J H Rose High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Rose Students Get Involved In Government A Wild And Working Democracy Involvement in the Green- ville-Pitt County Youth Council and the Student Government Association provides Rose High Students with an opportunity to serve and learn about our local government. The Student Government Association is the represen- tative body of Rose High School. A long term goal of the S.G.A. is to build better leaders and to stimulate in- terest in government. Through the course of the school year, the S.G.A. sponsors Homecoming, Close-up, Local Government Involvement Day, Student Body Fundraisers, Campus beautification, and trips to athletic events. The S.G.A. is the only di- rect representative voice that the Student Body has at Rose High. The S.G.A. pre- sents the concerns of stu- dents to the school adminis- tration for consideration. Another youth govern- ment organization at Rose is that Greenville-Pitt County Youth Council. The Youth Council was started in 1986 at Rose High School. Since then, the popularity of the Council has spread to the lo- cal level. The Youth Council functions closely with the Teen Center. One purpose of the Youth Council is to provide com- munity service. This year the Youth Council has pro- vided our community with many beneficial services. In cooperation with the Green- ville Jaycees, the Youth Council decorated and oper- ated a room at the Jaycees Haunted House. On October 3, 1987, the Youth Council held a Bikeathon to raise money for Saint Jude ' s Chil- drens Hospital. At Thanks- giving, the Youth Council made several donations to needy families in the com- munity. The Greenville-Pitt Coun- ty Youth Council also spon- sors activities held at the Junior Class Officers Terrence Teal, Tristin Jones, and Edward Moore participate in the 1987 Homecoming Parade. Teen Center such as dances, volleyball and Softball tour- naments, weekend night movies, and beach trips are all programs that are made available to Rose students by the Teen Center. The Teen Center provides young people with a good place to go and have fun. When asked about the Teen Center, Junior Jim Seagrave responded saying, The Teen Center is a great place to go when there is nothing going on. The dances at the Teen Center are especially fun. These two youth organiza- tions give Rose students an opportunity to get involved in government and to pro- vide service to the commu- nity. Greenville-Pitt County Youth Coun- cil members wait their turn to play volleyball. On Sundays, The Teen 30 JOIN THE RAGE Center sponsors volleyball and oth- er activities. Junior Tristin Jones stops for a rest on her bike. Tristin participated in a Bike-a-Thon sponsored by the Greenville-Pitt County Youth Coun- cil. The Bike-a-Thon was held in i Jaycee Park and the money raised by each participant was donated to j St. Jude ' s Childrens Hospital.