student council

noun

1. a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.

Example Sentences

In the student council elections of February 2024, the group put campus access to mifepristone on the ballot, and nearly three-quarters of the 6,354 students who voted supported the proposal, according to Illinois Public Media’s Student Newsroom.

From Salon

Student activists started handing out flyers, urging their peers to vote during student council meetings and those of other campus groups, and posting on social media, Karen A. said.

From Salon

"There's more the government can do if it wants to attack Harvard, and I'm not optimistic that it's going to stop after cutting $2.2 billion," Matthew Tobin, the academic representative on Harvard's student council.

From BBC

St Paul's High School in Bessbrook described Tiarnán as a "much loved and popular year 10 pupil" who had recently been elected to serve on its student council.

From BBC

But I know many more who, years later, remain baffled by the fact that their 4.0-plus child, who was captain of the volleyball team/student council president/founder of a thriving nonprofit, was not even wait-listed.

From Los Angeles Times