Advisory Bulletin
September 29,2014 -
October 3, 2014
Citizenship
Monday 9.29.14 - a.m.- Monday Morning Meeting
p.m. - Describe Flex block
options and then fill out Flex Block Request Forms
Tuesday 9.30.14
a.m.
– How do you define citizenship?
definition: "one who belongs to
a certain group, state or nation; who owes
allegiance and is entitled to protection and rights"
what are you a citizen of??
your family
advisory
grade
your
House
The
middle school
sports
teams
Seacrest
Naples
Collier
County
Florida
U.S.
Earth
Nationally, we have this concept of
"dual citizenship" but in truth, we are
all multiple citizenships. We have many allegiances.
What if we had to apply for citizenship
as Americans and then take an exam?
Watch this video with your class.
Try pausing it after each question is asked
and see how many students can answer the questions. Could we all pass the test to be American citizens??
p.m. - Continue discussion on citizenship – a different type:
Families
DO apply for citizenship to Seacrest.
What
are the guidelines and values that we commit to when
we accept Seacrest citizenship? We have all been accepted to Seacrest. It’s OUR
middle school we should know
what we stand for.
Take time to
discuss what we value at Seacrest and what we expect
citizens of our community to respect and exhibit.
List three things your advisory
comes up with below
1.
2.
3.
What if we had to apply for citizenship for
our Houses? What would the questions on our test look like?
Many questions on the test to become
a US citizen revolve around our country’s history and our country’s laws… our Houses are in
their first year. We do not have a huge
amount of history…YET. But we should start thinking about house laws. List three things your
advisory comes up with for laws below.
1.
2.
3.
We all have automatic acceptance to our Houses and
we need to show our commitment
and loyalty to our house. We pledge our allegiance
to our flag and country every Friday during Flag ceremony. Have a discussion with your house about the words that we say and what they mean.
Think about what it would be like to pledge to our
Houses? What points
does our advisory think are must haves in our House Pledge? Take time to discuss and write out
points that your advisory thinks should
be included in their House Pledge and list them below.
1.
2.
3.
Wednesday 10.01.14- discussing community service
projects
a.m.
- Think about
our Middle School & our houses. What we do has an effect on other people. It is time for our houses to start making
a difference at Seacrest.
We came up with a few ideas for community service
projects around our campus for our
houses to do. Please review them with your group
now. Continue to brainstorm new ideas if necessary. List top three ideas below. If your House is already in the planning
phase, list the next steps:
1.
2.
3.
p.m.- Nominating House Reps
Each house will have:
One 8th grade House Captain-
responsibilities include:
»
leading
house meetings,
»
gathering
information from SGA to report back to the house,
»
gathering
information from house members to report to SGA,
»
voting
during SGA meetings,
»
organizing
house events,
»
leading
house community service projects.
One 7th gr House Rep & One 6th gr House Rep- responsibilities:
»
gathering
information from SGA to report back to the house,
»
gathering
information from house members to report to SGA,
»
voting
during SGA meetings,
»
help in
organizing house events and house community service projects.
The house reps replace the class reps.
There are no longer class reps so therefore we need
the house reps.
The student government does not have class reps they
only have a president, vice
president, treasurer and secretary. Those four people will work in unison with the three house captains, 6th and 7th grade reps. There will be a total of 13 people working in SGA by
the time we have all the house reps
added to the 4 SGA members.
After describing
the positions explain how to nominate a class member, how to second someone’s nomination and how the nominee accepts or declines the nomination.
We will do the voting during our House. Only allow
each person to nominate one person
and second only one other person’s nomination.
Try to get them to be serious and think of someone that would be a great representation of them personally.
Tell the nominees they will need to come up with a
one to two minute speech to practice
tomorrow morning and give to the house tomorrow
afternoon describing why their house should vote for them to be its representative.
Thursday 10.02.14 –
a.m. - Nomination speech
practice
After taking attendance have each
nominee give their speech just to your
advisory to practice how they will say it in front of the entire house later.
p.m.-
Speeches
Speeches need to be
given to the houses for each position
Friday 10.03.14 -
Vote on House Representatives during
Advisory Breakfasts.
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