BNI will conduct student council as a student-led club this year. For the school year of 2013-2014, Mr. Kevin Burgun will be the advisor for the student council, but wants student activities to be based off of the students and their ideas.

“My expectations for the students involved in student council are that they take ownership of the events,” Burgun said. “They show their ownership by giving 100%, because we, the faculty advisors, are here to support the  students, their drive and their vision. It is their council.”

Because student council is being led by the students, this school year may have some enjoyable and unexpected activities, according to Burgun.

  “In mid-October, we are asking students to do things differently because we are behind the ball on homecoming,” he said.

  For the time being, 100% of their effort and focus will be going toward homecoming.

  “After homecoming, things will be more orderly, and student council will be ran how student council is supposed to be run.”

  In previous years, many students joined the club but few turned volunteered extra time to help with activities, especially on weekends. However, with a student-led council this year, students must volunteer their time to see their activities flourish.

  “Student council is about the students stepping forward and saying, ‘we want these things to be apart of our high school experience, and we want these things for other students, as well as charities.’  It’s about teaching them how to be leaders, doers, and innovators. It’s about being active not passive.”