Site Council Committee is composed of elected student representatives from each grade accompanied by a group of staff and parents who take initiative on various projects around the school, united under one unanimous goal: the overall betterment of Redwood. Sophomore representative, Lily Scott, described the importance of the site council governing board and the work they do around the school.

“Site council is a governing board at the school that talks about a lot of important issues that often go unnoticed by other people. [It handles] things that happen behind the scenes that can create a better environment at Redwood,” Scott said.

Georgia Doucette, elected junior class representative, explained that the committee doesn’t have one strict path of assignments, but rather they look into each niche of Redwood to see what can be enhanced with their main goal of student alignment to the graduate profile. “We talk about how we can get our students to align to the graduate profile which is the goal of Redwood,” Doucette said. 

Currently, Site Council is working on a beautification project of the Redwood halls that includes replacing unused locker banks with seating areas and charging stations, decorated with art made by students from architecture and art elective classes.

“I really enjoy this project because I think it’s using our power in a really good way that is really going to make a visual difference at the school,” Scott said. “I also like that we’re incorporating some of the elective classes as well.”

In the months leading up to graduation, Site Council is also commencing their graduation speech selection, a process implemented last year to decide who speaks at graduation. Previously, graduation speakers consisted of whoever showed interest in delivering a speech with no formal selection or consulting process.

One big issue is that students who might have a really important story to tell or have a really great message might not always be the type of students to reach out and put themselves out there. What we wanted to do was catch a much wider net of students who may be wanting to do this,” Doucette said.

Scott and Doucette both agreed that they felt the work, although sometimes unnoticed, is really meaningful especially when it comes to representing the student body.

“I am representing my grade in there, and it’s a really cool opportunity to be able to get  them to listen to the voices of the youth,” Scott said. 

Doucette reflected on her position as a student-staff Liaison.

“I feel super well informed about everything that is going on, and I feel like I am really able to represent the junior class and students in general, and be able to help these parents and staff to get insight into what students are needing and what students are feeling,” Doucette said. 

Scott also commented on the deeper connections she has gained with administration thanks to her position on Site Council.

“I’ve gotten really close to some of the teachers, Dr. Payne and some administrators, too. It’s cool to have those deeper connections with people outside of the classroom environment,” Scott said