The Phuket Newsheaded to the school last Friday (October 30) to find out more about the launch of the student council and its first event, which was held that afternoon.
The student council is made up of one male and one female representative per year group who will meet monthly to discuss a vast range of school matters that affect students, liaising with their peers to provide a fair representation of all secondary students at the school.
All students from Years 7 to 10 were able to apply to be a council member. They underwent their own election campaigns and finally were elected by their peers in a democratic vote in early October.
The purpose of the school council is to allow the students to develop their voice and get them thinking about important issues both in and outside of school.
Kylie Millar, Head of Pastoral Care at KIS, who will be coordinating the student council said, “This is a fantastic opportunity for the students to voice their ideas and for the school to gain an insight into life as a student at KIS.”
During the first meeting with Head of Secondary, Mr Gareth Eynon and Miss Kylie Millar, the council representatives explored several areas of interest to the student body.
After much thought, the students developed the idea of holding a charity fundraiser for Halloween. A nonuniform day and after school disco was held on Friday, October 30, when everyone dressed for the occasion and raised funds towards the community development project that KIS is carrying out at Ban Koh Lone School on a small island just off Phuket that was affected by the 2004 tsunami.
The disco was a great success and is a glimpse of how the students can play a huge part in not just creating a positive atmosphere within the school, but also with helping out the community. The student council will hold their next official meeting in November to discuss a whole manner of school matters and develop more new initiatives across the school.