The Jag Times: August 2011

Unfortunate, or fortunately, there has to be a reelection for senior class officers the first two weeks of school.

Class Officer Duties:

Class President

Represents and serves as a spokesperson for his/her graduating class
Publishes agenda and facilitates all class meetings and voting process
Submits proposals for class events & projects
Provides direction to other class officers including delegating specific tasks, establishing clear deadlines and monitoring progress
Schedules additional class officer planning meetings outside of the Leadership class as needed
Oversees any committees that are formed to assist with an event or project
Oversees all volunteers: takes sign-ups of students to help with setting up for or working at events, recruits parents and staff members to chaperone, ensures everyone has written directions of when and where to be (ie. creating a flier with all float building days); writes reminders and makes confirmation calls to individuals assisting with events
Directs set-up of all class events.

Class Vice President

Responsible for taking over the President’s duties in his/her absence
Implements strategies to increase attendance at class meetings/ events (ie. requests teachers give extra credit to students who attend class meetings, plans incentives for students who attend, gets donations of treats, etc.)
Sends personal invitations to students who have attended past meetings encouraging them to attend the next one.
Oversees collection of e-mail addresses and the creation of an e-mail address book with members of their graduating class

Class Historian

Develops a publicity plan for every major event, class meeting and fund raiser to ensure advertising occurs well ahead of time and that there is a variety of publicity; implements publicity techniques in addition to posters and bulletins
Ensures class meetings are publicized at least a week in advance
Ensures all posters and fliers for a specific class event have a coordinating color scheme, logo and theme that is all connected.
Arranges for all materials needed to implement publicity campaign.
Works with Harbor web master to ensure events are posted on the school web site (ie. a link for Winter Formal)
Takes pictures to use for promotional purposes & maintains a scrapbook of documents & memorabilia

Class Treasurer

Gives a budget report at all class meetings
Oversees distribution of purchased items (bids, class t-shirts, etc.)
Oversees all fund raisers including complete an Event Request Application for fund raisers
Implements incentive plan for fund raisers to encourage & reward participation (ex: prizes for top sellers)
Acts as a money manager: keeps a record log of all income and expenditures, collects receipts for reimbursements from class funds, deposits all money raised & completes check requests for payment due
Approves all expenditures and purchases
Researches best deals and orders supplies that will be needed

Class Secretary

Takes minutes on all class meetings including vote totals
Writes and sends donation letters and contacts businesses to follow-up written requests.
Maintains all graduating class records to be passed on to next year’s officers including a list of addresses and phone numbers of all businesses who provide donations, meeting sign-in sheets, copies of agendas and minutes, etc.
Writes thank you letters to those who have assisted you or made donations.
Plans ways to recognize staff, parents and members of your class who deserve

Alright, I came up with this great idea inspired by a fellow friend who once went to a school that does this each year. Each year, the school has an event called 'The Sunrise' which takes place in the beginning of the year. At this event, the new seniors get together eat, play games, and be reintroduced to students after a long summer. Also, this event will comprise of setting goals each will attempt to reach by the end of the year. At the end of the year before graduation, the school has another event called 'The Sunset'. This event will pretty much be the same as the Sunrise, but more of a goodbye to all whom are graduating. Feel like this is a good idea? See the poll in the sidebar and VOTE!