OASC Project Database
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Enjoy the Ideas database. Ideas have been submitted by OASC member schools. You can earn Gold Chapter Points by submitting ideas. Proof read before you submit. Also, please feel free to share ideas to help fellow members. To qualify for Gold Chapter, it must be submitted the same year you apply for the Gold Chapter.
Community Movie Night
School: Bennington HS
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Advisor: Kaitlyn Kavoossi
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Advisor Email: kkavoossi@benningtonisd.org
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Type of Project: Social or Recretional Project, Improve Student Attitudes, Fundraising Project
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Description: On the Friday prior to Spring break, our school's student council takes the lead in organizing an annual free movie night—a community-oriented event designed to foster engagement and entertainment. With careful consideration, we select a family-friendly movie and transform our school grounds into an outdoor cinema. This event, open to the public with no age restrictions, extends its reach beyond our school community. In collaboration with a local business, we secure the necessary inflatable movie screening equipment, thereby supporting and promoting local enterprises. In this initiative, the student council plays a pivotal role in running the event, ensuring smooth execution and a memorable experience for all attendees. To fund and further enhance the event, we extend sponsorship opportunities to local businesses. Businesses contributing to our movie night receive valuable exposure, including pre-movie advertisements, visibility on our event's Facebook page, and prominent placement on the movie poster displayed at various locations around town. This strategic partnership not only enriches the community experience but also provides businesses with a unique avenue for marketing and community engagement. This a fun and yearly anticipated event, funds are raised through sponsorship sales and snack sales. attached is the sponsorship form we use.
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Cardinal Day of Giving
School: Medford High School
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Advisor: Kara Locke
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Advisor Email: klocke@medford.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Community Service, School Service Project
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Description:Each year, on the last day before Thanksgiving break, our entire school Pre-K through 12 selects local, state, and international service projects and spend the entire day giving back to our community:
-Stamp Out Starvation (an international food packing project based out of Enid, OK)
-Painting local storefronts downtown with Christmas inspired art
-Making dog toys for the local SPCA
-Sewing dignity bibs for local nursing home patients
-Putting together tie fleece blankets for the local homeless shelter
-A canned food drive that replenishes our two communities' food pantries
-Using donated pillow cases, create tote cases for foster kids in our county
-Stuffed animal drive for our local Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop to hand out to displaced children or victims of wrecks or violence
-Necessities drive and packaging for local churches to have on hand out during services
-Band visits local nursing homes and play for the patrons
-Bringing appreciation packages to local law enforcement, fire fighters, and EMS workers
And much more.
All morning, students rotate from station to station creating, packaging, or serving in the area of focus across the school or the community. In the afternoon, each group disperses and cleans up yards around town doing limb or leaf removal. Afterwords, all students come together and reflect on their day of service explaining the highlights and emotional evaluation of providing for others.
All items are donated beforehand by students, parents and community members.
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Luminaries
School: Ponca City High School
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Advisor: Molly Carter
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Advisor Email: cartem@pcps.us
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Type of Project: Social or Recretional Project,
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Description: Luminaries is an annual event right before the holiday break where leaders set up a light display on the front lawn of our school. Right after school on the dedicated day (we typically do this the Wednesday before break) we take some small brown sacks and put sand in them to keep them from blowing away, then we put a small candle in each bag. We set the bags up so they look like an image from the street in front of the school and come back out around 5:30 to light the candles. From 6-8pm we leave the image lit, taking approximately 15 minute shifts of 2-3 representatives to make sure a bag does not catch on fire. During this time we normally have our student council holiday party inside the school while community members can drive past and see our light display. At 8pm we go back outside and throw the bags/candles away that are not useable again next year and clean the front lawn of any trash or other belongings left.
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URL: Click Here for More
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Photos: Click Here
RAP Assemblies
School: Dibble Public Schools
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Advisor: Brenda Severson
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Advisor Email: severson@dibble.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Social or Recretional Project, Improve Student Attitudes
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Description: RAP - Recognizing Achievements Positively
RAP assemblies are held on the first Friday of every month. The purpose is to replace a typical pep assembly for one sport and one specific game, with an hour long assembly that recognizes everything that is happening in the entire high school. This brings students together by creating an inclusive environment that connects all the dots. It is best to have all students on the gym floor for the whole assembly. If you have a bigger school you might have to do each assembly by grade level, or switch which grade level is on the floor. You could even do it where the groups being recognized are the students on the floor. The point is to have as many students participating as possible. If you can start the year splitting each grade level into teams with a teacher or staff leader, then they can come in, sit in a circle and be with their staff or teacher advisor. You recognize every single event, student, group, or team that is achieving at that time. Recognize them all with run-in signs or flashing lights and confetti etc. For example, FFA and Esports get to break through a sign, like those that are typically used for only athletics. Recognize birthdays for that month if you can. Recognize students of the month nominated by teachers. Recognize Teachers of the month, nominated and voted on by students. Recognize perfect attendance. Recognize anything you can think of that would be positive recognition. Have the band, choir, cheer, dance/pom, stomp squad perform. Get teachers to do something funny. Put together a highlight video of everything that has happened at your school since the previous assembly. When it is time to do competitions or games, have everyone on the floor participate. Each team (as mentioned above) competes against each other at the same time. These games should be games that have a number of things that can be done in a certain amount of time. This way, all teams can participate even if they don't have an even amount of students. Typically games that can be done around a circle are best for everyone. Give prizes or a spirit stick to the team that participated the most, etc. End the whole thing with a giant line dance, or stand in a circle and sing your alma mater, etc. These should be student planned and led with close supervision. These assemblies changed the entire climate at our school. The students and staff are much closer and instead of just being a school, it is a home away from homes, filled with family instead of acquaintances.
WOW Days - "Welcome of Winners"
School: Dibble High School
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Advisor: Brenda Severson
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Advisor Email: cseverson@dibble.k12ok.us
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Type of Project: Social or Recretional Project, Improve Student Attitudes, Leadership Training
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Description: WOW Days - A workshop for 8th graders coming into our HS, and another workshop for 5th graders going into our MS.
We use two school hours to promote positive attitudes, group dynamics, and cooperation at the end of the school year to prepare them for their new adventure into the new sites.
Activities:
Welcome from their future Principal.
Split into groups of 15-20.
