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The Student Council is an annually
elected body representing students from Standards 7 to 13. Each class
has two elected representatives, usually a boy and a girl, and from this
number the Student Council Executive is elected. The ‘Exec.’
organises two major events every year, one in each term, and these
have a theme and a purpose. In addition the ‘Exec.’ oversees the School
Canteen and the Student Lounge (complete with pool table, TV and
table football). On a regular basis the ‘Exec.’ meets with staff members and
the Principal as part of the Student / Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC).
It’s through this committee that the views of students can be expressed,
considered and redressed. Recently the SSLC reviewed the School Music
Policy.
Each year the Student Council chooses
a project and/or a charity to promote. Recent projects have been as follows:
| 2000-1 |
Earthquake
relief: raising funds for EFICOR and the village of Nagavaladia
in Gujarat and sponsoring two teams of staff and students
to take part in rubble clearing, rebuilding and primary school
work.
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2001-2 |
A
cleaner environment: sponsoring new bins in Garden Road
in Ooty,
planting saplings in the school grounds and producing non-plastic
bags.
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| 2002-3 |
Water:
helping construct dams to improve our ground water supplies
and facilitating water harvesting projects.
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2003-4 |
Mizpah
Home: raising funds (and awareness) for this local orphanage.
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| 2004-5 |
CMS,
Coonoor: raising funds for this orphanage / training centre(the
home of ‘Old Hebron’); tsunami relief: working with
CMS to
provide a new fishing
boat and to rebuild shattered homes on the south coast of Tamil
Nadu. |
| 2005-6 |
Raised money for computers for a
local CSI School; Supported Orissa projects |
| 2006-7 |
Supported the Orissa Community projects |
In November 2003 the SC organised an
evening event with a musical and colour theme (Psykadelia) with the
purpose of raising funds for Mizpah Home and enabling budding musical talent
to be displayed. Some 1,750 flowers were ordered for the occasion, special
cakes baked, food cooked, soft drink punches mixed and sweets concocted. It
was a tremendous community occasion (see photographs).
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Student Council Executive – 2007-8 |
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Co-Presidents: |
Ben Kern and Mandip Thapa |
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Secretary: |
Brian Dressner |
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Co-Treasurers: |
Simon Baron and Lydia de Saint-Ours |
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Lounge Managers: |
Andrew Balla and Neville Billimoria |
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Canteen Managers: |
Kunal Moryani and Naagin Gopalakrishnan |
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Selborne Representative: |
Jane Mitchell |
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Fundraising Managers: |
Soo Yun Lee and Mikail Pardiwala |
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Events Managers: |
Kirk Gonzalves, Elzaba Mathews and Michael Prescott |
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Zenith Editors: |
Luke Richardson and Noelle Tobin |
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