The Student Government Association (SGA) and our Class Council at the Hawks Nest are ready and continuously preparing for this upcoming school year.
SGA, advised by Biology teacher Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, shares her plans and ideas that the club and class council are considering to better our schools community, atmosphere, and our environment.
The two clubs, as explained by Martin, are “separate, but work together.” Each class, meaning freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, have their own council. Each council is run by different advisers.
The officers from the class councils “participate on the SGA executive board,” according to Martin. “Each class runs individually, but then as a whole, SGA runs all the events for our whole school.”
One of the class council’s goals is to fundraise to make prom and senior events more affordable. “It’s important to begin fundraising a bit each year starting at freshman year to make these events cheaper.”
As far as SGA goes, Martin shared that the club is “the voice of our school.” The club “supports our school, our community, our county, and our state.” SGA organizes school events like homecoming, the pep rally, spirit week, and more.
Assemblies celebrating honor students are also arranged by the organization, as well as community blood drives involving both students, faculty and community members- which are ran twice a year.
Elections for the government are beginning in November. To be a part of this club, students can either involve themselves via a government position, or help with planning or be an additional voice to the school.
The overall purpose and goal of this club is to “provide safe and fun activities here at North Harford, and to vote on things that affect and are important to our student body.” To make sure the school’s student body is being properly represented, it’s required to have two homeroom reps for each homeroom. This ensures a certain percentage of representation to vote on important issues and ideas involving our school’s community.
Martin explains that joining SGA is a great way to get involved, and “looks good on college applications,” students can join by seeing Martin or by scanning QR codes posted throughout the school.
The biology teacher finished by sharing that SGA is preparing to bring back the Sadie Hawkins dance, which was an old event our school had in the past. “We voted for the theme to be neon, there will be lots of glow in the dark visuals,” she adds. There are more event plans in the works for this school year, according to Martin.