Travel from station to station or break out groups in equal time increments
*line dancing
*ice breaker games/team competitions
*friendship bracelets
*lap quilts (for veteran hospitals or nursing homes)
*Positive Posters *Electives Presentation
Movie Night Canned Food Drive
School: Owasso High School
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Advisor: Shannon Beck
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Advisor Email: shannon.beck@owassops.org
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Type of Project: Social or Recretional Project, Community Service
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Description: We have a tradition for the past few years to host a game/movie night on the football field. This event is a part of our yearly football homecoming week celebrations. At the event we provide yard games like nine square, spike ball, and volleyball while also playing a movie on our giant video board screen. We split the field and have one side for people watching the movie and the other half of the 50 is for yard games. Instead of charging for the event, we make it a food drive to benefit our local food pantry run by a few teachers in the school. Entry to the movie night was not a requirement but we were greatly appreciative of canned food items to go directly to our Owasso Food Pantry. The Owasso Food Pantry directly donates food/hygiene items to families of Owasso students. We wanted to help give the pantry a big head start on the year by giving them one big donation right at the beginning of the year. Attendance at the movie night was high and almost every person brought at least one canned food item with them. With the movie night and donations we were able to give the food pantry over 700 nonperishable food items to give to Owasso students and families. This provides a fun night on our football field for our community members while also giving back to the community in the future. We look forward to this every year.
Starfish Story
School: Empire Public Schools
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Advisor: Tammy Skiles
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Advisor Email: tskiles@empireschools.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes
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Description: We ordered stories and a mini starfish off of Amazon and they come in a little mesh bag. At the beginning of the year we pass these out to incoming 6th and 9th grade. This serves as a reminder to make a difference in someone's life every day. They can keep them or pass them on to someone who is having a bad day. It really helps student's attitudes. Most keep them and put it in their binder so they can use it as a reminder.
Gratitude Week
School: Ada High School
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Advisor: Shawn Freeman
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Advisor Email: freemans@adapss.com
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes
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Description:
OVERVIEW: An annual tradition the week before Thanksgiving break is gratitude week. Our council takes this time to reflect on the people in our lives that have had an impact in our lives and that we are thankful for. This tradition changes slightly every year to fit the needs of our council, school community, and the world around us. This is our 8th year to do this project. This year we created a gratitude station in our student center to encourage the student body to participate.
OUR GOALS: Every member of our council must write a set amount of letters. These letters can be written on old fashioned notebook paper and a plain envelope. They can be written on hand decorated paper that is made special for the recipient. They can also be written on a card bought at a store. This part is up to the individual and whatever style they like. This is meant to be not only valuable for the recipient but also the giver. The council is asked to be genuine and honest when writing the letters. We also wanted to create a way to encourage the student body to also show their gratitude and appreciation to others using notes.
OUR STRATEGY: .After these letters were written, they were hand delivered to the recipient by the person who wrote them. This year we set up and decorated a table in the student center, purchased pretty note cards and pens and set them on the table with a poster about gratitude and encouraged students to take and write notes to express appreciation and gratitude.
OUR RESULTS: Over the week before Thanksgiving break, the letters assigned for each day were delivered by each council member. Each member delivered a minimum of 9 letters to students, parents, and staffulty members at our school. The recipients were always grateful for the letters and said that it truly brightened their day. We had to replenish our table in the student center. It was fun to see the student body engage in the gratitude practice.
LESSONS WE LEARNED: The time spent writing the letters allowed our council to express their appreciation towards the people in their lives who are important to them. This had a positive impact on both our council and everyone who received a letter over the week. We were also really excited to see the student body engage in the note writing process!
Back to School Rally
School: Byng High School
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Advisor: Morganne Freeman Powell
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Advisor Email: morganne.powell@byngschools.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes
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Description: We had a back to school rally on the first day of school. Student Council hosted the activity but the band, cheerleaders and pom squad performed as students came in. We introduced our new principal and new teachers. StuCo was able to leave sticky notes under some of the chairs and students won prize baskets. I would highly recommend this activity, the first day can sometimes feel overwhelming to students and teachers and this rally was a good way to start with a positive mindset and school spirit!
Dancing Fridays
School: Ketchum High School
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Advisor: Kelsi Lancaster
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Advisor Email: klancaster@ketchumwarriors.com
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Social or Recreational Project
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Description: The spring semester Student Council did Dancing Fridays for students who wanted to come learn different line dances leading up to prom. It was a beneficial piece to get people involved and having fun during remediation time at school. It also gave students motivation to finish any remedial work required.
Community Easter Egg Hunt
School: McAlester High School
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Advisor: Destiny Collier
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Advisor Email: dcollier@mpsbuffs.org
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Type of Project: Community Service
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Description: McAlester High School has partnered with our local Ford dealership to help with the community-wide Easter Egg Hunt. We his thousands of eggs in multiple sessions and helped supervise young children on the inflatables. We have built a wonderful relationship with owner Sam Wampler who annually provides us with this opportunity to serve.
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Pura Vida Bracelet Fundraiser
School: Jenks Freshman Academy
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Advisor: Katy Sanderlin
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Advisor Email: katy.sanderlin@jenksps.org
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Type of Project: Fundraising Project
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Description: My students are big fans of the Pura Vida jewelry brand, particularly their bracelets. Pura Vida allows you to do custom bulk orders of bracelets for a discounted rate, so we made some in our school spirit colors and sold them as a stuco fundraiser. We sold the bracelets for $7, which is the same price that a regular bracelet costs in retail. We profited $3 per bracelet.
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Project Link: Click Here
Local Sports Fundraiser
School: Jenks Freshman Academy
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Advisor: Katy Sanderlin
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Advisor Email: jtilley@latta.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Fundraising Project and Social and Recretional Project
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Description:
Disclaimer: I have not tried this yet, but I think it could be a good idea for someone to try!
Local sports teams such as the Tulsa Oilers (hockey) and FC Tulsa (soccer) offer fundraising opportunities for groups to purchase tickets in a certain section. For example, Tulsa Oilers will give back $3-5 to the organization, depending on how many tickets are purchased. Attending a hockey game as a council/school/community could be a fun and relatively simple way to raise money for a cause.
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Big Event
School: Latta High School
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Advisor: Jessica Tilley
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Advisor Email: jtilley@latta.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes
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Description:
Every year we host our Big and Bigger Event. This is a day of connecting and building student relationship with their peers. We divide the student class into groups lead by a STUCO member and they go through workshop and activities together throughout the day. We always enjoy this and its the best part of our year! This year we are merging our Big and Bigger Event, so we are doing a Wiffile ball tournament in the afternoon. This year our theme is Latta Olympics.
Pink Week
School: Latta High School
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Advisor: Jessica Tilley
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Advisor Email: jtilley@latta.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Fundraising Project
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Description: We have started having an annual Pink Week with proceeds going to our local hospital cancer center. Last year we completed with Byng and we will do the same this year. This is week of activities all geared toward making as much money. We have sold tshirts, candy, doughnuts, pizza, hosted a movie night, etc. I am looking forward to getting more ideas from this database to get more activities
LIT - Leaders in Training
School: Oologah High School
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Advisor: Donna Conley
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Advisor Email: donna.conley@oologah.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Leadership Training
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Description:
Our leadership training program was designed to empower high school students to mentor and inspire middle school students. This innovative approach allowed younger students to learn from their older peers, fostering a sense of community and guidance. High school students developed valuable leadership skills by leading workshops, team-building activities, and mentorship sessions. They helped middle school students explore their interests, passions, and goals, encouraging them to pursue their dreams and make informed decisions about their high school journey.
