Service-Minded and Motivated: My Journey Through Volunteerism
Volunteering is an instrumental opportunity for youth to develop organizational and social skills while learning the importance of helping others and giving back to the community. Service has become an outlet for me to enjoy friendships, build leadership skills, and solve problems. When I was just 10 years old, I began a service project with...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Collaboration Space: Winter 2022
Lifeline Links Looking to involve every student in increasing suicide awareness and prevention, NatStuCo members at Mountain View High School in Mesa, AZ, organized a project aimed at fostering support and inspiration. During classroom visits, members explained how everyone could contribute to improved outlooks, and they encouraged students to write positive messages on strips of...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Take 10: Winter 2022
Recalibrating Community Service Volunteerism should be about more than students tracking hours to beef up a college application. To make community service more equitable and accessible, Gil Villanueva, associate vice president and dean at the University of Richmond, urges advisers to consider breaking it up into five categories: Community mindedness Civic mindedness Academic interests Personal...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Recalibrating Community Service
In the wake of the pandemic and social justice movement, an ongoing conversation has surged to the forefront about whether community service is a privilege that can perpetuate inequitable volunteer opportunities. The time is ripe for college admissions officers and service advocates to recalibrate community service into true community engagement, even for students constrained by...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Student Digital Empowerment
How many times have you picked up your phone today? Have you checked your inbox and your text messages? Did you make your way on to social media and scroll through your feed, refreshing the app just in case something interesting popped up? You’ve probably spent at least an hour or two on your device...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Hooray for Leadership Day!
State Summits are one-day experiential leadership workshops designed to gather student members of National Honor Society (NHS) and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) from a region to share ideas and unlock passions. This pilot event inspired our school to take the program, make it our own, and share it with others in true Honor Society...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Opening the Door of Opportunity
Rashaan Davis likes to think back to what he was like as a 15-year-old. It’s not that he’s especially nostalgic because, let’s face it, that’s often a tough age for kids. Davis likes to reminisce because it helps him remember what it was like to be starting high school, and what could have made him...
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
Advise: Winter 2022
Features Recalibrating Community Service M. Diane McCormick Student Digital Empowerment Rebecca Grunski Hooray for Leadership Day! John Crawford Opening the Door of Opportunity Dan Gursky Columns & Departments From the Director Morning Announcements The Middle Ground NatStuCo Update Honor Society Update A Conversation With… Active Voices Collaboration Space Take 10
Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)
From the Director: Fall 2021
When I think of this back-to-school season and our teachers, students, and school leaders, the words “bold” and “brave” come to mind. Our fall issue also has several bold and brave stories to tell. In our cover feature, “Small but Mighty,” we dive into the OSCARs—no, not the award where the speeches are longer than...
Advise, Advise: Volume 49 (2020-2021)
NatStuCo Update: Fall 2021
NatStuCo hosted the second virtual National Student Council Conference June 22–25, inviting not only student council members and advisers but also student leaders from all backgrounds—creating an open and accessible event that offered engaging keynotes, peer-led workshops, and ideas and inspiration that students could bring back to their schools. The virtual sessions opened on Tuesday,...
Advise, Advise: Volume 49 (2020-2021)