Take Ten: February/March 2019
Learning Outside the Classroom Maximize the service experience and extract cocurricular benefits for your students by relying on these best practices: Encourage long-lived service, through the semester and beyond. Let students plan and implement tasks. Promote student reflection. In addition, advisers should ensure their students are learning these vital skills: Time management Communication Collaboration Making...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
Advise: February/March 2019
One cannot deny that school is a busy place. With classes, new learning initiatives, sports, clubs, celebrations, and of course, National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, and student council meetings, students and staff are constantly juggling multiple commitments. Download Full Issue Features Looking Outside the Classroom to Engage Students M. Diane McCormick Make the...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
Raise Some Dough by Breaking Bread
The term “breaking bread” was originally quite literal: a meal during which participants broke apart a loaf of bread to share. Today, breaking bread refers to a comfortable, shared interaction that usually involves a meal of some kind. School organizations looking to raise money have discovered that fundraisers featuring restaurant meals serve a dual function...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
From the Directors: December/January 2019
It’s hard to believe we are halfway through the school year! Make your school’s final month of the calendar year a “December to remember” by documenting your chapter or council’s holiday service projects on social media with #EngageInChange and adding them to the National Student Project Database. #EngageInChange is a simple idea that fosters participation...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
Big-Picture Leadership
Special Olympics. He never met the athletes benefiting from this National Honor Society (NHS) fundraiser, but an immersive summer week in Washington, D.C., had brought him face to face with lives far different than his. “It was easy for me to understand the connection because I learned that there’s more to it than what you...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
A Conversation With… Margaret Lincoln
Dr. Margaret “Gigi” Lincoln, NHS adviser at Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, MI, has won numerous awards for her outstanding service in education during her 41-year tenure, including the Distinguished Professional Award by the Calhoun Area School Board Members Association; the Margaret Grazier Award for Contribution to the Profession, for library services, by the...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
NatStuCo Update: December/January 2019
Registration is open for the 2019 National Student Council Conference! This annual event is a unique opportunity for student council members and advisers to sharpen their leadership skills and connect with council members from around the country. Plus, National Student Council (NatStuCo) member schools receive special discounts to attend. Middle level and high school student leaders...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
Honor Society Update: December/January 2019
We all like to have choices. Thanks to NHS, one young student is now attending the college of her choosing after winning the national NHS Scholarship. “I grew up knowing I wanted to go to college, but not being able to pay for it meant I had to work even harder,” says Jenny Rodriguez, winner...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
Advise: December/January 2019
One cannot deny that school is a busy place. With classes, new learning initiatives, sports, clubs, celebrations, and of course, National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, and student council meetings, students and staff are constantly juggling multiple commitments. Download Full Issue Features A Better World Through Local Impact 2018 NASSP Student Leadership Advisory Committee...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)
Put This Into Practice: December/January 2019
Objective Students will reflect on their own performance and also the performance of others. Materials Two notecards per student Writing utensils Time Required 15 minutes, once a month (or whatever frequency you feel is appropriate) Background Frequently, students do not take the time to recognize their accomplishments or enjoy the small moments that lead to...
Advise, Advise: Volume 47 (2018-2019)