To foster a sense of community, we provided lunch for all participants, allowing them to connect and build relationships over a shared meal. This relaxed setting enabled participants to bond over shared interests and experiences, creating a stronger sense of camaraderie and collaboration. The shared meal also helped break down barriers, allowing participants to connect on a personal level and build lasting relationships.
Moreover, the program allowed council members to connect on a deeper level, forming new friendships and strengthening existing ones. As they worked together to facilitate the program, they discovered shared interests and passions, leading to opportunities for future collaborations and initiatives. This enhanced connection among council members enabled them to work more effectively together, leveraging their diverse skills and perspectives to drive positive change in their schools and communities.
The impact of our program extended beyond the training sessions. High school students continued to mentor and inspire their younger peers, creating a ripple effect of positivity and leadership. They went on to hold leadership roles in extracurricular clubs, sports teams, and community organizations, applying the skills and confidence they gained from our program. Our initiative demonstrated that investing in young leaders can have a profound impact on their growth, schools, and communities, shaping a brighter future for all. We had a great response from all the students that participated, and we all learned a little bit from each other regarding life and leadership.
Boologah
School: Oologah High School
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Advisor: Donna Conley
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Advisor Email: donna.conley@oologah.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Community Service
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Description: Each year, “Boologah” provides the leadership class an opportunity to serve their
community. In October of 2023, the Oologah-Talala Leadership class began to prepare
for the annual scare house for the community’s Halloween festival, “Boologah.” During
the weeks leading up to the event, the leadership class worked together to brainstorm
and vote on a theme and corresponding decorations. The students had to keep the
plans family-friendly. After much deliberation, the majority voted in favor of an “Into the
Woods” themed scare house.
To make efficient use of their time, the class split into committees: decorations,
greeting, and the reservation committee. The reservation committee called and booked
the desired building, which is in the center of where the festival would be held. Once the
reservation was made, decorating could be started. The decorations committee started
measuring and laying out where each decoration would be placed. It was decided that
in order to create the ambiance they wanted, the committee would have to utilize black
paper on the floor and windows. Next, fake foliage and animals were placed around the
house, along with curtains to direct visitors where to go. After testing out the house on
the students’ advisor, the scare house was ready.
On Halloween night, the students opened the haunted house to the public at 6:00
p.m. The class kept the scare house running for two hours and went through their last
group of kids at 8:00 p.m.
Boologah is an amazing opportunity for the Oologah High School Leadership
students to serve their community, allowing them to express their creativity and
providing an interactive and festive atmosphere for all ages. It is also a unique avenue
to reach out to other high school students and show them how fun Leadership can be!
Singo Bingo
School: Carl Albert High School
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Advisor: Grace Dozier
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Advisor Email: gdozier@mid-del.net
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Fundraising Project
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Description: During our Spring philanthropic week, we are always seeking new and fun ways to get our student body reenergized. Last year, we incorporated the wildly popular "Singo Bingo" activity that we began seeing at our local restaurants and sports bars ( Louis in particular). Students were invited to attend out event at a $2 entry fee and everyone was given a sheet with 4 different bingo cards. Each card was a different genre/decade of music. It took careful planning to add all the music to the play list and to ensure that all the cards were different. It was worth the effort! Once the games began, the students were immediately excited and singing along to all the music ( regardless of genre). We saw more laughter and comradery than we had witnessed in a quite some time. Students began dancing in the aisles and everyone was thoroughly engaged. Needless to say, we raised a significant amount of money with absolutely no upfront cost. It ended in just over an hour and the students were begging more. This is the main event that all students are looking forward to again this year!
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Project Link: Click Here
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Photos Link: Click Here
Voting Improvement
School: Norman North High School
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Advisor: Chad Boese
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Advisor Email: cboese@normanps.org
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Type of Project: Social or Recreational Project
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Description: Our goal during our student council election was to improve student buy in and the amount of students that vote in the election. Previously we had students voting through the voting 4 schools website during our advisory hour, however, more than half of the student body ignored the voting and chose not to involve themselves. To fix this issue we had the idea of setting up actual voting booths and having history classes go down to the nearest booth to vote. These booths were ran by seniors who can't vote due to them graduating. We also encouraged voting with "I voted" stickers and free suckers if they voted. These booths and rewards raised our buy in from about 40% to nearly 75% and proved to be a very valuable idea.
Breaking Down the Walls
School: Norman North High School
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Advisor: Chad Boese
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Advisor Email: cboese@normanps.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes
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Description: A big issue on our campus is the amount of student buy in and attitude towards events and assemblies. Breaking down the walls is an event run by the ignite2unite meant to connect the student body further through multiple activities. This was very powerful for a lot of people on our campus and improved both teacher and student buy in. Following the event we noticed not only greater attendance, but also more energy at those events.
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Project Link: Click Here
Bomb Pop Fundraiser
School: Byng High School
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Advisor: Morganne Freeman Powell
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Advisor Email: morganne.powell@byngschools.org
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Type of Project: Fundraising Project
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Description: We had the opportunity to have a bomb Pop Fundraiser where we sold Popsicles to the elementary kids for $1 during their recess. We sent out reminders that went in students take home folders before hand so parents could send their kids with $1 and buy a Popsicle. This was a major success for out Student Council fundraising and I would highly recommend this as an easy and fun way to raise some money for your council. Bomb-Pop's go for around $4 for a box of 12, so you make pretty good profit.
Battle of the Pink Weeks
School: Byng High School
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Advisor: Morganne Freeman Powell
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Advisor Email: morganne.powell@byngschools.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Social or Recreational Project, Fundraising Project
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Description: This past year Byng High School and Latta High School partnered together to have a battle of the Pink weeks, every year we split which school will host the Pink out game, leading up to that game we spend the week hosting events at our schools to raise money. Events include, students paying $1 to duct tape their principle to the wall, a bake sale, we asked local businesses to donate small items for a raffle basket, and to end the week we hosted a Car Bash where students paid $1 for 4 hits on a car, we had safety goggles and gloves to ensure students were safe.
Club Fair
School: Broken Bow High School
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Advisor: Wanda Wood
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Advisor Email: wwood@bbisdapp.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes​
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Description:
​In order to encourage our student body to become more engaged in school we have created a Club Fair. Our Student Activities Committee is over the event. First, they select several dates at the beginning of the year for the Principal to choose from. Once the date has been chosen the Committee Chair sends out an email to the entire staffulty explaining the day and asking for their assistance. The Chair also asks questions like how many tables will you need, do you need an electrical outlet, who are your students that will be represent your club/organization so that we can get them excused from class for set up, the fair, and clean up. Once we have that information the Student Activities Committee then creates a blueprint of where the clubs/organization will be placed within the gym. The event is broken into two times with the Sophomores/Freshmen attending together and the Junior/Seniors attending together. The student body is given a card with a logo of every club/organization then they must visit every table to have their card punched in order to receive a gift. This gift doesn't have to be much maybe a bag of candy, popsicles, or a pop. This project is beneficial to everyone involved because it gives our students information on ways to get involved in our school and allows the clubs/organizations to get their message out to everyone.
