Why do secondary schools follow the practice of having student assemblies? What are these assemblies expected to accomplish? Who should be involved in planning them? What types of programs best suit educational, cultural, and informational purposes? How can systematic evaluation or appraisal of student assemblies be achieved? These and similar…

This booklet examines the role of the student council in secondary schools and discusses a variety of strategies for making the student council a valuable part of students' education and a useful component of the school community. Short sections focus in turn on the objectives of student councils, criteria for evaluating student council…

It is obvious that there has to be a program of student activities in existence before it can be evaluated, but evaluation need not always be accomplished last. It can provide feedback into a program and improve it. A worthwhile evaluation, however, is often difficult to find. Before an evaluator can go to work, he must have clear in his own mind…