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c8 tribune february 10 1988 student reps put fun into school by blaine kaneko thats the philosophy of stouff- school doesnt have to be hum- ville christian schools student drum council president marc lapointe fishermans point 1948 artist proof 912 bremner fineart 60 bullock drive markham 2941 104 open sundays and jeremy wideman his vice- president to some school is just an obligation they have to attend says the 15yearold council head were trying to make school ex citing by providing more things to do so far weve organized a skat ing day were going on a ski trip to horseshoe valley feb 22 and we usually visit canadas wonderland at the end of the year before exams jeremy added but the sevenmember student council isnt stopping there theyve also organized a three- day outdoor education trip to beaverton and various fundrais ers attempting to arrange one ev ery month but before they can organize any event they first need the sup port of their staff advisor and then it must meet the approval of the schools principal wally robinson every year a teacher is asked to act as sc advisor sit in on meetings and offer suggestions i think the sc helps the students de velop unity and school spirit says mr robinson the sc allows students an ac tive involvement in school life they come up with a slate of acti vities they want to do they are a closeknit group having been together several years theyre very supportive of each other the principal said mr robinson is eager to point out that although the school is still developing in the future theres potential for input into the curri culums decisionmaking pro cess and while sc life may appear rosy there have been a few inci dents that didnt turn out the way they were expected one example was a movie night fundraiser after charging admission and arranging refresh ments they realized after seeing the foreword of the movie it was illegal to commercially use it for profit the sc decided to refund the money it was really embarrassing admitted jeremy a grade 8 sc member and grade 7 class repre sentative last year both marc and jeremy agree theres plenty of work to go around we lead the sc meetings offer suggestions lead chapels announce meetings and serve as school representatives jeremy says if you arrange a good activity you get a pat on the back if its not successful you take the blame i didnt particularly enjoy last years activities this year i wanted to help do it right marc adds i hope i know what the stu dents want 8407 woodbine ave delivery