Dierks Halloween Carnival
School: Broken Bow High School
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Advisor: Wanda Wood
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Advisor Email: wwood@bbisdapp.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes​
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Description:
The Dierks Halloween Carnival is a small carnival that takes place inside the Dierks Elementary gym. The principal and fitness coaches asked our council if we could help them out since they did not want to take the teachers away from their teaching. Last year we had about 8-10 student council members help out with this event. There were about five different stations. One station was carmel apples and the kids would come up to a table and get a cup full of apples and would ask for carmel. The other stations consisted of games such as toy fishing, dancing, hula-hooping, and knocking down cup stacks. There were also different stations for the younger grades that were too little to participate. This was an all day event. 2-3 classes came every 45 minutes until we made it through all of the games. They would switch stations every nine minutes. The kids enjoyed getting to interact with the high school students and it made it more fun for them. We will be doing this event again this year if we are asked.
Freshmen Fun Day
School: Del City High School
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Advisor: Kristy Cooper
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Advisor Email: kcooper@mid-del.net
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes​
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Description:
Every year, Del City does a series of class projects and for the Freshmen is Freshmen Fun Day. During the say, freshmen are introduced to DCHS Traditions, Campus, and more. They write a letter to themselves that will be open the last week of the senior year, learn chants, tour the campus and participate in our Commit to Graduate Project. The freshmen put on graduation robes and take picture like they are going to graduate. Click on the link for more information about the day.
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Project Link: Click here
Secret Staff Dress Up Week
School: Del City High School
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Advisor: Kristy Cooper
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Advisor Email: kcooper@mid-del.net
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Type of Project: Improve Student/Staffulty Attitudes​
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Description:
During our Staffulty Appreciation the Week the students help plan, the staff does a secret dress up week. Only the student council officers know about it because they help plan the days. Our staff and students had so much fun laughing as the kids were trying to figure out what was going on. The best day is when the staff dresses up like the students. So many smiles and laughs. Make the day that fits your school, but here were the days.​
Monday: Dress All Black (morning the weekend was over)
Tuesday: Wear Crowns (We were promoting our high school play)
Wednesday: Dress A Like (kids were trying to figure out what was going on)
Thursday: Dress Like the Students
Friday DC Pride
Bomb Pop Fundraiser
School: Byng High School
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Advisor: Morganne Freeman Powell
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Advisor Email: morganne.powell@byngschools.org
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Type of Project: Fundraiser Project​
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Description:
We had the opportunity to have a bomb Pop Fundraiser where we sold Popsicles to the elementary kids for $1 during their recess. We sent out reminders that went in students take home folders before hand so parents could send their kids with $1 and buy a Popsicle. This was a major success for out Student Council fundraising and I would highly recommend this as an easy and fun way to raise some money for your council. Bomb-Pop's go for around $4 for a box of 12, so you make pretty good profit.
Battle of the Pink Weeks
School: Byng High School
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Advisor: Morganne Freeman Powell
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Advisor Email: morganne.powell@byngschools.org
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Type of Project: Social or Recretional Project, Improve Student Attitudes, Fundraising Project​
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Description:
This past year Byng High School and Latta High School partnered together to have a battle of the Pink weeks, every year we split which school will host the Pink out game, leading up to that game we spend the week hosting events at our schools to raise money. Events include, students paying $1 to duct tape their principle to the wall, a bake sale, we asked local businesses to donate small items for a raffle basket, and to end the week we hosted a Car Bash where students paid $1 for 4 hits on a car, we had safety goggles and gloves to ensure students were safe.
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Club Fair
School: Broken Bow High School
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Advisor: Wanda Wood
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Advisor Email: wwood@bbisdapp.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes​
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Description:
have created a Club Fair. Our Student Activities Committee is over the event. First, they select several dates at the beginning of the year for the Principal to choose from. Once the date has been chosen the Committee Chair sends out an email to the entire staffulty explaining the day and asking for their assistance. The Chair also asks questions like how many tables will you need, do you need an electrical outlet, who are your students that will be represent your club/organization so that we can get them excused from class for set up, the fair, and clean up. Once we have that information the Student Activities Committee then creates a blueprint of where the clubs/organization will be placed within the gym. The event is broken into two times with the Sophomores/Freshmen attending together and the Junior/Seniors attending together. The student body is given a card with a logo of every club/organization then they must visit every table to have their card punched in order to receive a gift. This gift doesn't have to be much maybe a bag of candy, popsicles, or a pop. This project is beneficial to everyone involved because it gives our students information on ways to get involved in our school and allows the clubs/organizations to get their message out to everyone.
Dierks Halloween Carnival
School: Broken Bow High School
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Advisor: Wanda Wood
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Advisor Email: wwood@bbisdapp.org
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Type of Project: School Service Project​
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Description:
The Dierks Halloween Carnival is a small carnival that takes place inside the Dierks Elementary gym. The principal and fitness coaches asked our council if we could help them out since they did not want to take the teachers away from their teaching. Last year we had about 8-10 student council members help out with this event. There were about five different stations. One station was carmel apples and the kids would come up to a table and get a cup full of apples and would ask for carmel. The other stations consisted of games such as toy fishing, dancing, hula-hooping, and knocking down cup stacks. There were also different stations for the younger grades that were too little to participate. This was an all day event. 2-3 classes came every 45 minutes until we made it through all of the games. They would switch stations every nine minutes. The kids enjoyed getting to interact with the high school students and it made it more fun for them. We will be doing this event again this year if we are asked.
District Playoff Week- Pie in the Face
School: Fletcher High School
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Advisor: Brooke Wagstaff
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Advisor Email: bwagstaff@fletcherschools.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes​
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Description:
District Playoff Week helps our student body send our baseball and softball teams off knowing they have our full support behind them. During the week our students participate in dress up days. Our themes this playoff season were... Monday- "WAKE UP, It's time for Play" - PJ Day Tuesday- "Who you rooting for?" - Jersey/Team Day Wednesday- "Fletcher is ready for war" - Class Color day Thursday- "WILDCAT PRIDE"- Wear Fletcher Wildcat gear During the week we play "Pie in the Face" to raise money to buy goodies for school organizations throughout the year. Student Council sets up jars with teachers faces on them and students drop money in them. The teacher who has the most amount of money by Wednesday, will get a PIE TO THE FACE at the pep- rally. The student who gets to pie the teacher is the senior who is best dressed all week long. On Wednesday Student Council host a Pep-Rally for the entire student body. The rally consist of team recognition, games, and performances from our cheer squad. The rally gets the students hype and helps them understand the importance of cheering others on! The picture attached is of the Teacher who got PIED! Our softball coach took the pie to the face by one of his senior softball players!
