Ridgeview student named to state student council board
Willow True, from Ridgeview High School in Redmond, has been elected to serve a term of one year on the Executive Board of the Oregon Association of Student Councils.
The elections took place at the Annual Fall Conference in Seaside, where a group of 1,500 students and advisors from over 100 high schools were in attendance.
As an Executive Board member, True will represent her region and join a group of 10 other youth board members, and 10 adult board members from around the state. Her duties include planning and presiding over two statewide conferences, communicating with schools in Central Oregon, writing monthly newsletter articles and participating in policy decisions for the association.
The Oregon Association of Student Councils, founded in 1949 and sponsored by The Confederation of Oregon School Administrators (COSA), serves middle and high school students and advisers from around the state. They provide conferences, workshops, online newsletters and summer leadership camps designed to heighten student leadership development and improve school climate.
The group is guided by the mission statement: Committed to leadership development with a vision for service, involvement and action.
“The student board members are extremely valuable to our association. They are also outstanding leaders in their own school and community. They each bring their own unique perspective to our statewide association,” states Sara Nilles, OASC Executive Director.
