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For outstanding achievement in leadership, service, and activities that serve to improve the school and community, Columbus Junior High Student Council has been recognized by the Texas Association of Student Councils in the areas of Outstanding Student Council; Drugs, Alcohol, Safety and Health; Pride and Patriotism; and Energy and Environment. As well as for submission of its Community Service Report.
CJHS StuCo has also been recognized as a Sweepstakes Council. Sweepstakes councils must be recognized as an Outstanding Student Council and receive outstanding recognition in Drugs, Alcohol, Safety and Health; Pride and Patriotism; and Energy and Environment as well as submitting a Community Service Report. TASC has 1,166 member schools. Of those, Columbus Junior High School is one of only 244 student councils statewide to receive this highly esteemed honor.
Student Council members develop proven skills in team building, problem solving, project planning, and decision making. Through their co-curricular activities, student council members serve their communities while strengthening their academic and civic skills.
TASC is a non-profit serving high school and middle-level student councils in Texas. Sponsored by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, its purposes are to develop leadership abilities in students, promote democracy as a way of life, and uphold high standards for local councils. TASC members work daily to make schools a place where students and staff want to be and leave our world better than they found it. With almost 1200 member schools, it is the US’s largest state student council organization.
As of April 14, 2024, we have the following totals regarding state report totals. (These numbers continue to grow each day slightly as we get more information.)
∙ TASC has 1,166 member schools ∙ 371 schools submitted at least one report.
∙ 244 schools earned Outstanding Student Council.
∙ 233 schools earned Sweepstakes
