Seventh grader ready to work for Student Council

By ALEX NEEDHAM
Room 210 Staff Writer
Seventh graders at South Middle School elected a student who is ready to do her part to help this school when they chose Savanah Sweeton for Student Council this week.
"Being on student council definitely helps with your social skills," Savanah said. "You are known to many people and that helps you bond with other students and learn to be friends with them."
This will not be Savanah's first experience with student government. "I was on student council when I was in elementary school, but this is the first time in middle school. I think this time will be different because I'm not in elementary anymore; we don't sell candy every morning like we did at Irving. South student council cleans the school, and helps other businesses with whatever they need help with and that's very contributional to the society."
Savanah has some particular ideas about what she would like to see Student Council do during the 2006-2007 school year. "I think we need a new way to get fit. I saw in the Joplin School's newspaper something about Memorial finding ways for kids to get fit by doing Dance, Dance Revolution. That's something that kids definitely enjoy and that everyone would participate in and get a good workout from. That also helps with the growing factor of adolescent obesity."