. Please give your thoughts and ideas—Student Council will try to always listen and represent you!
For me, Student Council has been very exciting experience. From when I went around gathering signatures to when we had our first meeting, I have learned a whole lot. When writing my speech, I was sitting at our dining room table the day before it was due, pondering my speech while really just looking at the tree outside our window, when I suddenly remembered my friend’s idea- where I have little stuffed animals at the beginning of the speech. Slowly, I created an idea where I not only said my good qualities but also added some stuffed animals to make the speech more lively and exciting. I was very excited about doing my speech, and I almost forgot the posters. Personally, I think that the posters made the campaign. Though everyone’s speeches were fabulous, the five or so days of walking down the hall seeing posters that said “Vote for me!” really made a difference in how I voted. I worked hard to make my posters pop out, but I do think that mine wasn’t the best on the wall. I put my posters up a couple days late, but I’m glad that I put them up- when the first time you knew that someone was running for an office was when you watched a speech, it didn’t give you very much incentive to vote for them. Even though running for the campaign and experiencing such a fun process was exciting, being elected and working as a co-president was even more exciting.
I walked in on our first meeting with energy and excitement pulsing through my body. I jumped in and when I saw Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Storms, I got even more excited. The first time I spoke, it felt like a huge climax had just peaked, but my excitement never fell. For this meeting, we found out about our goal and we sorted ourselves into committees. I’m on the website committee, which I’ve been on since third grade. I was found some quotes about goals to begin our discussion on finding the Student Council goal, and the one that we finally settled on was to make Ridgecrest a more respectful school and to promote community service. I really like that goal- community service is something I love to contribute to and respect is a great trait to have, so I felt very honored to get to start that conversation with my quotes. Even though we didn’t start the real meetings until the next Thursday, just talking as a co-president was good enough for me.
The next meeting wasn’t as exciting, but it was still very, very fun: the website, poster, and spirit day committees all came down to the computer lab after a long series of complaints and praises from the Student Council representatives and officers. We seriously would have gone on and on complaining and praising until 4:00 if Mrs. Storms and Mrs. Whitney hadn’t stopped us at 3:40 or so. It was still super fun to go for the fifteen minutes we did down to the lab, where we learned about the Student Council website and blog. Each week, two people from our committee will work on the Student Council website and two people will work on the blog. I can’t wait until we actually start running the way we will run for most of the rest of the year! Our next meeting will be on November 13, which isn’t very far away, but I still am super excited and I can’t wait! For this meeting, I am to find a quote/word of the day, and since yesterday was Veterans Day, I think I’ll find a quote about that day. If I were to sum up my co-president experience with one word, I’d probably say “exciting”!
I am really looking forward to the future Student Council meetings. I hope that we can find a cause, like Hurricane Katrina or the flooding (two that we did in previous years) and help them. It’s a really good feeling when you contribute to someone who really needs help. I am also excited for our Teen Gift drive and fundraising for the 6th grade camp. One thing that I really like about Student Council is that its purpose is no t only inside of school and it doesn’t only revolve around Ridgecrest, and meeting people like the PTA president is really cool. Every day, I’m more excited to go to student council. It’s really, really fun!
I hope that you post some of your ideas in this blog! I also hope that we can realize our goal for this year. It’s been a hectic but very fun start to the year! If you have time, please also post to the discussion blog on the Student Council website (you can get to it through the Ridgecrest website homepage) and talk to your classroom representatives so everyone can have their voices heard throughout the school! I hope that you have a wonderful day and a wonderful year! Thanks so much for reading my blog- I’m very sorry if I bored you. See you later!
~Gigi V., Co-President of Student Council
For me, Student Council has been very exciting experience. From when I went around gathering signatures to when we had our first meeting, I have learned a whole lot. When writing my speech, I was sitting at our dining room table the day before it was due, pondering my speech while really just looking at the tree outside our window, when I suddenly remembered my friend’s idea- where I have little stuffed animals at the beginning of the speech. Slowly, I created an idea where I not only said my good qualities but also added some stuffed animals to make the speech more lively and exciting. I was very excited about doing my speech, and I almost forgot the posters. Personally, I think that the posters made the campaign. Though everyone’s speeches were fabulous, the five or so days of walking down the hall seeing posters that said “Vote for me!” really made a difference in how I voted. I worked hard to make my posters pop out, but I do think that mine wasn’t the best on the wall. I put my posters up a couple days late, but I’m glad that I put them up- when the first time you knew that someone was running for an office was when you watched a speech, it didn’t give you very much incentive to vote for them. Even though running for the campaign and experiencing such a fun process was exciting, being elected and working as a co-president was even more exciting.
I walked in on our first meeting with energy and excitement pulsing through my body. I jumped in and when I saw Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Storms, I got even more excited. The first time I spoke, it felt like a huge climax had just peaked, but my excitement never fell. For this meeting, we found out about our goal and we sorted ourselves into committees. I’m on the website committee, which I’ve been on since third grade. I was found some quotes about goals to begin our discussion on finding the Student Council goal, and the one that we finally settled on was to make Ridgecrest a more respectful school and to promote community service. I really like that goal- community service is something I love to contribute to and respect is a great trait to have, so I felt very honored to get to start that conversation with my quotes. Even though we didn’t start the real meetings until the next Thursday, just talking as a co-president was good enough for me.
The next meeting wasn’t as exciting, but it was still very, very fun: the website, poster, and spirit day committees all came down to the computer lab after a long series of complaints and praises from the Student Council representatives and officers. We seriously would have gone on and on complaining and praising until 4:00 if Mrs. Storms and Mrs. Whitney hadn’t stopped us at 3:40 or so. It was still super fun to go for the fifteen minutes we did down to the lab, where we learned about the Student Council website and blog. Each week, two people from our committee will work on the Student Council website and two people will work on the blog. I can’t wait until we actually start running the way we will run for most of the rest of the year! Our next meeting will be on November 13, which isn’t very far away, but I still am super excited and I can’t wait! For this meeting, I am to find a quote/word of the day, and since yesterday was Veterans Day, I think I’ll find a quote about that day. If I were to sum up my co-president experience with one word, I’d probably say “exciting”!
I am really looking forward to the future Student Council meetings. I hope that we can find a cause, like Hurricane Katrina or the flooding (two that we did in previous years) and help them. It’s a really good feeling when you contribute to someone who really needs help. I am also excited for our Teen Gift drive and fundraising for the 6th grade camp. One thing that I really like about Student Council is that its purpose is no t only inside of school and it doesn’t only revolve around Ridgecrest, and meeting people like the PTA president is really cool. Every day, I’m more excited to go to student council. It’s really, really fun!
I hope that you post some of your ideas in this blog! I also hope that we can realize our goal for this year. It’s been a hectic but very fun start to the year! If you have time, please also post to the discussion blog on the Student Council website (you can get to it through the Ridgecrest website homepage) and talk to your classroom representatives so everyone can have their voices heard throughout the school! I hope that you have a wonderful day and a wonderful year! Thanks so much for reading my blog- I’m very sorry if I bored you. See you later!
~Gigi V., Co-President of Student Council
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