Student Government
MSSG: The State of Our Middle School T
he latter half of the school year has been a trying time. Many of us in the government have been thrown off guard by online learning and social distancing restrictions. Nevertheless, we have initiated several activities which would definitely enhance the quality of life at school. For example, the MSSG has proposed the first sets of policies to the administration, which has been in development in the middle of 2020. This policy set includes proposals for encouraging further action to ensure that students are subjected to a reasonable amount of assessments (summatives and formatives), which will help mitigate and lead to lessen pressure on students. Another proposal that was developed was snack and lunch line improvement to ensure that the snack lines would not cause any hallway traffic. An idea explored was to create a pre-ordering system where students would be able to pre-order their snacks/lunches beforehand via a Google Form. Another proposal that was developed with the help of the administration was lanyard quality improvement. A lot of middle school students had complaints about the lanyard and its tendency to break easily so we decided to work with the administration and allow for better lanyards. There are many other proposal plans that were developed and in the second semester of this school year we were able to create even better ideas with the voice of the middle school.
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To ensure that the middle school is able to express their ideas, we decided to send out various forms that allow students to select activities that they would like to participate in, such as the sports day event. The MSSG worked as a team to create the form and brainstorm about what we believe the students would like to do by using the opinions from each class representative of the middle school. We were able to collect valuable information and design a suitable sports day for the students' enjoyment. The sports day was a success, since each and every student tried their best to compete with each other while having fun. The results were that Badgers won first place, Vikings came second, and Unicorns came third. Sportsmanship was evident in this event and everyone was participating. In the last semester of this school year, we will hold our second and final sports day, we hope that everyone will try their hardest to claim first place, but most importantly have fun.
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House competitions were also an important event for the MSSG. Although there were safety precautions that we had to note, the representatives and officers worked together to ensure that students enjoy and have fun together. We took information and feedback from the students and teachers to make our house competitions more enjoyable. We tried different games and sports, and noted down which ones worked and which ones didn’t. This year, we had many events planned for the middle school, and we hope to have more in order to improve your middle school experience. Although we have made some mistakes, we will try harder to improve! Thank you for all the support! By: Minnie D. 8D and Grace N. 8S
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