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               Offices and Elections
               Grulla Middle School will provide students opportunities to experience the election process.
               The student council plays an important role in the decision-making process.  Student’s
               interested need to contact Student Council Sponsor.

               1.  The Student Council shall be composed of the following:
                     Six  officers  (president,  vice  president,  secretary,  treasurer,  reporter,  and
                       Parliamentarian) elected by the sixth, seventh eighth graders (school wide)
                     Ten members from each grade level elected at large by their respective peers

               2.  The  executive  committee  of  the  student  council  shall  be  composed  of  the  student
               council officers and the student council sponsor.

               3.  The student council shall be responsible for the following:
                     to promote student government
                     to promote school citizenship
                     to promote school spirit
                     to promote school safety
                     to conduct fund raising activities for its own needs
                     to sponsor, conduct and/or promote any other worthy endeavor which will benefit
                       the students and the school
                     Represent the school at public events
                     All activities of the student council must have prior approval of the S.B.D.M.
                     Committee and the principal
                     All student activities issues and concerns should be directed to the principal and/or
                       the S.B.D.M. Committee

               As role models, students who serve as class or club/organization officers or in positions of
               responsibility  (i.e.,  cheerleader,  student  committee  members)  must  meet  the  U.I.L.
               extracurricular  eligibility  rules  as  well  as  display  exemplary  behavior  at  all  times.    The
               student shall not have been suspended from school for disciplinary and/or administrative
               reasons.  Each club, class or organization’s constitution and by-laws must detail the criteria
               to remain as an officer in that particular organization as well as the procedure for removal
               of officers.


               Grade Classification
               At the middle school level, promotion is based upon successful completion of core area
               classes for the particular grade level.  After the ninth grade, students are classified
               according to the number of credits earned toward graduation.
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