Club MAVS Multicultural Awareness Visionary Scholars.

Club MAVS

Multicultural Awareness Visionary Scholars

What is Club MAVS

• Club MAVS stands for Multicultural Awareness Visionary Scholars

• Open to incoming and current 6th and 7th grade students with or without a known or specific heritage or culture

• Celebrate and learn about different cultures, holidays, food, music, sports, languages and more!

• Meet twice a month 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Club MAVS is YOU….

• Much like the Student Government and the Environmental Club, CLUB MAVS will be a student-driven organization;

• YOU decide for the next school year, ALL club activities

• What would you like Club MAVS to be?

• What would you like Club MAVS to do?

• How will Club MAVS make a difference?

Whatch’a gon do Club MAVS…

• Elect Officers

• Design Club MAVS shirts!

• Plan events for the month

• Plan fundraisers

• HAVE FUN!!!

Officers, Officers

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Officer Responsibilities....

• PRESIDENT - responsible for the overall running of the club. Works with the club parent and teacher sponsor in setting the school year agenda, plans and coordinates social and fundraising events, club activities and service projects

• VICE PRESIDENT - supports and aides President

• TRESUARER - collects and tracks money

• SECERTARY- documents meeting minutes and sharing that information with membership. Reports club events and shares information to school newspaper, e-news, PTA and Administration

• HISTORIAN - documents club events with photographs

Fashion by Design

Fashion by Design (cont.)

Cultural Celebrations “Food,Games & Music”

• September - National Hispanic Heritage Month (Latin American, Hispanic, Mexico, Spain)

• October - European Heritage Month (German, Italian, Polish, English)

• November - National American Indian Heritage Month; Pakistan Heritage Month

• December - Holidays “Party”

Cultural Celebrations (cont.)

“Food,Games & Music”

• January - China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japanese Heritage Month

• February - National Black History Month; African Heritage Month; Caribbean Heritage Month

• March - Greek-American Heritage Month; Irish-American Heritage Month

• April - India(Asia) Heritage Month

• May - Middle Eastern Heritage Month; Jewish-American Heritage Month

Welcome toClub MAVS

Next meeting - Wednesday, May 27

May 12th Agenda

• Elect Officers

• Select t-shirt design

• Plan for September 2009 activities