Ever since my election last spring to the National Student Council, I’ve met some amazing people from our officers’ team, our fantastic state representatives, and our national advisers from NASSP, Ann Postlewaite and Taryn Erminio. However, getting to this point and being able to experience these opportunities is something I would have never imagined for […]
Category: Student Voice and Agency
4 Reasons to Engage in Student Council This Year
Celebrating National Student Leadership Week in Puerto Rico
The student council at TASIS Dorado, a private school in Dorado, Puerto Rico, has a tradition of celebrating National Student Leadership Week (NSLW) to honor students who might not get the recognition they deserve as student leaders. This week, TASIS Dorado students and their adviser are looking at ways to make their celebration even larger […]
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Your 2025 UNITED Agenda: Student Agency
Make Student Voice the Centerpiece of School Culture Students don’t just want to be heard—they want to lead. These sessions highlight the practices and mindsets that let students own their learning and help shape their communities.
How Student Ambassadors Bring Fresh Ideas to Our Middle School
I’ve spent most of my career as an educator at Rogers Park Middle School in Danbury, CT, including the last seven years as principal. A big thing I’ve always believed in, as a teacher and an administrator, is student voice. One way to incorporate student voice into how we teach and learn is to seek […]
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What Inclusion Means to Me
For some people, inclusivity is just a buzzword. For my family, it means so much more. My younger brother Patrick was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. I was five at the time and didn’t realize that Patrick would eventually have relationships that would look different than mine. As we got older, I […]
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NASC Scholarship Winners Making a Difference
The National Association of Student Councils (NASC) is proud to recognize this year’s inaugural NASC Scholarship recipients. These exceptional high school juniors and seniors have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to student leadership, service, voice, and engagement. Let’s meet our five national winners who have been recognized for making a lasting impact in their schools and […]
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NHS and a School-Based Charity Feed Students in Need
Every Friday morning during the school year, almost 100 students gather at Lambert High School in Suwanee, GA, to fill backpacks full of food for students throughout the county who need food assistance. National Honor Society (NHS) officers arrive at 7 a.m. to prepare for more than 100 volunteers who pack 530 individual bags of […]
NASSP Awards First-Ever Student Service Grants
Earlier this month, NASSP announced the recipients of its first-ever Student Service Grants, which are part of a new national initiative to empower student leaders to create and lead service projects that address community needs. Funded by The Allstate Foundation, $141,000 in grants were awarded to 177 youth-led projects across the country, with grants ranging […]
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NHS Conference Proves Valuable for Students and Advisers
Stacey Behrensmeyer, a math teacher and National Honor Society (NHS) adviser at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, KY, brought her five officers to the recent NHS Conference in Chicago. With more than 15 years of experience as an NHS adviser at different schools, Behrensmeyer has attended national conferences in the past, but this was the […]
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How Our Middle School’s Week of Service Honors MLK’s Legacy
Each year, students at John A. Carusi Middle School in Cherry Hill, NJ, participate in the Carusi CARES Martin Luther King Jr. Week of Service. It brings together our students in grades six through eight for a series of events aimed at helping the less fortunate in the local community. Working after school, our student […]