The Dunwoody High School Student City Council aims to use its unique position, diverse perspectives, and passion for positive community change to incorporate the wants and needs of the high school community into the city’s actions and practically and creatively influence change in the city community.

Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA and be in good standing with the school and community. Discipline referrals could result in removal from the program.

Students complete an application form that includes academic information, community service information, a few written responses to questions and a teacher recommendation. All students who submit a completed application on time are accepted into the club - the goal is to promote as much student participation as possible.

A city council member and assistant city manager.

They do research and report back to Dunwoody City Council. They also learn about the inside day to day workings of running a city by participating in a job shadowing day (lunch included) and they start the school year by attending dinner with council and then attend a council meeting afterwards, that way council and new student council can get to know each other.

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Must have interest at the local school, the city and council. Anything you can do to encourage more student involvement in their community and local government is a good thing. Every school and city in the United States should have a program that fosters communication, collaboration & trust between the students and local leaders of that community. 

Here are a couple of projects the student city council did:

• Student City Council Survey & Park Amenities Presentation
• Student City Council Survey Data