School Community:

Getting Involved in Your School

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Another way to take personal responsibility for your school community is to get involved. With so many opportunities to get involved, it might be tough to figure out how you would be most comfortable participating.

	One way to figure out how to get involved is to think about something that is already great about your school and come up with a way to make it even better.

For example, if your school has an annul spaghetti dinner fundraiser, think about how you can make it even more successful. Maybe you and your classmates could create posters advertising the event to hang in the community to increase attendance. Perhaps you could get several families to donate cakes for a cake auction to raise even more money for your school.

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Follow-Up Activity:   What school events do you look forward to? How can you participate more actively in these events?

Maybe you would prefer to focus on an area of your school that could use some improvement and work to make it better. It is all too easy to sit back and complain about what is lacking at the school you attend. It takes a leader, however, to see where improvements are needed and then do something about it.

Maybe, for example, you have noticed that the library could use some new books. Maybe you could work with the librarian to organize a book sale with proceeds going to towards purchasing new books and reference materials. Maybe you could work with some other students to organize a book drive where people are asked to donate new books to the library.

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Follow-Up Activity:   Is there an area of your school that could use some improvement? How could you help? Who could you talk to about this improvement? When will you start helping?

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