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Welcome Back Rally
School: Del City High School
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Advisor: Kristy Cooper
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Advisor Email: kcooper@mid-del.net
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes​
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Description:
Welcome Back Rally is when we welcome the school, staffulty and the freshman to our school. The Rally is always the first Friday of the year. 10th- 12 grades are dismiss first to the field house. Then we call down the freshman. The upperclassman take a tunnel for the freshman to enter. During the rally we play games, recognize students for their work during the summer and have amazing spirit contests. Overall this rally sets the tone of the year.
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Staffulty Appreciate Days
School: Del City High School
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Advisor: Kristy Cooper
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Advisor Email: kcooper@mid-del.net
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Type of Project: School Service Project​
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Description:
The first Friday every month, DC Leadership Staffulty Group plans a lunch snack for the staff. We fund the day with snow cone truck.
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Student Leadership Renaissance Committee -Cooper’s Class
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Friday, September 1 - Trail Mix Bar
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Friday, October 6 - Trick or Treat
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Friday, November 3 - Ice Cream Social
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Friday, December 1 - Hot Dog Stand
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Friday, January 12 - S’Mores
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Friday, Feb 2 - Cereal Bar
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Friday, March 1 - DUNKin Donuts
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Friday, April 5 - Root BEER Floats - ROOTIN TOOTIN DAY
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Friday, May 10 - Hot Dog Stand
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TIRELess Teacher and Strike Em Out
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Primary Pep Rally
School: Cache High School
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Advisor: Emily Anderson
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Advisor Email: emily.anderson@cacheps.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Social or Recreational Project​
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Description:
Our Leadership class went to our Primary School and held a pep rally for them. This was a great way to end our Red Ribbon Week and get the kids excited for the home football game. We sent them videos of chants and cheers we would be doing before the pep rally so they could practice and be prepared. We had the band, cheerleaders and football team at the pep rally. We played a game, had some of the Senior football players talk to the students, and had a crowd involvement cheer. The students loved it, and it was a great way to involve our younger grades in promoting school spirit while emphasizing the importance of Red Ribbon Week.
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Reading Bus
School: Chelsea High School
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Advisor: Pam Phillips
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Advisor Email: pphillips@chelseadragons.net
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Type of Project: School Service Project​
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Description:
Our lower elementary (PK & KG) has no library within it's building. Our students decided to fix that program and came up with a mobile book cart. The cart was donated as well as all the books and carpet squares. Students painted the cart yellow and then added some special features that make the cart fun and inviting. The carts intended use is for days that students are not allowed to go outside due to weather. Teachers then take students to the gym where they are allowed to go pick a book from the cart. Once they are done they are able to go get another book. This teaches the young learners the importance of taking care of books and preparing them for when they transition to a building that does have the library. During holidays and special events Stu-Co will come over and read to the classes. This was a fun project and allowed the students to have fun and help another building within our district fill a need. Our Stu-co also helped the upper elementary during the book fair. Each member took a child and helped them fill out their wish list to take home.
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Halloween on the Hill
School: Chelsea High School
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Advisor: Pam Phillips
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Advisor Email: pphillips@chelseadragons.net
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Social or Recreational Project
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Description:
Halloween on the Hill is an annual event held by middle and high school students. Each building/ students chose a theme for their hall or dept. and decorate. All students bring candy. Many of the organization/teachers give bonus points for bags brought. They are then encouraged to dress up in appropriate costumes. Both lower elementary buildings are then bused into our location and trick or trick in our hallways. It is a great way for the students in the upper levels to still participate in a fun activity and bond together as a group. Teachers/staff go all out in making it a fun event. This event began in 2021 by Stu-Co and today all organizations and students participate. Many of the younger students look forward to being a part of the this event.
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Senior Seminar
School: US Grant High School
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Advisor: Tiffany Kozikoski
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Advisor Email: takozikoski@okcps.org
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Type of Project: Community Service, Leadership Training​
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Description:
We have a senior seminar at the end of April each year. This training is created solely by the outgoing seniors for the rest of our council. They discuss successes and failures they were a part of, ideas for improving next year's events, team building throughout the council, one-on-one with the incoming officers, and discussion with the administration on what needs improvement. The seniors discuss how they built community involvement with our local businesses and share contacts with the incoming class for financial support. They discuss how to deal with negative criticism and not take it personally. This is great student-run training benefits our entire council
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Helping Hands
School: Cache High School
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Advisor: Emily Anderson
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Advisor Email: emily.anderson@cacheps.org
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Type of Project: School Service Project​
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Every Friday our students go lend a "helping hand" to other teachers in the district. They might read to students, make copies/staple papers, work on a bulletin board, etc. They are to be of service to the teachers, principal, secretaries, custodians, etc. They look forward to doing this every Friday and have made great relationships along the way!
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Suicide Prevention Video
School: Wagoner High School
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Advisor: Amy Cantrell
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Advisor Email: acantrell@wagonerps.org
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Type of Project: School Service Project​
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Description:
The Wagoner High School students wanted to share data related to suicide among teens to help someone who needed it. As a council, we highlighted the importance of community with peers and the effects of positive relationships. We researched facts from reliable sources and then decided what to share. We came up with a simplified delivery approach. We hoped to make an impact on our student body and in the community with our message that "You are not alone!"
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Elementary Leadership Workshop
School: Wagoner High School
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Advisor: Amy Cantrell
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Advisor Email: acantrell@wagonerps.org
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Type of Project:School Service Project​
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Description:
We held workshops for our elementary students. They rotated through stations to learn about leadership skills. They practiced these skills by playing games and having discussions related to them.
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Haunt the Halls
School: US Grant High School
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Advisor: Tiffany Kozikoski
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Advisor Email:takozikoski@okcps.org
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Type of Project: School or Recreational Project​
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Description:
Every school year around Halloween, our Student Council organizes a festival for the community to come together and enjoy Halloween. The event is free for the community. We decorate the entire school with Halloween decorations that our council creates. We have a haunted house available in our portable building, and we deck it out with whatever our theme is that year. For example, this year, our theme was a graveyard. We also have games run by clubs at our school and our student council. We have a trunk or treat in our school parking lot, which usually has around 50 cars, with volunteers handing out candy and prizes. In our gym, we have inflatable obstacle courses and a bouncy house for the younger kids. Coloring, tattoos, and face paint stations are set up in different parts of the school for anyone who wants to do crafts. 2 months before Haunt the Halls, the officers start looking for food trucks to come, and we get 10% of their profit. When people walk into the school, they are greeted by our student council members and hold a donation bucket in case families want to donate. We provide the candy for most games and some trunk or treaters.
