Chapel Committee

Faculty advisor: Mr. Cahn

Student contacts:

Mission: The Chapel Committee partners with the headmaster to assure that the weekly chapel meetings are well organized and useful for the community.

Goals & Roles: The Chapel Committee works to plan events, publicize them within the community, and handle logistics associated with the weekly chapel meetings. The goal of the committee is to help provide meaningful and substantive programming and to prepare the community as effectively as possible for these events. Students assist in planning, coordinating and implementing a wide range of weekly chapel programs including guest and faculty speakers, student leaders, group discussions, advisor meetings and cultural festivities. They meet frequently to carry forward a long term project planning calendar, to put together the upcoming programs and make sure all of the details have been covered. The ultimate goal of the committee is to provide programming that helps enhance the experience of Suffield students and faculty.

Leadership Positions: All students on the chapel committee are expected to play an active role in meetings and in the followup related to planning and publicizing weekly events.

Desired skill set: members of the Chapel Committee should be organized, flexible with time, creative and enthusiastic.

Evaluation: Students are evaluated on seriousness of purpose, ability to manage long term project plans, facility in articulating the issues at hand for the student body, and their attention to the details of accomplishing successful and informative all-school meetings.