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Introduction
Imagine this: You’ve got a bunch of kids in your high school, and they’re all together at an assembly. They’re listening to their principal speak about some upcoming event that’s going to happen and what their role will be in making it happen. Then, out of nowhere, someone gets up on stage with a microphone and starts talking about the importance of creating an Associated Student Body (ASB) at their school! “What does this have to do with anything?” you ask yourself as you check your phone for the tenth time in ten minutes. Well, I’m sorry to say it has everything to do with everything – but let’s start at the beginning.
“I would say that there’s one of two things happening,” said Carrie Adams, a math teacher at Osbourn High School in Manassas, Va. “Either the person doesn’t have a kid in school and they don’t understand what an ASB is, or someone does have kids in school, but they have no idea what ASB does.”
ASB is a student-led group that helps organize class trips, dances and other school events. The students are also responsible for raising money for school activities and charities in the community.
ASB members can be elected or appointed by their peers to serve on committees that take part in planning special events at their high schools. Students often nominate candidates to serve on these committees because they recognize their leadership skills or contributions to school life.
“I would say that there’s one of two things happening,” said Carrie Adams, a math teacher at Osbourn High School in Manassas, Va., who has seen several ASBs come and go during her 15 years at the school.”Either the person doesn’t have a kid in school and they don’t understand what an ASB is, or someone does have kids in school,” said Adams.”But they have no idea what ASB does.”
Even in schools where an ASB is in place, there seems to be little knowledge or appreciation of what the group actually does.
As a student, you might be wondering why your school needs an Associated Student Body (ASB). An ASB is the student government of your school, and it has a lot of responsibilities including but not limited to: fundraising for clubs and events, setting up programs for students, managing student government elections and planning school dances.
It’s easy to see why there’s confusion around what an ASB does—even in schools where one is in place, there seems to be little knowledge or appreciation of what the group actually does. In fact, many students who participate in athletics or other extracurricular activities don’t realize that their teams are supported by their own ASB! Even if you haven’t heard about your school’s ASB before now—whether it’s because you’re new to campus or because you never thought much about them before—there are plenty more exciting things coming down the pipeline for this year’s ASBs.
“If you ask people on the street what their ASB is, they’ll look at you like you’ve got seven heads,” said Scott Ernst, president of The Center for Leadership and Student Involvement at the University of California.
Associated Student Bodies (ASBs) are student government organizations that exist at almost every college and university in the United States. ASB’s serve an important role in campus life and their duties include planning events for students, managing funds for clubs and organizations on campus, supporting community service projects, and working on behalf of student interests with university administration.
As you can imagine, this is a large workload for any group of students to handle. But even though ASB’s are an essential part of many colleges’ operations, most people don’t know much about them—even those who attend schools with active student governments! If you ask people on the street what their ASB is they’ll look at you like you’ve got seven heads.”
The students who make up an ASB are usually responsible for planning class trips and dances. They also volunteer their time to raise money for school activities and charities in the community.
An Associated Student Body (ASB) is a student-run organization that governs the high school. The members of an ASB are responsible for planning class trips and dances, as well as fundraising for school activities and charities in the community. The students who make up the ASB are usually elected by their peers during elections held each year prior to summer vacation.
An example of an Associated Student Body is found at [high school name].
But even though ASBs can do so much good for their schools and communities, they often struggle to get funding from the government. In many cases, school districts will give them a small amount of money – then require that they raise even more in order to support all their activities.
But even though ASBs can do so much good for their schools and communities, they often struggle to get funding from the government. In many cases, school districts will give them a small amount of money – then require that they raise even more in order to support all their activities.
Unfortunately, this is where it starts getting complicated. When you think about it, this is kind of backward: why should a student organization be forced to raise its own budget? If students want something done at their school or community but aren’t getting any help from the government (or whoever), shouldn’t we expect our elected officials to step in?
Conclusion
ASBs can do a lot for their schools and communities, but they often struggle to get the funding they need. In many cases, this means that students will have to raise even more money than the school district gives them – which is a big burden for anyone in high school or college. We hope that these stories will help you understand how important ASBs are so that you’ll start supporting them when you have kids of your own!