Can Do!

Jacob decided to run for the 8th grade representative for student council for the next school year. In 8th grade at his junior high school, they don’t have the traditional student council positions, just a couple representative spots: one male, and one female representative.

The application process was rigorous. Jacob had to get a teacher recommendation, create a one-minute video (see below), create one flyer, write a report, and submit a transcript. The winner would be selected by both popular vote and faculty vote.

Jake and I had a lot of fun together creating the video. He came up with the main idea, I refined it a little bit and did some of the producing and directing. He was nervous about it because it was to be shown in front of the whole school during morning announcements.

This isn’t his first time running for student council. In 6th grade he ran for student body president and won, but he was pretty nervous this time around.

He came home a few weeks ago, beaming. The videos were shown to the whole school during morning announcements. Jacob said, “All year I’ve been totally anonymous and now even 9th graders came up to me and said they liked my video.”

It must have worked, because he won.