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Advise: Spring 2022
Features Never Stop Learning: Beth Sondel Silver-Linings Playbook: Jim Paterson Losing Control: Amy Krueger Leading the Way: Dan Gursky Columns & Departments From the Director Morning Announcements The Middle Ground NatStuCo Update Honor Society Update A Conversation With… Active Voices Collaboration Space Take 10
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
From the Director: Winter 2022
What makes a student “love” going to school? I know for me it was seeing my friends and favorite teachers, who were—not surprisingly—the advisers and activity sponsors. Rashaan Davis reflects on the unique role that student activities have in helping students love their school and feel at home in our feature, “Opening the Door of...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Morning Announcements: Winter 2022
Leading the Way Student leaders and advisers gathered virtually on Nov. 5–6 for the annual fall LEAD Conference, which gave participants the opportunity to sharpen their skills, engage in meaningful collaboration, and share innovative ideas about serving their school and community—all with the aim of enhancing leadership. Workshop highlights included presentations on NASSP’s National Initiative...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
The Middle Ground: Winter 2022
Many people believe the middle level is one of the most difficult phases to be an educator—and this certainly can be true at times! But what most people don’t realize is the genuine goodness that these young adults possess and their desire to make a difference in the world. The middle level is a time...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
NatStuCo Update: Winter 2022
Raising Student Voice & Participation (RSVP) is NatStuCo’s signature program to help activate student voice in schools. Through a series of trainings and summits, student leaders can take the lead to engage their entire school, as well as faculty and staff, to improve school culture. Why RSVP? Promoting and nurturing a culture of authentic schoolwide...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Honor Society Upate: Winter 2022
Our webinar series exclusively for advisers has sessions on managing honor society chapters, as well as topics on student leadership development. Bookmark these upcoming dates this winter to stay up to date on all planned webinars for the year at nhs.us/webinars. Cultivating a Service Mindset vs. Collecting Service Hours* Dec. 2, 2021, 5:00 p.m. ET...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
A Conversation With Christopher Luisi: Winter 2022
Becoming a great leader is not an easy task. It can take years of practice balancing the dissemination of knowledge and honing people skills. But with a built-in leadership class at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, NY, Christopher Luisi has become a NatStuCo Distinguished Leader. We caught up with him to ask him...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Service-Minded and Motivated: My Journey Through Volunteerism
Volunteering is an instrumental opportunity for youth to develop organizational and social skills while learning the importance of helping others and giving back to the community. Service has become an outlet for me to enjoy friendships, build leadership skills, and solve problems. When I was just 10 years old, I began a service project with...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Collaboration Space: Winter 2022
Lifeline Links Looking to involve every student in increasing suicide awareness and prevention, NatStuCo members at Mountain View High School in Mesa, AZ, organized a project aimed at fostering support and inspiration. During classroom visits, members explained how everyone could contribute to improved outlooks, and they encouraged students to write positive messages on strips of...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Take 10: Winter 2022
Recalibrating Community Service Volunteerism should be about more than students tracking hours to beef up a college application. To make community service more equitable and accessible, Gil Villanueva, associate vice president and dean at the University of Richmond, urges advisers to consider breaking it up into five categories: Community mindedness Civic mindedness Academic interests Personal...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Recalibrating Community Service
In the wake of the pandemic and social justice movement, an ongoing conversation has surged to the forefront about whether community service is a privilege that can perpetuate inequitable volunteer opportunities. The time is ripe for college admissions officers and service advocates to recalibrate community service into true community engagement, even for students constrained by...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Student Digital Empowerment
How many times have you picked up your phone today? Have you checked your inbox and your text messages? Did you make your way on to social media and scroll through your feed, refreshing the app just in case something interesting popped up? You’ve probably spent at least an hour or two on your device...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Hooray for Leadership Day!
State Summits are one-day experiential leadership workshops designed to gather student members of National Honor Society (NHS) and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) from a region to share ideas and unlock passions. This pilot event inspired our school to take the program, make it our own, and share it with others in true Honor Society...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Opening the Door of Opportunity
Rashaan Davis likes to think back to what he was like as a 15-year-old. It’s not that he’s especially nostalgic because, let’s face it, that’s often a tough age for kids. Davis likes to reminisce because it helps him remember what it was like to be starting high school, and what could have made him...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Advise: Winter 2022
Features Recalibrating Community Service M. Diane McCormick Student Digital Empowerment Rebecca Grunski Hooray for Leadership Day! John Crawford Opening the Door of Opportunity Dan Gursky Columns & Departments From the Director Morning Announcements The Middle Ground NatStuCo Update Honor Society Update A Conversation With… Active Voices Collaboration Space Take 10
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
From the Director: Fall 2021
When I think of this back-to-school season and our teachers, students, and school leaders, the words “bold” and “brave” come to mind. Our fall issue also has several bold and brave stories to tell. In our cover feature, “Small but Mighty,” we dive into the OSCARs—no, not the award where the speeches are longer than...
Advise, Advise: Volume 49 (2020-2021)
NatStuCo Update: Fall 2021
NatStuCo hosted the second virtual National Student Council Conference June 22–25, inviting not only student council members and advisers but also student leaders from all backgrounds—creating an open and accessible event that offered engaging keynotes, peer-led workshops, and ideas and inspiration that students could bring back to their schools. The virtual sessions opened on Tuesday,...
Advise, Advise: Volume 49 (2020-2021)
Small but Mighty
Jessica Chang, Aiea High School Class of 2021, could’ve stopped pushing for excellence when her school achieved the National Council of Excellence (NCOE) designation. But she, and advisers from other Hawaii schools, wanted to be sure other schools had the same experience. “Not a lot of people realize the amount of work that goes into...
Advise, Advise: Volume 49 (2020-2021)
Blazing the Trail: Fall 2021
According to a survey on the finance website WalletHub, four of the top 10 most ethnically diverse cities in America are located in Montgomery County in Maryland—a Washington, D.C., suburb and one of the highest-income counties in the country. I never saw the effects of these stats growing up in Montgomery County because the area...
Advise, Advise: Volume 49 (2020-2021)
A Conversation With Sheyla Street: Fall 2021
Sheyla Street The 2020–21 school year, while difficult, gave students many opportunities to jump in and make a difference. This year’s national NHS Scholarship winner Sheyla Street, a senior at Central High School in Philadelphia, did just that by jumping in with two feet. Her efforts are both plentiful and impressive. Here’s what she had...
Advise, Advise: Volume 49 (2020-2021)