Calais High School Student Council
Celebrating 30 years of
Winter Carnival Excellence
1978-2008
President Airelle Thomas
Vice President Toni Cole
Secretary David Lumbert
Treasurer Blake Ford
Adviser Rick Chaffey
Council Prepares for 2008 State Conference Sounds of Leadership |
| On May 21-22, the CHS Student Council will attend the 2008 Maine Association of Student Councils' state conference. The theme for the conference is Sounds of Leadership and will feature nationally-recognized motivational speaker Bob Upgren. For more information on the conference and MASC, visit www.masc-online.org. |
April 10, 2008 |
Winter Carnival, Bonfire, Dance Full of Blue Devil Pride! |
Visit the 2008 Winter Carnival page for full details on the 30th anniversary of Winter Carnival at Calais High School! The 2008 Bonfire was amazing! Thank you to all the people below!
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February 25, 2008 |
Winter Carnival Bonfire, Activities, and Specialty Days Announced |
As the 30th anniversary of Calais High School's winter carnival approaches, students and faculty are already excited for this year's brand new events and classic favorites. On Saturday, February 9th, a bonfire will be held outside of Calais High School beginning at 6 PM. CHS alumni, students, and friends are invited for a cookout with hot dogs donated by Calais Bell's IGA. Music will be provided by Home Run DJ Service. An activity schedule with specialty days is available on the Announcements page of the Winter Carnival website. Four-corner soccer will be played this year for the first time ever at Calais High School! This schedule also includes the several drives being held by CHS National Honor Society for various organizations around the city. Finally, the annual Winter Carnival dance will be held on Friday, February 15th from 8-11 PM. Admission is $5 and will include 20 tickets for games. A $100 prize will be given to the winning class at this event, along with the coveted crowning of the Winter Carnival king and queen. CalaisSchools.org wishes all classes the best of luck during Winter Carnival and hopes that the class of 2008 will not finish last for the fourth year in a row! |
January 31, 2008 |
2008 Winter Carnival Theme Announced |
| This year, the Calais High School Student Council has the privilege of hosting the 30th Annual Winter Carnival at CHS, the oldest event of its kind in Washington County. On Tuesday, the council brainstormed many ideas for themes, eventually deciding on Video Games as the 2008 Winter Carnival theme. Classes will have the opportunity in the next week to discuss their choice of video games, as each class president will choose a game for his/her class' theme. Each class will decorate a banner, hallway, and develop a skit in accordance with the theme. A 30th Anniversary Winter Carnival web page has been developed to celebrate the anniversary, here. |
January 9, 2008 |
Council Members Wrap Presents for Calais Children's Project |
After hours of rocking, shopping, and wrapping, the Calais High School Student Council has completed its annual Christmas stocking project, in which council members fill stockings for residents of the Calais Children's Project. CHS National Honor Society members also contributed to the stocking fund.
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December 20, 2007 |
Rock-A-Thon Fundraiser "Extremely Successful" |
| After collecting many pledges and daring to "out-rock" other classes, the CHS Student Council and National Honor Society participated in a rock-a-thon fundraiser to raise money for the Calais Children's Project Christmas stocking project. Council members rocked for seven hours, from 2 PM until 9 PM, staying entertained by watching movies, listening to music, eating, and playing a new game introduced by Mr. and Mrs. Chaffey,the Cardinal Mexican Train. Pledges are due this week, but if anyone has not yet sponsored a rocker, let any student council member or NHS member know and they will put your donation to a great cause. |
December 10, 2007 |
Wilkinson Elected as EMASC High School Representative |
After handing out candy canes and stickers, holding up posters, and delivering an amazing speech, the CHS Student Council is proud to announce that CHS sophomore class president Honor Wilkinson has been elected to serve as high school representative on the Eastern Maine Association of Student Councils' executive board. Despite competition from Brewer High School and Penquis Valley High School for the position, Wilkinson won with over 50% of the votes on Tuesday, as the council travelled to the Brewer Auditorium for the 2007 Eastern Region conference. The 2007-08 EMASC president was elected from Penquis Valley High School in Milo, which will host the 2008 regional conference. At the conference, magician and motivational speaker Bruce Johnson performed, then council members attended student-run workshops. Airelle Thomas, Honor Wilkinson, and David Lumbert ran a very successful workshop, titled Leadership on your Feet. The workshop asked attendees to develop solutions for unforeseen problems. Other workshops included Red Ribbon Week, Running a Successful Campaign. The Mailman, and Running for Jr. High Representative. Swap shops were also held, in which free discussion of school-related issues took place. Congratulations to Honor Wilkinson and special thanks to the outgoing EMASC executive board, including Calais' Toni Cole, who put on an amazing conference! |
November 27, 2007 |
Leadership on your Feet Workshop Hosted by Council Members at EMASC Conference |