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Adopt A Child
School: US Grant High School
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Advisor: Tiffany Kozikoski
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Advisor Email: takozikoski@okcps.org
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Type of Project: Community Service​
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Description:
The council chooses an elementary school Pre-K within our community and serves a lower socio-economic demographic. The chosen school gives us the names of the students and a want and a need gift. We start this in September because it gives the participating school a chance to ask parents about a need for the student and ask the students about something they would like for the holiday. (within 40.00) Once we have all the information, the council will divide the students and purchase gifts for them. We get together and wrap the presents. We take a field trip to the elementary school, deliver the gifts, help the kids open them, read books, have juice and cookies, and enjoy the time with our littles. (always make sure to do a final check for new students at the end of November)
We love this project because it makes a difference to so many students in our district.
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Community Babysitting
School: Empire Public Schools
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Advisor: Tammy Skiles
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Advisor Email: tskiles@empireschools.org
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Type of Project: Fundraising Project​
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Description:
We hosted a community babysitting night for Christmas shopping. We watched kids for 10.00 a piece for 2 hours to give parents a chance to go Christmas shopping. We raised the money for St. Jude Hospital. It was a fun activity and it gave the high school students a chance to bond with the elementary students and see them around the campus.
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Deck the Halls
School: Bixby 9th Grade Center
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Advisor: Jennifer Phenicie
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Advisor Email: jphenicie@bixbyps.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Social or Recreational Project​
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Description:
We begin the day with an assembly recognizing teachers and staff: awards for each class, students of the month, teachers of the month, traits awards, etc. We have lunch like normal. For the second half of the day, students who are passing with no major discipline referrals are able to select fun classes: movie room, painting, ornament making, holiday baking, etc. Students are have discipline issues are in detention. Students who are ineligible are working with teachers at a last ditch effort to catch up and pass.
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Book Drive
School: Bixby 9th Grade Center
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Advisor: Jennifer Phenicie
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Advisor Email: jphenicie@bixbyps.org
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Type of Project: School Service Project​
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Description:
Our students worked with a local organization that provides books to children in need. We gathered over 1,000 books. We gathered books through the daily study hall class. Classes competed for prizes. We also did a genre dress up day to help promote the project.
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Spirit Day "Family/Friend Awkward Photos"
School: Putnam City West HS
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Advisor: Devon Wohlschlegel
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Advisor Email: dwohlschlegel@putnamcityschools.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes​
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Description:
This actually improved student and faculty attitudes. We made backdrops for friend groups to dress up and use as photo backgrounds. We used sears awkward family photos for inspiration. Friend groups would decide how to dress or a theme and we opened them up to take pictures during lunches. Our faculty had so much fun with it too. We consistently had a long line for people to take pics. We then posted them all on our social media and would tag people in them so it helped get more traffic and followers for our Student Council page that shares a lot of information and event details.
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Dare Assembly
School: Durant High School
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Advisor: Amber Bullard
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Advisor Email: amber.bullard@durantisd.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Fundraising Project​
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Description:
We start the week with putting up a sign with a list of dares that some of our teachers are willing to do if we reach a certain money goal. Throughout the week we keep a money jar throughout all of our lunches where students/staff can donate money to try and reach the goal. At the end of the week, we have a dare assembly where all of the dares that reached the money goal are done. It gets the students super engaged and excited. The money raised goes to our School Assistance Program.​
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The Masked Teacher
School: Byng High School
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Advisor: Morganne Freeman Powell
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Advisor Email: morganne.powell@byngschools.org
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Type of Project: Social and Recreational Project Fundraising Project​
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Description:
This year for one of our events during SPIKE Week, our philanthropy week we decided to host a version of the Masked Singer that we called the Masked Teacher. We had teachers volunteer to put on an inflatable costume and sing anonymously in front of the students. Students had to pay $1 to get out of class to come to the show. At the end of the show we emailed a Google form out for students to guess who was in what costume, we also had StuCo Members going into the audience collecting money in each singers jar. In order for that costume to be revealed the jar had to raise $30 and the council ran around and collected enough money for each teacher to be revealed. The students, teachers and administration had fun with this and it was something new.​
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Pie a teacher
School: Ketchum High School
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Advisor: Kelsi Lancaster
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Advisor Email: klancaster@ketchumwarriors.com
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Type of Project: School Service Project, Fundraising Project​
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Description:
One of our stuco officer's directed a project to raise funds for the library to purchase new books. The student asked all staff if they would be willing to participate in a pie a teacher. The stuco members sold $1 tickets that student could put in the cup of the teacher they want to pie. The sell of tickets happens over read across America week and then the following Friday at lunch the teachers are pied during lunch. We did this for both the middle and high school libraries and were able to promote reading and literacy in the schools through a fun interactive activity with buy in from students that supports our school!​
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District Leadership Training
School: Ketchum High School
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Advisor: Kelsi Lancaster
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Advisor Email: klancaster@ketchumwarriors.com
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Type of Project: Leadership Training​
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Description:
Ketchum Student Council officers hosted other schools in our district at a officer training. It was like a mini district meeting. Each council came with a breakout activity to do with everyone to practice leadership skills. Our council facilitated ice breakers, a leadership discussion, and compiled ideas from other schools on items of interest, homecoming activities, service projects, assemblies, and fundraisers. This was led by the officer teams and helped to build confidence and relationships among our schools councils.
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Hidden Holiday Hunts
School: McLoud High School
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Advisor: Johnie Hill
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Advisor Email: johniehill@mcloudschools.us
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Social or Recretional Project​
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Description:
You can do this for any holiday, we did it for winter/Christmas. We asked for five teachers to volunteer to decorate a paper cutout of a mitten. They each decorated in their own way and style, and then returned them to us. We attached a QR Code to the back, laminated the papers, then they were hidden around the school buildings. If a student found one and scanned the QR code, they were taken to a Google Doc that revealed they may have won a prize and where to take the mitten to claim the prize. The prizes ended up being winter themed candy/goodie bags, and each student that found a mitten got one for them, and one to take to the teacher that had decorated the mitten as well. We ended up re-hiding the mittens a few times to give more students a chance to find them.​​
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Legacy Parenting
School: Dale Public Schools
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Advisor: Lori R Sanford
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Advisor Email: lorisanford50@yahoo.com
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Type of Project: Community Service​
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Description:
Established in 2015 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation in the State of Oklahoma, Legacy Parenting Center is a valuable resource for families in Pottawatomie & Seminole Counties and surrounding cities during a child’s most formative years of life, pregnancy to age five. Legacy provides individualized and group parent education, social support for parents, and tangible resources such as diapers, clothing, baby and toddler supplies, car seats, etc. In 2024, Legacy expanded wraparound services to include additional group class offerings and mental health services for participants through our Family Resource Center partnerships.
In 2024, Legacy hosted more than 5,300 family visits, partnering with 1,000 babies, enrolling more than 200 new families into our programs. Parents participated in 82 group classes, 941 playroom sessions with our parent educator, and 67,000 minutes of parent education videos. We distributed more than 379,000 diapers to 544 families.
