The Student Council’s role is to represent all Discovery College students in terms of school improvement and College-wide projects. We get meet regularly to discuss a range of matters that relate to student issues. Over the past year we have hosted a number of visitors to Discovery College as well as representing the College at events, including a trip to HK Disneyland to look at conservation measures and meet with Mr. Gary Locke, the United States Commerce Secretary.
The Student Council's next major project is looking at getting rid of plastic bottles within the College. We intend to do this by working with the facilities team to replace the existing drinking fountains with new filtered and chilled ones, then educate staff and students to fill up reusable drink bottles. We hope that this will eliminate the need to sell bottled water and juices in the school, and substantially reduce our plastic waste.
Communications
The Communications Sub-Committee members are Elias Arribas, David Lunn, Carla Acepcion and Hunter Wright. The Communications sub-committee's role is to ensure that the Student Council news is distributed to students, staff and our community. We do this through our web page, notices, bulletins, emails and articles in the Explorer. We also support the other sub-committees with surveys and announcements.
Fundraising
The Fundraising Sub-Committee consists of Carrie Chow, Jess Turner, Tyra Eberwein and Harrison Ellery-McLean. The fundraising sub-committee has the role of supporting the needs of our school, the wider community of Discovery Bay, and people who are less fortunate than us in the global community.
School Improvement
The School Improvement Sub-Committee members are Patrick Campbell, Jolyon Blackwell, Hugo Perchard and Maya Jones. The purpose of this sub-committee is to listen to the thoughts and opinions of Discovery College students and, where appropriate and affordable, help turn some of these into reality.
Future Hope
The Discovery College Student Council and Year 4 are currently supporting a charity called Future Hope. Future Hope is a charity, based in Kolkata, India, that offers support, shelter and schooling to homeless and abandoned children. One of the ways they do this is through sports, particularly rugby and football. One of their greatest needs is providing suitable footwear for the children to play sports in. We would like DC students to donate any old and unwanted sports shoes and boots that are too small for them. Smaller shoe sizes are a particular need. Along with the boots, we would ask for a new pair of socks to go with it, to make the donation a little more special.
We are working in association with DBIS who have agreed to join us. By supporting Future Hope, we can help by donating something that we no longer use, yet still would be really appreciated by kids less fortunate than ourselves. We would also be supporting children who enjoy and play the same games as us, such as rugby and soccer. We hope that working as a school and working as a community we can help children around the world who are less fortunate than ourselves.
This initiative will be an ongoing one throughout the school year. Collection boxes have been placed at the front entrance and students can drop off any unwanted shoes at any time they wish. We will be sending off the shoes at different times during the year.
For further information about Future Hope, please see http://www.futurehope.net/introduction.html
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