Service
State Service Project
In February 2020, Project Be Well was approved as the NMASC Community Service focus through state conference 2023. School councils are encouraged to research and come up with their own project(s) that focus on Be Well.
In addition to individual student council service projects, at NMASC statewide events (Summer Workshop, Fall District Conferences, State Conference), student delegates will participate in a service project focused on Be Well.
Suggestions for Working with Be Well in Your Community
(the projects listed below are just suggestions/ideas; your council is not limited to what is listed and many of the categories overlap)
Project Be Well: Mental/Emotional Well-Being
- Stress, depression, anxiety
- Suicide awareness, prevention, where to seek help
- PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
- Eating disorders
- Personality disorders
Project Ideas:
- Host a mental health screening event
- Talk about it. Be a supportive friend. Listen to people and never judge.
- Share your story
- HelpYourselfHelpOthers.org
- Start a suicide prevention program/learn what to do when someone threatens
Project Be Well: Social Well-Being
- Gun violence/gun control
- Bullying
- Homelessness
- Human/sex trafficking
Project Ideas:
- Definition: interaction a person has with their “community”
- School activities/athletic fairs; encourage every student to be involved in at least one school activity
- Positive peer pressure to help stop bullying
- Awareness drives
- Definition: involvement in the decision-making process
- Add a layer to student government: establish a homeroom representative
- Monthly meeting to gain input from the student body on a variety of school policies; and add communication with the student body
- R.S.V.P. process (Raising Student Voice & Participation)
Project Be Well: Behavioral Well-Being
- The connections between behaviors and the health and well-being of the body, mind ans spirit
- Alcohol/substance/vaping use
- Family health
- Human rights
Project Ideas:
- with the elderly, veterans, substance awareness
Project Be Well: Spiritual Well-Being
- Connectedness with self, others, art, music, literature, nature or a power greater than oneself
- Love, joy, principles, morals, values, be kind to one another
Project Ideas:
- Create a yoga club or a lunchtime positivity group
- Volunteerism/mentoring
- Dude. Be Nice. (dudebenice.com)
- Character Counts / Be Kind initiatives
Project Be Well: Physical Well-Being
- Good nutrition/eating habits
- Physical activity
- Prevention/detection of illness
- Environment and sustainability
- Healthcare
Project Ideas:
- Backpack project for students in need or food for weekends, school breaks
- School/personal hygiene/clothing supply “closet” for students in need
- “A-thons” – jog, dance, shoot, hoops, jump rope, etc.
- Health related projects with kids younger than those in your council
Project Be Well: Financial Well-Being
- Budgeting – effectively pay bills while saving for future goals
- Personal/family finance
- Grocery shopping and meal planning on a budget
- Money plays a critical role in our lives and not having enough of it impacts health and academic performance
Project Ideas:
- Take an online class on Financial Fitness
- Help plan family meals and make market order
Wellness Wednesday
Wellness Wednesday is designed to foster the development of healthy habits and lay the groundwork for students to lead a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
- Tips on daily announcements
- CharacterStrong’s Resource Gym
- Student Council event: make a friendship bracelet. Challenge: give it away by the end of the day
- Peer-to-peer learning to make an impact on your campus or in your community
- Create posters dealing with any/all of the Project Be Well ideas that you are implementing
2021 Project of the Year Entries
The following projects were submitted at the 2021 NMASC State Conference.
Citizenship
No Citizenship project entries this year.
Community Service
- Cleveland Middle School: “Blankets of Hope”
- Albuquerque High School: “Food & Clothing Drive”
- Artesia High School: “Military Goodie Bags”
- Bernalillo High School: “First Annual Toy Drive”
- Bloomfield High School: “Strengthening Our Community”
- Clovis High School: “Community Project”
- Deming High School: “Food for Families”
- Farmington High School: “Reading to Kids”
- Highland High School: “Highland’s Little Library”
- La Cueva High School: “12 Days of Giving”
- Los Alamos High School: “Community Service with a Food Drive”
- Las Cruces High School: “LCHS Food Pantry”
- Lovington High School: “Virtual Veterans Day Assembly”
- Rio Grande High School: “Junior Ravens Project”
- Rio Rancho High School: “Senior Citizen Project”
- Sandia High School: “Trick or Treat for Cans”
- V. Sue Cleveland High School: “Food Drive”
Environmental Awareness
- Mayfield High School: “Giving Back to the Environment”
- Sandia High School: “Environmental Awareness”
- Volcano Vista High School: “Staff Tumblers”
Fundraising
- Cleveland Middle School: “Cooking with Cleveland”
- Harrison Middle School: “Albuquerque Community Foundation Tech Fund”
- Bernalillo High School: “Scarf Sale”
- Oñate High School: “Fundraising”
Health & Safety
- Aztec High School: “Get to Green”
- Centennial High School: “Health Care Appreciation“
Membership Motivation
- Aztec High School: “Aztecrew”
- Rio Rancho High School: “Secret Stuco”
School Service
- Harrison Middle School: “Bitmoji HMS – Virtual School Tour”
- Ruidoso Middle School: “Adopt a Peer”
- Atrisco Heritage Academy: “Dude Be Nice”
- Cibola High School: “Dude Be Nice Month”
- Del Norte High School: “8th Grade Activity Day & Pep Rally”
- Eldorado High School: “Student-Led Professional Development”
- Manzano High School: “Operation Camera Strong”
Spirit
- Koogler Middle School: “Virtual Spirit Week”
- Centennial High School: “Hawk the Yard”
- Cibola High School: “Spring Online Spirit Assembly”
- Clovis High School: “School Spirit”
- Del Norte High School: “Virtual Spirit Week”
- Las Cruces High School: “Halloween Spirit Week”
- Los Alamos High School: “Topper Spirit in a Pandemic”
- Nex+Gen Academy: “Dude Be Nice to Students”
- Manzano High School: “A Different Spin on a Classic Tradition”
- V. Sue Cleveland High School: “You’ve Been Struck”
Staff Relations
- Artesia High School: “Spooky Baskets”
- Bloomfield High School: “Giving Thanks to the Staff”
- Rio Grande High School: “Staff Relations at RGHS”
- Ruidoso High School: “Teacher Appreciation:
State Project: Be Well
- Dexter Middle School: “Mental Health”
- Koogler Middle School: “Safe Teen NM/Dangers of Vaping”
- Sierra Middle School: “Reading Buddies”
- Albuquerque High School: “Hot-Choc-And-Talk”
- Deming High School: “Leading with Kindness”
- Early College Academy: “Elemental Outreach”
- Eldorado High School: “Virtual Mental Health Fair”
- Española Valley High School: “Be Well”
- Farmington High School: “Spiritual Well-Being”
- Highland High School: “Highland’s Be Well Week”
- Los Lunas High School: “Social Emotional Learning Workbook”
- Mayfield High School: “Project Purple”
- Nex+Gen Academy: “Nex+Gen Announcements”
- Oñate High School: “Pen-Pal Project”
- Pojoaque Valley High School: “Mental Health”
- Ruidoso High School: “Be Kind to Your Mind”
- Volcano Vista High School: “Hawk Kindness”