Participants range from 14 years old to 71 years old, mothers in middle school to grandparents raising grandchildren. Our program provides free parent education and resources from pregnancy to age five regardless of income. The early years are the most important in building a strong foundation for positive attachment, brain development, and overall well-being for years to come. Legacy serves as a resource center for families in our community, providing connection to other agencies and services to meet the needs of each family.
The Dale Student Council sent monthly volunteers to help organize clothes, clean, help in the store, package foods, and support other volunteers. We also held diaper drives, clothing drives, and any other needs the center encountered. It was a great experience for our students to be part of such a worthy cause.
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Leadership Challenge: Easter Egg Hunt
School: Jenks Freshman Academy
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Advisor: Katy Sanderlin
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Advisor Email: katy.sanderlin@jenksps.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Leadership Training​
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Description:
An Easter Egg hunt with a twist! Once the eggs are hidden (by people who will NOT be hunting them), have the hunters pair up into partners. One person has to be blindfolded or keep their eyes closed, and the other person has to guide them to find the eggs. Each Easter Egg has two prizes inside for the partners to split. Bonus idea: fill the Easter Eggs with stuff that needs a home in your classroom, such as leftover stickers or printed "coupons" for things such as old Stuco shirts, leftover bracelets/buttons/snacks/etc. from throughout the school year that you wouldn't throw away but don't have enough of to give EVERYONE.​
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Shrek-Inspired "People Are Like Onions" Activity
School: Jenks Freshman Academy
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Advisor: Katy Sanderlin
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Advisor Email: katy.sanderlin@jenksps.org
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Type of Project: Leadership Training​
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Description:
This worksheet/reflection activity is inspired by Shrek in that the students reflect on their personal "layers." What do people see on the outside? What does the individual feel on the inside? What's important to remember when we work with other people? The link attached includes the original teacher's worksheet and bulletin board ideas, but the idea is easy to update/alter for your own classroom.​
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Christmas Program Hot Cocoa Bar
School: Christmas Program Hot Cocoa Bar
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Advisor: Kara Locke
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Advisor Email: klocke@medford.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: School Service Project and Social/Recreational Project​
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Description:
Every year we have a school-wide Christmas program attended by over 400 parents, students, & community members. The program lasts about an hour and a half, and immediately following the program STUCO has a free hot cocoa bar set up in the cafeteria for families to grab and go as they take traditional family pictures around our student decorated Christmas tree. It spreads some Christmas cheer while allowing our high school STUCO members to interact and connect with parents and elementary students.​
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Homecoming Parade
School: El Reno High School
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Advisor: Jacqueline Smith
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Advisor Email: jsmith@elrenops.org
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Type of Project: Social/Recreational Project
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Description:
El Reno High School's annual Homecoming is a cherished tradition that brings the entire town together in a celebration of school spirit and community pride. Students take part in themed dress up days, fun school activities, and the highly anticipated Homecoming football game. Each class contributes by creating unique floats for the parade, which winds through our historic downtown, drawing crowds from across the city. Local small businesses and community members join in the festivities, making Homecoming Week a true town-wide event that shows the heart and unity of El Reno.​
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Haunt the High
School: El Reno High School
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Advisor: Jacqueline Smith
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Advisor Email: jsmith@elrenops.org
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Type of Project: Community Service​
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Description:
Haunt the High is an awesome Halloween tradition where our leadership class decorates the whole school in spooky decorations, and we invite the whole community to come trick-or-treat inside. Sports teams and school clubs all pitch in to hand out candy. Plus, we run a canned food drive at the same time, so it's a way to give back while having fun. Last year, we collected 12,614 pieces of candy!​
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Recognition Bingo
School: Jenks Freshman Academy
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Advisor: Katy Sanderlin
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Advisor Email: katy.sanderlin@jenksps.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Leadership Training​
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Description:
This is an activity I did with my freshman student council at the end of the year. I made a list of all of the things (big and small) that we did as a council this year, and I put them on Wheel of Names (the website). Every student got a bingo card, and they would be able to check off a space for each thing that they participated in this year. It was a fun way to give away some prizes and give recognition to all of the work we've done this year. I also made sure to throw in some non-stuco items on the list too, such as having a job, getting on the honor roll, attended the school play, etc.
I put random letters of the alphabet on the bingo card spaces and then assigned letters to each item on the wheel. For example, if the item "A: emptied recycling bins" came up, a student who did that thing could cross out an A square on their card if they had one. (We are using the honor system here.)
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Super Kids Day (Field Day)
School: Choctaw High School
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Advisor: Sarah Trousset
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Advisor Email: strousset@cnpschools.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Leadership Training ​
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Description:
Super Kids Day was inspired by the elementary school tradition to have a day of fun games outside, but instead of parent volunteers we wanted to involve the entire student body. We reached out to every extra-curricular activity, organization, club, and sport to invite them to participate. In total, twenty-two groups joined us and hosted a variety of games and activities for the students. We also partnered with community groups, both of which enthusiastically agreed to contribute their time and resources. They provided an inflatable maze and gaga pit, which added even more excitement. All of these exciting and interactive games allowed the students to have an amazing time on the football field and just enjoy being a kid again. Additionally, we ran a concession stand offering snow cones and cookies, which helped us raise additional funds. With around seven hundred students participating, the event was a huge success. This event was overall a great way to get everyone involved and just to have a great time making memories. Students paid $3 to leave class and attend this 90 minute event. Kids were having fun and there was great interaction and participation across the board. For example, it was fun seeing students that are not on the Football Team, playing a football game and interacting with other students. Another example, the Academic Team ran a trivia station. Our Drama Program ran a karaoke station. Our Baseball Program brought out their nets and radar gun so that students could see how hard they can pitch. These are just a few examples. It also promotes leadership because adults do not run these stations. Instead, each program appoints their team captains or student leaders to run the station. For example, the Yearbook Editors ran a photo booth where they took pictures. This is our favorite event at Choctaw High School.​
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Grandparents Day Luncheon
School: Mill Creek
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Advisor: Jeanette Naugle
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Advisor Email:jeanettenaugle@millcreek.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: School Service Project​
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Description:
On the Monday following Grandparent's Day in September, our Student Council invites the grandparents of the Kindergarten through 3rd grade students to have lunch with their grandchildren. Student Council plans and executes all aspects of the luncheon. We come up with a theme, like Teddy Bear Picnic, Grandparents Campout etc. and then plan and prepare the meal, serve the lunch, and come up with and assist the students and grandparents with a craft project. This is one of the most popular activities we do with our littles and their families!​
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Block the Door Dodgeball Tournament
School: Mill Creek
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Advisor: Jeanette Naugle
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Advisor Email: jeanettenaugle@millcreek.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Community Service, Social/Recreational Project​
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Description:
Our Student Council hosted a canned food drive for the community food bank. Each class was tasked with bringing enough canned food to block the door of their class sponsor. Each class that covered the entire door with canned/non-parishable food was eligible to participate in a dodge ball tournament in the gym. We had the coaches referee the tournament and helped us with the bracket. Student Council provided drinks and snacks to those participating as well.​
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PHILStick
School: North Rock Creek High School
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Advisor: Mandi MacDonald
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Advisor Email: mmacdonald@nrcps.org
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Type of Project: Community Service Project, Fundraising Project​
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Description:
To encourage school wide participation in philanthropic events, Student Council organizes a monthly "PHIL Stick." Each month a new theme/objective/project is announced and each club and organization raises money/volunteers/donates to that specific charity. At our Student of the Month assemblies we announce the winner for the month. It has encouraged groups to contribute over 200 service hours combined. It has enhanced philanthropic endeavors across groups through competition. Our PHIL Stick is highly decorated with ribbons and items from each group that won.​
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Breakfast with Santa
School: Hennessey High School
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Advisor: Beth Curran
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Advisor Email: bcurran@hps.k12.ok.us
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Type of Project: Fundraising Project​
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Description:
HHS STUCO organized an event for families and children in our community. We served pancakes and other breakfast items in our high school cafeteria. Kids took photos with our Santa (a volunteer from the community). STUCO also planned games and crafts for the kids to do. We had an excellent turnout for our first year. We had a donation jar if parents wanted to donate to our BASIC and ADVANCED tuition recipients. We also had a photo circle to share pictures from the event with the attendees.
