Student of the What?

By: Emmasae Hallen
Do you want to be a Students of the Month? Do you not know what Student of the Month is? If you just want to know more or see what's going on, this is the article for you.

So who are Student of the Month? SOM (Student of the Month) are students who have A's and B's, does community service and has other things to do after school. Everyone who fills out the sheets is a Student of the Month.
How do you become a Student of the Month? Have you seen those green papers that kids are carrying around? Those are SOM sheets. If you want to be a SOM you need to have a B- or better in every class, at least one co-curricular activity, and four hours of community service. On that green piece of paper is where you have everyone sign it to say that you have done those things.

What do you get for being a Student of the Month? Most months there is a trip that the SOM's go on. For the month of February GBS went to Granite Gorge. There they went tubing!

"I had a blast! I wish we could of stayed longer!" Stephanie Leandri said. Everyone had their own separate tube and they could go down together with as many people as they wanted. There was a record of 17 people go down at once. If you wanted to spin while you went down, all you had to do was ask.

"It was awesome! I really enjoyed spinning down alone. I went super fast," Joel Barwood said.

"I wish we did the trip when there was more snow. It would be more fun," said Liam Baldwin.

What are those colorful painted hand-prints on the top of the wall ? If you are a Student of the Month for all the months in school then you get your hand-prints on the wall. Those are for the Student of the Years. Just like the month trip there is a Student of the Year trip as well. This year they have not decided yet but the might be a trip to Canobie Lake Park! If you are Student of the Year for all 4 years you get your name on a plaque that says "Students of the Middle Years".

If you want to go on great trips and do fun activities, be a Student of the Month or try for a student of the year.

• Its easy as get a green paper.
  
• Get it signed
• Do some community service
• Then your done.