# New Mexico Association of Student Councils

New Mexico Association of Student Councils (NMASC) is a student leadership organization in the state of New Mexico. It offers leadership training experiences, resources and networking opportunities for students and advisers all across the Land of Enchantment. The NMASC is sponsored by the New Mexico Association of Secondary School Principals as well as the New Mexico Activities Association.

## General information

The New Mexico Association of Student Councils is composed of five districts across the state of New Mexico. The five districts are Central District; Northeast District; Northwest District; Southeast District; and Southwest District. The NMASC sponsors a variety of activities that are available to all member schools. Activities include an annual conference held at a chosen member school, summer workshops that are held at the New Mexico Tech, fall district workshops, and additional activities.

## Executive Board

The NMASC's governing body is composed of an executive board consisting of an Executive Director, an Adviser to the President, an Adviser to the 1st Vice-President, an Adviser to the 2nd Vice-President, and an Adviser to the Secretary, as well as four state officers.$^{:2–3}$
* There is an appointed Executive Director who is hired by the New Mexico Association of Secondary Principals with recommendation from the NMASC Executive Board
* State officers are student leaders elected by member schools to serve as the NMASC's State President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, and Secretary. All state officers serve for a term of one year beginning with their installation at the State Conference.$^{:5–6}$

## State Conference

The NMASC State Conference is held each February at a selected member school. Each year, member schools send delegates to the conference to enhance their leadership skills, hear motivational speakers and network with other student leaders from throughout the state.

### State conference locations and themes

| State Conference Host Schools |
| School Name | Year | City | Theme |
| Bernalillo High School | 2018 | Bernalillo | TBA |
| Centennial High School | 2017 | Las Cruces | "Lights, Camera, Leadership!" |
| Los Alamos High School | 2016 | Los Alamos | ""Radioactive Leaders: Take Charge! Be Positive!" |
| Cibola High School | 2015 | Albuquerque | "A Leader's Journey to Rome!" |
| Española Valley High School | 2014 | Española | "All Aboard to the Valley of Leadership!" |
| Atrisco Heritage Academy | 2013 | Albuquerque | "Oceans of Leaders, Waves of Success" |
| West Mesa High School | 2012 | Albuquerque | "Leadership Through the Decades: A Centennial Celebration" |
| Taos High School | 2011 | Taos | "Discover Courage, Knowledge, and Heart in the Land of Leadership." |
| Albuquerque High School | 2010 | Albuquerque | "Passport to Leadership" |
| Rio Rancho High School | 2009 | Rio Rancho | "The Wonderful World of Leadership." |
| Manzano High School | 2008 | Albuquerque | "Leaders of the Pack." |
| Taos High School$^{:2}$ | 2007 | Taos | "¡Qué Viva Leadership! Spice Up The Fiesta!" |
| Santa Rosa High School | 2006 | Santa Rosa | "Roll Out the Leadership Carpet." |
| La Cueva High School | 2005 | Albuquerque | "All Aboard the Leader-Ship." |
| Hobbs High School | 2004 | Hobbs | "Unmask the Leader in You" |
| Raton High School | 2003 | Raton | "Surf the Waves of Life...Create Your Own Paradise" |
| Rio Rancho High School | 2002 | Rio Rancho | "At the Heart of Leadership... Lead a Life to Lead Others" |
| Farmington High School | 2001 | Farmington | "Rise to the Challenge" |
| Eldorado High School | 2000 | Albuquerque | "Oh, The Dreams You Can Dream" |
| Alamogordo High School | 1999 | Alamogordo |
| Gallup High School | 1998 | Gallup |
| Sandia High School | 1997 | Albuquerque |
| Lordsburg High School | 1996 | Lordsburg |
| Oñate High School | 1995 | Las Cruces |
| Deming High School | 1990 | Deming |

## Summer Leadership Workshop

| Summer Workshop Host Locations |
| Location | Years Held There |
| NM Institute of Mining and Technology | 2012 – present |
| Univ. of New Mexico Main Campus | 1956 – 2011 |
Each Summer, the NMASC hosts a Summer Leadership Workshop that occurs usually the last week in July at the UNM Campus in Albuquerque. Attendees here, learn the values of leadership, responsibility, and effective roles of being great leaders in their schools. Since 2012, the annual Summer Leadership Workshop has been held at New Mexico Tech in Socorro.