The secondary student councils at Tashkent International School are designed to give students significant leadership opportunities, allowing them to work together to create a better student community.

Through the student council experience, students are taught to take initiative, develop leadership skills, participate in service learning activities and work in a cross-cultural team environment.

TIS has six secondary councils. Students who wish to be a part of the councils must apply for a position; council presidents are elected by the secondary student body. Roughly 60 secondary students participate in the councils, which is about 27 percent of the secondary population.

The six councils and presidents are:

STUCO – Sheila, grade 10

Sports Council – Ramin, grade 12

Digital Council – Gersh, grade 8

Arts Council – Timur, grade 9

Finance Council – Kyeong Ho, grade 11

Catering Council – Aziza – grade 12

The current TIS student council system was first introduced in 2011-2012 with the overall goal of moving away from the traditional model of teacher-led to student-led activities. Each council has at least one faculty advisor to help guide and direct the council leadership team but he/she remains hands-off as much as possible to allow students the freedom to be responsible for their own community.

Parliament of Owls

The secondary student council consists of six separate sub-councils that oversee various aspects of student life and activity at Tashkent International School.

The Parliament of Owls is an advisory council group consisting of the presidents from each separate council that governs the overall council system. The parliament meets on an as-needed basis to give advice, set goals and discuss the various activities sponsored by the councils.

Secondary student council is open to all secondary students at TIS. If you are interested in joining a council, please contact the appropriate faculty advisor.