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Nolan Elementary School

Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Principal: Ashley Aldridge Wilson
Advisors: Meghan Deakins, Lauren Hernandez
Student Council Officers: 0

Projects

“Student Council Kindness Ambassadors Lead World Kindness Week”

The Nolan Student Council Kindness Ambassadors led a citizenship project in celebration of World Kindness Week. The goals of this project were to encourage acts of kindness, strengthen school unity, develop leadership skills, and create a lasting impact. They provided every homeroom class with strips of paper and encouraged students to write down acts of kindness they witnessed throughout the week. Each day, the Kindness Ambassadors collected the strips and linked them together, creating a growing paper chain that stretched from one end of the school to the other, symbolizing the impact of kindness across the community. Student Council members counted a total of 826 acts of kindness during the week.     

“Student Council Members Leading and Affirming Character at Nolan”

Student leaders display leadership characteristics and serve as role models in the school community. They take on a leadership role during monthly character assemblies. Nolan Elementary’s commitment to student personalization through character education is a vital part of the learning experience. Student Council members are selected as model students of character who serve as student leaders and ambassadors of kindness. They embody being “Nolan P.R.O.U.D.” an acronym showing our students’ promise to be prepared, responsible, orderly, united, and determined in every aspect of our school day. Student Council leaders facilitate the daily morning announcements where they lead the student body in a moment of silence, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and Nolan’s character pledge each morning. Student Council members serve as speakers at the monthly character assemblies. They proudly wear green (school color) Nolan sportscoats embroidered with the knight mascot and stand before the school to share what the character trait means to them and how Nolan students may take pride in affirming the month long character trait.