You have eight minutes to find a group of 5-7 students and develop a solution to eliminate world hunger. Not bad. But after 3 minutes, two of your group members are removed and two new members are added. While you are trying to tell your new members what your solution is, they provide additional input from their last groups. Then, to make matters more complicated, you discover that world hunger has been eliminated and you must now determine a solution for homelessness - in two minutes. Welcome to the EMASC workshop, Leadership on your Feet hosted by CHS Student Council President Airelle Thomas, Secretary David Lumbert, and newly-elected EMASC high school representative, Honor Wilkinson. Leaders are faced with difficult situations every day, but the unexpected does not have to mean failure. In this workshop, students were asked to solve school-related problems dealing with dances, school assemblies, and even cheating. Council members from differenct schools brought past experiences to the workshop and DJ D-Lum of Home Run DJ Service provided music, which motivated some but distracted others. In the end, workshop attendees had a blast and left with better tools and approaches to circumstances beyond their control. |
November 27, 2007 |
Fundraiser Announced to Fund Annual Christmas Charity |
| Rocking in chairs may seem like an activity reserved for Sunday afternoons and nursing homes, but this December, CHS Student Council members will be rocking for a cause. Chosen from a list of several possible fundraisers, the 2007 Rock-a-thon will raise money for the annual Christmas stocking project, in which council members fill stockings for residents of the Calais Children's Project. In conjunction with the CHS National Honor Society, students will rock for eight hours in the CHS library. Those who wish to sponsor "rockers" are asked to sponsor by the hour, such as $3/hr, totalling $24. For more information or to sponsor a rocker, see any council member or NHS member today! |
November 13 , 2007 |
Council to Attend EMASC Conference |
| On Tuesday, November 27, 2007, CHS Student Council members will travel to the Brewer Auditorium in Brewer, Maine to attend the Eastern Maine Association of Student Councils' regional conference. Featuring nationally-acclaimed magician Bruce Johnson, the 'Sound of Leadership'-themed conference will surely be exciting and fun. Council Vice President Toni Cole has been proud to serve on the EMASC executive board as secretary and will be working with other council members on the election campaign of Honor Wilkinson as 2007-2008 EMASC High School Representative. Wilkinson, along with President Thomas and Secretary Lumbert, will be conducting a workshop called Leadership On Your Feet, where attendees will be faced with challenging problems and asked to formulate solutions. |
November 6 , 2007 |
School Service Project Announced by Council |
| The CHS Student Council has announced that the 2007-2008 school service project will be building stairs to the high school soccer field. Soccer players and fans have long had to hike up a steep hill or walk on the dirt road circling the field, but will now be able to walk up and down with ease to see the devils play soccer. Fundraising will begin soon to pay for this project, which will be beneficial to many CHS students. |
October 23 , 2007 |
Student Council Secretary Featured in |
| This Thursday, the Calais Advertiser featured an interview with CHS Student Council Secretary David Lumbert, regarding his position as President of the Maine Association of Student Councils. In the interview, Lumbert mentioned the importance of service to the organization and gave insight into his personal life. Pick up your copy today to read more and see his picture! |
October 4 , 2007 |
Student Council Announces |
On Wednesday, the Calais High Student Council announced its 2007-2008 executive officers. Winning the highest elected office at Calais High School was Airelle Thomas, the council's former vice president. Thomas is serving her fourth year on the council and her second as class president of the class of 2008. Assisting her in this year's duties will be Toni Cole, who won the position of vice president. A new student at Calais High School, she serves on the Eastern Maine Association of Student Councils' executive board and has been her class' president for the past two years. For the third year in a row, MASC president David Lumbert was elected council secretary. Known for his humorous minutes and accurate bookkeeping, Lumbert won the election by a landslide. Rounding out the council's officers is newly-elected treasurer Blake Ford. Ford is expected to bring his love of math and football to the office, two essential qualities of a treasurer. |
| September 19, 2007 |
Student Council Expected to Attend November Leadership Conference |
On Tuesday, members of the student council were asked if they would like to attend a leadership conference held in Brewer, Maine in November. The conference will feature the original Mike Smith, a nationally-recognized motivational speaker. Although council members have seven days to decide if they wish to attend the conference, sources close to the council say that most members support attending the event. |
| September 18, 2007 |
Student Council Helps with 2007-2008 Welcome Freshmen Day |
Calais High School's Class of 2011 was welcomed on Tuesday by members of the Calais High School Student Council. The members conducted an icebreaker asking students to find others with certain characteristics or experiences, as in "Find someone who is over 6 feet tall." Tours of the school and Q & A sessions were also hosted by the council. Throughout the day some members remained in the hallway to point new students in the right direction and escort them to classes. |
September 4, 2007 |
Articles prepared by the Office of the Secretary