On Tuesday, February 1, the Student Activities Office announced during School Meeting that it will be merging the Committee on Student Activities (COSA) and the Student Activities Center (SAC) Tech Crew to form the new Student Committee of Programming and Engagement (SCOPE). This new change will combine the responsibilities of the two organizations into one, meaning that SCOPE will be in charge of “planning, implementing, and promoting events, as well as providing advocacy and resources to improve the quality of club life at Choate Rosemary Hall,” said Ms. Colleen Kazar, Assistant Head of Student Activities Office and Faculty Adviser to COSA.
The change made in collaboration with the two previous organisations, COSA and the SAC Tech Crew, was inspired by a need for more efficiency in planning events. “COSA and Tech Crew were merged because we saw a disconnect between the titles of each group and their responsibilities,” Ms. Kazar said. “We believe these groups will work well under one umbrella organization.” Wylie Doak ’22, President of the SAC Tech Crew, agreed that the new organization would have “more cohesion between the groups that support other clubs and student life.”
SCOPE will include three different branches: the Engagement, Marketing, and Event committees that will work individually to achieve the larger goals of the organization. Applications for the various leadership positions offered by SCOPE for the 2022-2023 school year will be on the Student Leadership Common Application, offered to 3rd, 4th, and 5th formers.
Within SCOPE, the Engagement Chair and Club Crew will manage club life. Ms. Alexandra Long, Head of the Student Activities Office, explained, “They will engage with existing clubs through training and leadership development and support new clubs through the club proposal process.”
The Marketing Chair and Media Crew will be responsible for public relations and advertising all SCOPE activities and events. They will manage day to day operations such as running the committee’s social media account, being in charge of design and distributing marketing materials, and promoting SCOPE, SAC, and club events.
The Event Chair and Tech Crew will support campus events through the planning and execution process. “They will contribute event ideas to the termly downtime, and will support the setup, implementation, troubleshooting, and breakdown of campus events,” explained Ms. Long.
As for their goals for the next school year, Ms. Kazar noted that “providing leadership development opportunities for SCOPE leaders, increasing communication, presence, and transparency for clubs, [and] providing a seamless event planning experience for the community” are few of the objectives for the committee going forward.
