Copyright 2000 National Association of Secondary School Principals
Guidelines and Principles for Student Government

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PLEASE NOTE: The Michigan Associations of Student Councils & Honor Societies do NOT verify that the documents below meet any particular guidelines of student leadership. Use these samples as GUIDES along with your own school's policies/procedures/constitution. A sample, basic constitution is attached immediately below as well. For more help, see Guidelines and Principles for Student Government.

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Looking for help? Guidance? Support? Resources? How-to's? We've got them in Lansing with two conferences for advisers that teach you how to fulfill your obligations as an adviser, and more!

Honor society advisers and administrators are invited to join us October 6, 2008. Student council advisers, leadership class teachers and other related club moderators will come together October 7, 2008. Both events are in Lansing.

HONOR SOCIETY ADVISERS' WORKSHOP

MASC membership does not include NASC membership. NASC membership does not include MASC membership. Let's refer to them as State (MASC) and National (NASC) to make it more clear. The State membership grants you reduced rates at all of our conferences for students and Advisers in Michigan, various communication services including an e-newsletter, exclusive access to certain areas of our website, and other benefits. The National membership grants you reduced rates at National conferences, subscription to Leadership magazine, and certain access to materials. MASC does not require our members to be members of the National office; nor does the National office require it's members to be part of the state association. You can be in either one; you can be in both.

YES! Both groups can be members. MASC and MAHS do not put requirements on their members for procedures and policies to follow. We ask only that our members provide leadership experiences for students, and that is what we are here to help with. Each school is so incredibly unique it would be impossible to ask them all to conform to strict guidelines. We provide the same leadership training for student councils that we do for honor societies. Whether you vote, select, nominate or volunteer, if you're involved in leadership you can be part of MASC/MAHS.

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