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About our Student Council

To learn more about how our Student Council works we have created separate web pages that give much more specific information on its three major components. CLICK on one of the links below to read all about it...

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Executive
Board

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General
Assembly

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Standing
Committees

To learn more about what is currently going on with our Student Council, CLICK on one of the three links below to read all about it...

 

Honors and Awards

The Brooklawn Student Council is an active member of the National Association of Student Councils (NASC) and the New Jersey Association of Student Councils (NJASC), participating in their annual Leadership Training Conference (LTC) as well as other events. In August 2006, our Advisor Mr. Lou Miller became an Executive Director for the NJASC, and works together with Mrs. Wendy Booth-Sitzler of Palmyra High School to advise the State Officers and administrate our state Student Council association. Mrs. Alison Franz, a former Brooklawn student, now also serves as co-advisor. Each year, Mr. Miller selects administrative assistants for NJASC that are former Brooklawn Student Council Executives who assist with the current Brooklawn Executive Board.

Over the past two decades, the Brooklawn Student Council has earned numerous honors and awards at both the State and National level:

  • NASC Gold Council of Excellence (2006, 2007, 2008). CLICK HERE to read more about this prestigious award - one of only EIGHT given in the United States - to our Student Council for the past three years.

  • NJASC 10th year "Honor School Student Council" (1998-present).  This award recognizes those Student Councils that maintain standards set by the NJASC for Student Council operations and activities. For a complete list of NJASC Honor Schools, visit their website at www.njasc.org.

  • NJASC State Charity "$2000 Club" (1996-2002), "$5000 Club" (2003-present).  This past year, we donated $5067 to the 2005-2006 NJASC State Charity, "The Simpson Baber Foundation".  We raised this money through our annual Penny Wars, Brooklawn's Intense Games, and the Back In The Day Contest.  We are proud to support the NJASC in meeting its overall donation goal to support this worthy cause and look forward to supporting the 2006-2007 State Charity, "The Little Rock Foundation".

  • NJASC Top Ten Projects Award (2001, 2004, 2006).  This award is given to ten schools each year, to recognize top Student Council projects in our state.  Only two of these awards each year are given to middle schools - we won this award in 2001 for Brooklawn's Intense Games, in 2004 for B.L.T. Saturday, and in 2006 for Volleyball Night At Brooklawn.

  • NJASC "Community Smile" (2001-present).  This award is given to schools that demonstrate an abundance of students hours spent in Community Service.  Our Student Council collects coats, blankets, and canned food each year to support the Generous Generations organization.  Many other clubs and activities, such as our Builders Club, also dedicate many hours to serving those less fortunate in our area. 

  • NJASC Middle Level Leader of the Year Finalist (2001, 2002, 2005).  Three of our former Student Council Presidents have been honored by the NJASC as finalists for the State Middle Level Leader of The Year Award.

  • NJASC State Officers (2003, 2005).  Our Student Council has elected two students to each serve a one-year term as Middle Level Executive Member on the NJASC Executive Board. Both of these former Brooklawn students now serve as Junior Counselors at the annual NJASC Leadership Training Conference.

  • NJASC Advisor of the Year (2005).  Our Advisor, Mr. Lou Miller was chosen as the 2005 NJASC Advisor of the Year.  He received this award at the 79th annual NJASC Convention at The College of New Jersey on January 6, 2005.  

  • NJASC Administrator of the Year (2005-2006).  Our former Principal, Mr. Angelo Guiliana, was chosen as the 2005 NJASC Administrator of the Year.  He received this award at the NJASC Fall Business Meeting at The College of New Jersey on October 24, 2005.

  • NJASC Standards of Excellence Award (1999, 2004).  This award involves an exchange and evaluation of all aspects (administration, organization, activities) of Student Council, and can be applied for only once every five years. We are proud to have shared this highest NJASC honor with our friends at Phillipsburg Middle School in 1999, and to have worked in this program with Parsippany Hills High School and Madison Junior School since that time.

  • NJASC Advisory Board (2001).  Mr. Miller served as the Middle Level Advisor on the three member NJASC Advisory Board in 2001.  This committee works with the Executive Directors and members of the State Executive Board, representing concerns of Student Council Advisors throughout the state.

  • NJASC/LTC Senior Staff (2001-present).  Mr. Miller is also on Senior Staff at the annual NJASC Summer Leadership Training Conference (LTC), held at The College of New Jersey. From 2001-2006 he was a Senior Counselor, and now serves as an Executive Director for NJASC. We are also proud to have several of our alumni serve on LTC Staff as Junior Counselors.

  • NASC Nationals Attendee (2003-present).  Mr. Miller also attends Nationals each year as a member of the New Jersey State delegation.  The NJASC Executive Directors and State Officers lead this delegation which includes about forty-five advisors and student delegates from schools throughout New Jersey.  The next NASC National Conference will be in June 2008 at Northwest HS in Justin, Texas.

  • NASC Spotlight Project Awards (2004, 2005, 2006) 

    • B.L.T. Saturday was honored by NASC 2004 at Silverado HS in Las Vegas NV as one of only 30 "Spotlight Projects" in the nation.

    • Brooklawn's Intense Games was honored by NASC 2005 at Collinsville HS in Collinsville IL as one of only 30 "Spotlight Projects" in the nation.

    • Louisiana Bound was honored by NASC 2006 at North Penn HS in Lansdale PA as one of only 15 "Spotlight Projects" in the nation.

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