Leadership "Girls are the ones who make things happen here. We offer the opportunities and provide the guidance." --Margaret Broad, Head of School Every student has the chance to become a leader at St. Margaret's School. That's because at girls' schools, young women chair all the organizations, captain all the teams, and hold all the student government offices. St. Margaret's students also have the opportunity to take leadership classes, providing a curricular link between theory and practice. In a year-long course called "Women in Leadership," students are educated for and about leadership. In class they explore their own strengths and weaknesses as leaders, theories of leadership, women's ways of leading and practical strategies for working with groups. Within the community, they use their knowledge during weekly lunches with eighth- and ninth-grade students, and at town meetings and residential programs. Honor Council The Honor Council upholds and enforces the Honor System. The Honor Council consists of two faculty members and five girls elected by the student body. Honor Council members attend disciplinary hearings and are available at any time for questions about the Honor System. The Honor Council Head is a senior elected by the student body who serves as the leader of the student representatives to the Honor Council. Two Honor Council representatives are elected in the spring and one is elected in the fall. Learn more about the Honor Code - Honor code is foundation of SMS community Reflections on the Honor Code - The Joy of Conscious Integrity Highlighting Honor: Our community's foundation Student Government Association The SGA is the student voice of the school. The group presents proposals from students or SGA itself to the administration, offers student input for the school's policy decisions and addresses school concerns constructively. Other responsibilities include supervising orientation and organizing class activities and fundraisers. Members of SGA are the school President, Vice President, Class Presidents, Head of Day Student Council, and Head of Honor Council. The President is elected in the spring of her junior year. She serves during her senior year as liaison between the student body and the school administration. She works with the faculty sponsor of SGA in run weekly meetings. Her weekly visible function is facilitating morning announcements. The Vice President is elected in the spring of her junior year. She serves during her senior year, assisting the president, and fulfilling the president's duties in her absence. She helps plan and promote weekend activities and serves as student liaison to the activities coordinator. Peer Leaders This group is composed of student leaders from different aspects of school life-the school President and Vice President, Head of Honor Council, select prefects, the Senior Class President, and three to four at-large positions. Peer leaders serve as models and guides for the school community, administers a peer guidance system for eighth- and ninth-graders and organize school and community events. Day Student Council Members of the Day Student Council represent the needs and views of the day student community and serve as liaisons to the school's administration. The council has a senior head and representatives from all grade levels. Responsibilities of this group include assisting with the Day Family Picnic, conducting meetings to address issues specific to day students, and running the "Hugs from Home" fundraising bake sales. Class presidents and officers These elected students lead class meetings and organize class fundraisers, activities and traditional events. Each class elects a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. Read more about how girls become leaders at SMS