The Tanque Verde High School Student Council hosted the annual AASC Regional Conference, welcoming 13 student councils from southern Arizona schools. Throughout the day, students listened to a guest speaker, shared fundraising and leadership ideas, and participated in activities themed "Leadership is Sweet." The conference provided an opportunity for student councils to network, gain new insights, and recognize each other's accomplishments.

1. AASC Regional Conference
Hosted by Tanque Verde Student Council
Created by Amanda Grimshaw

2. Breakdown of the Conference
● 13 student councils from across the southern region of
Arizona attended TVHS to partake in the annual
Student Council Regional Conference.
● Throughout the day we listened to an amazing guest
speaker, shared fundraising ideas, dance themes, and
suggestions on how to improve our individual student
councils.

3. What Happened Through
the Day
This years theme was
“Leadership is Sweet.”
Each school took their
own interpretation of
that name and dressed
accordingly.
Our stuco dressed up
as skittles while other
schools dressed up as
Pinatas, Chefs and
Gingerbread girls,
Hershey's Kisses, Nerds,
Life Savers, and Cotton

4. What Happened Continued..
The schools started arriving at 8:00am and were
welcomed by TVHS’s fabulous band, wonderful cheerleaders,
and energized student council.
Student council created a walk way similar to the board
game Candy Land to compliment the theme. Each student
council arrived decked out and spirited.
The schools made their way to our lobby where we had
muffins and juice waiting. After that, everyone entered our
completely transformed multipurpose room.

5. What Happened Continued
The TVHS student council worked very diligently to
create an inviting atmosphere. We were fortunate
enough to have Satyr Audio Company provide the
lighting, music, and energy. They completely
transformed our gym and kept the spirit up with their
lights and special effects.

6. What Happened Continued
After the dancing and greeting was over, everyone sat
down by schools and was welcomed by our our Student
Body President, Kayla Rutledge. We also had a few words
from TVHS Principal Mr. Anderson , Dan Dodge the
AASC President, and our Student Council Advisor Mrs.
Brock.

7. In the MPR
After that, Tanque Verde’s
very own Trash Can band put on
an outstanding and original
performance for everyone. Next
the cheerleaders wowed the
student councils with their loud
cheers and impressive stunts.
After all of that was over, the
TVHS student council shared a
video that we made about Evil
Larry trying to steal the sacred
“Sweet tooth”.We then had Hank
the Hawk “battle” against Evil
Larry and ultimately win. This
short video was a crowd pleaser!

8. About the Guest Speaker
Next we had the pleasure of listening to the nationally
recognized motivational speaker “Dr. Phil” Gugliuzza.
He is a creative, inspiring, and dynamic speaker who
is a highly recognizable national and international youth
speaker.
He was able to captivate our young audience and
generate various emotions from us; ranging from
laughter to sorrow to understanding to inspiring. His
heartfelt stories and wise words touched not only our
minds, but our hearts too.

9. About the Guest Speaker
Dr. Phil inspired everyone to become even better
people. For example, if you see someone eating alone,
invite them to sit with you and your friends, or go and
join them. He ultimately reminded us why we are all
proud members of student council, and why we are the
leaders and role models of our schools.

10. What we did Continued
Once Dr. Phil was
finished we moved outside
to enjoy another snack.
Next, we moved into
our brand new gymnasium
to have the breakout
session. This is where
everyone splits up into
groups by their birth
months to share various
ideas all relating to
everything student council.
Once everyone was in
their groups, we started to
discuss our schools

11. Breakout Groups
Next, we talked about different fundraising
techniques to increase revenue for our charities.
Finally, we discussed the biggest problems our
student councils face. Many of them were a lack of
school spirit from the student body.
After we shared our ideas on each topic, a
representative from each group would stand up
and share a new idea they learned from a student
council member from another school. They could
also
share something unique their school does with
everyone else in the gymnasium.
By doing this, all the wonderful ideas were
shared with every member at the conference. These
sessions are always extremely helpful to our
student council for planning future events.

12. Winding Down
By now our day is almost over. To end the day of fun
we had an awards ceremony. Since the theme was
“Leadership is Sweet”, we only thought it would be
appropriate to give out golden tickets like in Willy
Wonka. We gave awards for best costumes, sweetest
council, longest travel, early birds, and the all together
best council. This council was friendly, had creative
costumes, and was spirited. They were awarded the
special “sweet tooth.” After this, everyone departed; each
person taking away something different from our
exciting learning day.

13. The Reaction of Everyone
I have heard nothing but
positive feedback from other
schools student councils and
the student council advisors.
The TVHS Student Council
worked very hard to put on
this conference, and it
showed. This was an all
around unforgettable
experience.

14. What I Took Away from the
Conference
Overall it was an immense honor to have the privilege of hosting
the conference at TVHS. The guest speaker, Dr. Phil, was absolutely
amazing and inspiring. It was refreshing to be reminded why we
care so much about our school, and why we should strive to improve
not only our campus, but the lives of the student body.
I also learned new suggestions to improve our school dances and
unique fundraising ideas to earn even more money for our various
causes.
Finally, I realized just how lucky we are to have all 88 members
in student council. Each person played a crucial role in making this
day happen, and proved that when we stick our heads together
amazing things can happen.