How to Use student council in a Sentence

student council

noun
  • Behn was on the student council and earned school awards for outstanding citizenship.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The student council announced that everyone should wear green to school on what would have been his 16th birthday.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Why did the principal overrule the student council’s decision?
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
  • And after the playoffs, Burzycki will have plenty to do as the school’s student council president.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • He was involved in basketball, esports, and was a member of our student council at Hebron Middle School.
    Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • She was instantly swept up in campus life, joining the Cho Chin sorority and serving as the secretary of the student council.
    Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Senior Joel Moore, who is president of the student council, said students didn’t hear about the nonrenewal vote until the day of the meeting and many couldn’t attend.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Borseth said he is actively involved in several school and community activities, has coached multiple youth sports programs and advised student council and prom committees.
    Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Christian Brooks was campaigning for student council vice president at Benteen Elementary School when his father posted his campaign speech on social media.
    Monique John, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • As an Attucks student, Hall was a talent show regular, host of the morning announcements, student council member, basketball player and member of the school’s band and choir, in addition a handful of after-school clubs.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 12 Sep. 2025
  • At Starmont High School in Iowa, members of the student council created a video message of support for 11-year-old Eli Belser, who has been battling stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma for years.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Daniel Mattingly, an eighth grader at Stuart Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, had originally been selected through student council to speak at his graduation ceremony.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Holstrom, a native of Claremont, California, was a Girl Scout, joined her high school’s student council and participated in Rotary International’s youth programs.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Eight are captains in at least one sport, while Emily Kiernan (senior class president), Caitlin Patten (vice president), and Ella O’Neill (student council president) take leadership up a notch.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The directive was circulated in an email on Friday by the student council of Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, the outlet reported.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Sixta is currently chair of the social studies department and is the school’s ACT test coordinator, as well as the faculty advisor for National Honor Society, student council and Upward Bound.
    Ilana Arougheti updated October 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025

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