BISAK Upper School Student Council

The Purpose of the Upper School Student Council

The Student Council is a group of elected by the students to support the interests and the welfare of the British International School of Al-Khobar's student body. We raise student issues with the school management; we also oversee the organization of student social events such as student discos. All students may contribute to a Student fund which can be used to enhance social areas and support the various activities.

Annually an Executive Committee is elected to guide Council activities We hold monthly meetings at the start of each month to discuss business and express opinions. One student representative is elected for each tutor group; they attend general meetings to feed back on school matters.

At the first student council meeting of each academic year a Chairperson, Deputy Chair and Secretary are elected to oversee the running of the student council meetings. The secretary is responsible for submitting a summary of the discussionand agreements made at each meeting to the Head / Deputy Head of School who will pass on the issues to the school Principal. Once a term, the Principal will meet with the Chairperson, Deputy Chair and Secretary of the student council.

The school managemennt will help guide the actions of the student council meetings by suggesting the agenda items for discussions.

The student council helps raise funds for charities through events such as "dress as you like day" which has been used to help charities such as the Pishigu fund in Ghana" and "Children of the Forest in Thailand".

The Upper School Student Council Members

7C	Alexa Von Brennan
7G	Georgette Gikas
7H	Karima Alghazzi
8M	Kamal Mohammad ElBayrouti
8D	Maha Hamdani
8J	Mario Van DerWesthuizen
9D	Ryan James
9T	Jude Haj Ali (Secretary)
9C	George Kirby
10T	Sarah Chikhali
10A	Sana Ahmed (Chair)
11G	Mohammed El Hassan

 

• Every September each class will vote for a class member to represent the class in the Council meetings.
• The Council will meet every 2 weeks (unless the business is not finished and we meet the following week, then 2 weeks after that).
• There will be a chairperson to lead the meeting and a secretary to write the minutes
• The secretary will send out the agenda before the meeting
• The Council will decide at the end of each meeting what they will discuss the next meeting.
• When we vote on an idea then the majority vote wins.
• The Chair and secretary of the meetings will rotate between Year 5 and Year 6 members.  (Younger members will be encouraged to take over when they feel confident.)

Rules of the Council

• All members of the Council will cooperate with each other
• We will take turns so that every class can give their ideas.
• All the members of the Council will get involved and feel part of the Council team .
• We will share our ideas and listen to each other.
• We will communicate our ideas and have conversations with our class mates.
• We will represent our class honestly and be polite and truthful.
• We will always bring ideas to the meetings.
• The ideas we bring will be our classes’ ideas not just our own.
• We will take action when we can.
• The secretary will write up the minutes and give a copy to the members of the Council.
   

Reporting Council Business

• Council members will report back to their classes.
• A council member will report the latest Council business in Assembly.
• School Council business will be reported in the BISAK weekly newsletter.
• The minutes of the meetings will be published on a School Council board.