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==2008-2009== | ==2008-2009== | ||
*Creating the ELMS program for May Session. Previously, all students were required to do mandatory community service during May. | *Creating the ELMS program for May Session. Previously, all students were required to do mandatory community service during May. | ||
| − | *Hosting the first SGA-sponsored college fair. College fairs had been hosted by the Academy before, but due to the location of Maryville, lack of surrounding schools, and rival fair by Maryville High, the idea was abandoned by the Admin in the early 2000's. This event marked the renewal of the yearly event, this time run by students. A method of overcoming the challenges facing hosting a Maryville college fair would not be discovered until the next year, however, and the fall 2009 fair had only 15 schools and only Missouri Academy students attended. | + | *Hosting the first SGA-sponsored college fair. College fairs had been hosted by the Academy before, but due to the location of the city of Maryville, lack of surrounding schools, and rival fair by Maryville High, the idea was abandoned by the Admin in the early 2000's. This event marked the renewal of the yearly event, this time run by students. A method of overcoming the challenges facing hosting a Maryville college fair would not be discovered until the next year, however, and the fall 2009 fair had only 15 schools and only Missouri Academy students attended. |
*Pushing for the creation of a Graduate Assistant position to oversee the Alumni Association and Parents Association. Jessica Platt was hired in the fall of 2009 for this purpose. | *Pushing for the creation of a Graduate Assistant position to oversee the Alumni Association and Parents Association. Jessica Platt was hired in the fall of 2009 for this purpose. | ||
==2009-2010== | ==2009-2010== | ||
| − | *Hosting the second-SGA sponsored college fair. Initially, the Admin was strongly opposed to this idea for several reasons. For one, the Admin did not want to get on the bad side of Maryville High. In addition, there was fear that a poor college fair would reflect poorly on the Academy as an institution. The student idea for solving this was to simply take the fair of Maryville High (organized by the Missouri Association of College Admission Counseling, or MOACAC), and host it at Northwest. This was negotiated with the counselor of Maryville High, and when the Admin discovered that Maryville High was more than willing to give up the fair (something the counselors there saw as a burden), they jumped on board with the idea. In the fall of 2009, the fair had 43 colleges present, with 470 high school students in attendance. This was a tremendous increase from the previous year, and solidified the fair as (for now) a repeatable event. Benefits from this were not only for the students attending the fair, but also for the Academy. The fair provided an opportunity for colleges and high school students to learn more about the Academy, and spread the word of about us. In short, it was a major success for SGA. | + | *Hosting the second-SGA sponsored college fair (see above). Initially, the Admin was strongly opposed to this idea for several reasons. For one, the Admin did not want to get on the bad side of Maryville High. In addition, there was fear that a poor college fair would reflect poorly on the Academy as an institution. The student idea for solving this was to simply take the fair of Maryville High (organized by the Missouri Association of College Admission Counseling, or MOACAC), and host it at Northwest. This was negotiated with the counselor of Maryville High, and when the Admin discovered that Maryville High was more than willing to give up the fair (something the counselors there saw as a burden), they jumped on board with the idea. In the fall of 2009, the fair had 43 colleges present, with 470 high school students in attendance. This was a tremendous increase from the previous year, and solidified the fair as (for now) a repeatable event. Benefits from this were not only for the students attending the fair, but also for the Academy. The fair provided an opportunity for colleges and high school students to learn more about the Academy, and spread the word of about us. In short, it was a major success for SGA. |
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=Contact Information= | =Contact Information= | ||
You can contact the SGA by either talking to a member of SGA, emailing them as individuals, or going to the SGA facebook page (StuGov, run by the First Year Executive). | You can contact the SGA by either talking to a member of SGA, emailing them as individuals, or going to the SGA facebook page (StuGov, run by the First Year Executive). | ||
