SRSS Handbook 2012_13.pdf - Steinbach Regional Secondary ...
SRSS Handbook 2012_13.pdf - Steinbach Regional Secondary ...
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES<br />
CU CHANGE<br />
CU Change is a student-initiated volunteer<br />
group that serves the community of <strong>Steinbach</strong><br />
and the South Eastman region. CU change<br />
volunteers help out on a variety of projects that<br />
change from year to year but all share the focus<br />
of reaching out to others in the community at<br />
large. Initiatives range from volunteer service at<br />
the hospital, food drives and fundraisers to<br />
awareness campaigns.<br />
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS<br />
Community volunteers are those students that<br />
work directly with outside (non-school) agencies<br />
on an un-paid basis. These volunteer activities<br />
vary greatly. Some examples from the <strong>Steinbach</strong><br />
area would include; MCC, personal care homes<br />
and <strong>Steinbach</strong> 55 plus.<br />
ENVIRONMENT CLUB<br />
The <strong>SRSS</strong> environment club is a collection of<br />
students that are motivated to change their<br />
world. Students in the environment club are<br />
constantly examining their personal impact on<br />
the environment and their use of resources with<br />
responsibility and sustainability in mind.<br />
PEER MENTORING<br />
The Peer Mentorship program at the <strong>SRSS</strong> is<br />
about making connections with other students.<br />
Students will aid counselling staff in hosting<br />
school events and will serve as part of the front<br />
line for students that are in need of help. Peer<br />
mentors should be comfortable relating to and<br />
sharing with other students in a one-on-one<br />
setting or in small groups.<br />
PEER TUTORING<br />
Peer tutors help their fellow students who may<br />
be struggling in their academic subjects. Peer<br />
tutors operate out of three locations, two are<br />
here at the school in L1 and G8 (resource class<br />
rooms), the other location is at the <strong>Steinbach</strong><br />
Junior High. Peer tutors should have a good<br />
grasp of the subject material in their core<br />
courses and a willingness to help.<br />
PHILANTHROPY 101<br />
Philanthropy 101 is a student group focussed on<br />
what they can do for their fellow humankind.<br />
Philanthropy literally means “mankind loving”.<br />
Every year the school is given a $2,000 grant<br />
from the Loewen Foundation. Students<br />
brainstorm to create a list of values and then<br />
interview various charities that match up with<br />
those values. The group comes to a consensus<br />
about which charity should receive the funds,<br />
and a celebration dinner is held at the end of the<br />
program, allowing the various schools involved<br />
to share their philanthropic journey and to<br />
celebrate the heart of giving.<br />
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY<br />
Do you want a chance at the experience of a<br />
lifetime? An <strong>SRSS</strong> social responsibility group<br />
might be for you. Developed through community<br />
partnerships and school-based groups (like CU<br />
change) social responsibility initiatives take<br />
students to places they would not have dreamed<br />
they could go. One recent initiative that has<br />
involved <strong>SRSS</strong> students and staff is the<br />
Manitoba-to-Ecuador project.<br />
SPIRIT COMMITTEE<br />
The <strong>SRSS</strong> Spirit committee is a group of<br />
students committed to making the <strong>SRSS</strong> school<br />
experience the very best it can be. To that end<br />
they are involved in planning and putting on<br />
school events that both entertain and inspire<br />
students to yet higher levels of school spirit.<br />
SPORTS LEADERSHIP<br />
The Sports leadership group assists the phys ed<br />
staff in the promoting, hosting and documenting<br />
the variety of sporting events that occur at the<br />
<strong>SRSS</strong> over the course of the school year.<br />
Students might be linesmen, score-keepers,<br />
team managers or videographers. Sports<br />
leaders support <strong>SRSS</strong> athletics in many ways.<br />
STUDENT COUNCIL<br />
The <strong>SRSS</strong> student council is a group of student<br />
leaders who represent the student body’s wants<br />
and desires for their school. The student council<br />
fundraises for special projects through events<br />
like the Christmas Toy Drive and talent shows.<br />
It is open to all students who want to make a<br />
difference for others in both our school and the<br />
wider community. Student council is overseen<br />
by staff advisors, but the events are planned and<br />
put on by the students themselves.<br />
STUDENT VOICE<br />
The student voice group also represents the<br />
general student body. This group is randomly<br />
selected for the breadth of their opinions and<br />
can impact school policy based on their<br />
feedback in voluntary surveys. In the past,<br />
students have also given presentations to<br />
teachers and the school board about their<br />
school experiences.<br />
SWAT<br />
The SWAT team is a student group that gives<br />
information sessions about the dangers of<br />
smoking and serves as a peer advisor group for<br />
those who have quit the habit or desire to quit<br />
sometime in the future. SWAT stands for<br />
Students Working Against Tobacco.<br />
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