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Tommy’s Elves
School: Edison Prep HS
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Advisor: Gabriella Gardner
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Advisor Email: gabriellagardner98@gmail.com
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Type of Project: Community Service​
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Description:
Tommy’s Elves is a student-led initiative that aims to serve our fellow schools during the holiday season by spreading cheer and meeting needs. Each year, we select a local elementary school and collect donations through grade-level competitions at our own school. We focus on gathering gently used winter clothing items—such as coats, scarves, hats, and gloves—to donate to the chosen school.
In addition to our donation drive, we plan and host a festive, holiday-themed presentation for the younger students. We bring coloring pages, pipe cleaners, and beads for creative fun, and one of our students even dresses up as the Grinch for an interactive story time.
The event wraps up with high-energy activities like a marshmallow-stuffing game (always hilarious!) and a dance-off between our high school helpers and the 1st graders—one of everyone’s favorite moments.
Through laughter, service, and connection, Tommy’s Elves is all about creating joy while meeting real needs in our community.
Email for photos: Gardnga@tulsaschools.org
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“Edison” After Dark
School: Edison Prep HS
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Advisor: Gabriella Gardner
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Advisor Email: gabriellagardner98@gmail.com
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes​
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Description:
Edison After Dark is a student-led series of evening events designed to bring our student body together outside of the traditional school day. These events are intentionally low-lift but high-impact, offering fun, accessible ways for students to connect, relax, and celebrate during some of our busiest and most spirited weeks of the year—Fall Homecoming and E-Week in February.
Each Edison After Dark event is designed with student voice in mind. Our student council officers actively seek input to “take the temperature” of the student body—making sure the events reflect what our peers actually want to do. Whether it’s a mini dance with a DJ in the cafeteria, a 3v3 basketball tournament in the gym, a cozy movie night complete with popcorn and blankets, or a classic kickball game under the lights, our goal is simple: to make space for joy, community, and connection.
We love to add a little incentive too—students who go all out with that day’s spirit theme often get in free, building a stronger link between daily participation and evening fun.
What makes Edison After Dark special is its simplicity. These events don’t require huge budgets or weeks of planning—but they still create lasting memories and give students something to look forward to. By offering meaningful moments outside the school day, we’re creating a culture where students feel seen, valued, and part of something bigger than themselves.
When we engage students beyond the classroom walls, we don’t just boost school spirit—we strengthen our community. Edison After Dark proves that even small, student-led efforts can make a big difference.
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AWOL - A Week Of Love
School: Washington High School
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Advisor: Amy Larman
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Advisor Email: alarman@wps-isd.com
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, Fundraising Project, Community Service​
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Description:
Each year, the week before spring break our student council facilitates a community wide philanthropy week. A very discreet board selects a family in the community, through an application process, to be the beneficiaries of this week of love. The council then gets to work ironing out all the details for ways to raise money that will include grades pre-k through 12th. They kick the week off with a chili cook off and live music for the entire community. Each day there is a specific dress up to go along with a snack that is delivered to all the classrooms. Students purchase a bracelet at the beginning of the week that allows them to be included in all of these activities. There are things that go on all week long that include, food trucks and game night for our high schoolers, a pancake eating contest where way too many are consumed, a very competitive Powder Puff football game that the entire community is invited to attend. Middle School gets to have a day dedicated to dodgeball tournaments, cornhole, and a 3v3 tournament. High school also gets to have a day that includes cornhole, splatter ball wars, and a 3v3 tournament. If students are not interested in these activities, we had options of bracelet making and painting along with karaoke and singo. On Friday the student council puts on a giant assembly where they award the money raised that week to the deserving family and finish up with a district wide movie day. This week is very anticipated and really brings together the entire community to shower love and support to a family in the community that is in need. Attached is the rundown of the week from our school website.
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Kindness Clothespins
School: Idabel High School
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Advisor: Bethany Farley
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Advisor Email: bfarley@idabelps.org
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Type of Project: Improve Student Attitudes, School Srvice Project​
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Description:
Council members write positive, kind messages onto clothespins. Throughout the month of September, council members get a handful of clothespins and put them onto people throughout the school day (staff, faculty, students, visitors). Ideally, the recipient is unaware they have received a message until they find it later. When a person receives a clothespin, they can keep it or pass it to others. The goal is that every student receives at least one clothespin.
This activity ties in with our Suicide Prevention Awareness Month activities in September. We announce the purpose during our Suicide Prevention Assembly. This was our 7th year doing this activity. It is always anticipated. You'll see clothespins on backpacks throughout the remainder of the year, and everyone from students to staff has related how meaningful it was to receive a clothespin.
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Bonfire for Homecoming
School: Ada High School
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Advisor: Shawn Freeman
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Advisor Email: freemans
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Type of Project: Social and Recreational Project
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Description:
Our annual homecoming Bonfire the Thursday night before Homecoming has become a fun event for the entire student body. Everyone shows up for an evening filled with games and music and we end the evening with the bonfire. This all happens on the front lawn of the school. This year we invited the ice cream truck to come and the students loved this addition to the evening events.
The bonfire is just about the high school community and getting to hang out at school.
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Inter-Council Friendsgiving
School: Idabel High School
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Advisor: Bethany Farley
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Advisor Email: bfarley@idabelps.org
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Type of Project: Social and Recreational Project
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Description:
We invited every Student Council in our county to come to a Friendsgiving event at our high school. We made it a potluck affair and asked the visiting councils to bring whatever they wanted. Within our council, we assigned what everyone was bringing and to make sure there would be enough of everything. We held the event in our cafeteria. Two other councils came to the event. We ate an eclectic mix of food and played music and danced. Next year, we will have games at tables if people want to play a game.
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