Erik Gray's journals
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Written by Erik, May 2012
First of all, congratulations! I’m glad
that I can hand down my position to someone like you. You’ll do a great job. I
know you already have been in the class before so you know how Student Gov
works and kinda what the VP does, but I’ll just tell you about what I did this
year:
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Senate: It’s really important
that you have good, reliable people on it so you’re not doing things yourself.
In the past, we’ve just invited whoever wanted to be on Senate to come sign up
in the office. This year I got a list of the people who ran for something but
didn’t make it and invited them first. So that way I knew that they could be
pretty reliable. And I think it worked out pretty good. I tried to get Senate
to do a little more this year, but to be honest- it was really hard to find
stuff… Student Gov took care of mostly everything! Ha, so you can do as little
or as much as you want to.
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Homecoming: Good ol’ Homecoming!
This year, I was in charge of the tailgate party. I just made it real simple:
food and face paint and a band, which wasn’t too hard. Other than that, just
make sure you are willing to help everyone because you know just how stressful
it can get.
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Freedom Week: This whole week is up to
you. I had a few activities during the week, and got some of my Freedom Academy
friends and Mr. Esplin to speak. It turned out really good. I suggest that you
start now and just brainstorm of who you want to speak, so you can let them
know in time. We usually have it in February, but whenever works the best for
you (we thought about having it in Nov during Veterans Day this year, but that
didn’t happen).
VP doesn’t really have too much to do
besides what I’ve already said. So make sure that you help Kayden out. Brady
really appreciated it when I offered my help with even the simple things, and I
think we did really well this year because we all worked together and helped
each other out.
And remember that nothing is final,
what you want to happen is entirely up to you. You can do the same things I
did, or go to a whole new level. I’m excited to see what you guys do next year!
If you have questions, don’t be afraid to ask. Have fun with Student Gov and
enjoy your senior year!
GOOD LUCK, TARA! J
Erik Gray
559-2336
