• Parent of two children attending elementary school within the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB)

• Resident of Laval

• Vanier College graduate (DEC in Social Sciences)

• John Abbott College graduate (Dental Hygiene)

• Volunteer Coordinator for the Home and School Association at Jules Verne Elementary

• Project Manager for various school fundraising initiatives

• Member of the Governing Board at Jules Verne Elementary

• SWLSB Parents’ Committee Delegate

• Trilingual: speaks English, French, and Italian

• Parent de deux enfants fréquentant une école primaire du Centre de services scolaire Sir Wilfrid Laurier (CSSWL)

• Résidente de Laval

• Diplômée du Collège Vanier (DEC en sciences humaines)

• Diplômée du Collège John Abbott (Hygiène dentaire)

• Coordinatrice des bénévoles pour l’association Home and School de l’École Jules Verne

• Cheffe de projet pour diverses initiatives de financement scolaire

• Membre du conseil d’établissement de l’École Jules Verne

• Déléguée au Comité de parents du CSSWL

• Trilingue : parle anglais, français et italien

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Designing Student Voice at Our School

Big Question:

🗣️ What would it look like if students helped shape decisions at our school?

Imagine you are part of a Student Leadership Design Team. Your job is to design a space, system, or process where student voices are truly heard.

🏗️ Step 1: Explore Our Current Reality

Let’s start by understanding how things work right now.

🔎 Discuss together:

• Do students currently have a voice in our school?

• When are students asked for their opinions?

• Who usually makes the decisions at our school?

• Which decisions affect students the most?

Use examples you know (rules, schedules, activities, trips, school climate, etc.).

🛠️ Step 2: Imagine Something Better

Now it’s time to design.

💡 Think like creators:

• If students could share ideas regularly, how would they do it?

• What kind of space would help students feel safe speaking up?

  • (A meeting circle? A student council room? A suggestion wall? A digital space?)

• How could students help improve their school, not just give opinions, but take action?

⚖️ Step 3: Rethink Rules & Responsibility

Students are expected to follow rules but what if they helped create them?

🤔 Debate and discuss:

• Should students help create or review school rules?

• Why or why not?

• What responsibilities would students have if they helped make decisions?

• How can adults and students work together respectfully?

🧩 Step 4: Connect to Our School Plans

Your design should connect to real school systems.

📄 Use these references to guide your thinking:

• Code of Conduct

• ABAV Plan

• Commitment to Success Plan

• School Committees

Ask yourselves:

• Where could student voice fit into these plans?

• What changes would make student voice stronger?

🎤 Step 5: Share Your Design

Finish by preparing to share:

• What did your committee design?

• How would it help students feel heard?

• How would it improve our school community?

✅ Goal:

To create a school environment where students don’t just follow decisions but help shape them.