Mayville Middle School Earth Club
The MMS Earth Club's purpose is to increase our members' awareness and involvement in their school, their community, and the environment. Earth Club members are involved in a wide variety of activities throughout the school year. We have planted a prairie garden, bulbs, a tree, and a butterfly garden on school property.

We are involved in the community through volunteer projects, such as Helping Hands yard clean-up/leaf raking for the elderly and cleaning up the Rock River. The Earth Club members have raised money to purchase trees to be planted in the Horicon Marsh. There is no cost in being an Earth Club member due to our successful fund-raising projects.

This is just a few of the projects and activities our members have accomplished over the past five years. The MMS Earth Club is open to all students in grades 3 through 8. We usually meet on the first and third Monday of each month with a few scheduling exceptions.

Expectations and Responsibilities for MMS Earth Club Members
As a member of the MMS Earth Club, students will be expected to attend meetings. Students are responsible for checking the calendar posted in the main hall or the Earth Club bulletin board for meeting times and special activity updates. Students are expected to show respect for the advisors and other members in the group.

Forensics
The purpose of Middle Level Forensics is to provide an introduction to the several categories of public speaking. Categories include Poetry reading, Prose reading, Extemporaneous reading, Humorous and Serious declamation (memorized presentation), Four minute and Demonstration speech, group play reading, and short story telling (memorized).

A goal in Forensics is to provide a successful speaking experience for all of the participants. Often the student with the most concerns, such as being shy or a having a stutter, has the most success performing beyond their own expectations.

Students who participate in Forensics are expected to follow School District of Mayville co-curricular expectations. To summarize the expectations, students should keep their grades up and behave respectfully in and out of school with appropriate manners.

MMS Student Council
The purpose of our student council program is to provide an opportunity for our students to experience and practice leadership skills while serving their school and community.

What does it mean to be a member?
First of all, members are representatives for their class. They listen to classmates’ ideas and bring those ideas to the meetings. Secondly, information from the meetings is brought back to the classroom. Members make announcements of activities that affect classmates. Thirdly, members of student council are leaders of the school. They must make choices that reflect good character, because their character reflects upon our school.

The council elects the following officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Public Relations, and Fundraising Chairperson.

Who can be a member of Student Council?
Classmates elect two 6th graders from each of the four homerooms. Any interested 7th or 8th grader can join student council by obtaining signatures from 20 classmates and 2 teachers. As a member of Student Council, students must understand that:

They will be recognized as a leader in the school and will conduct themselves in a manner that is a credit to our school.
Membership in Student Council will be reviewed if there are signs of consistent inappropriate behavior.
Academic grade point average must be at or above 2.0.
Membership includes the responsibility of listening to, caring for, and carrying out the wishes of the students in activities to improve the school and community.
7th & 8th grade students must collect 20 signatures of classmates who believe the person has the above qualities.

When are meetings?
Meetings are held every other Friday from 12:00 – 12:30 in the 6th grade Science Lab.

What activities do the MMS Student Council Members plan?
· Adopt-a-family
· Spirit Days/Week
· Food/Product Drive
· Dances
· PTA Halloween Party
· 8th Grade Recognition Program/Activities
· Fundraisers
· Holiday Gift Shop
· Host Japanese Guests/Activity
· Student/Family Support
· Service Projects
· Members also make daily announcements over the P.A. and update the school calendar monthly in the cafeteria.

Standing Committees
· Fundraising
· Recreation & Attitudes
· Education & Leadership
· Service

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