This article was written by Asa Zaretsky, class of 2018.
Elections for student government were held March 24. Posters were hung high throughout the school, and many upper school students cast their ballots for the nominees. Prospective candidates wrote essays and recorded home made campaign videos. From these elections, four candidates emerged on top, and now they plan their agenda for the upcoming year.
For sophomore class president, last year’s freshmen elected Barak Huang, who utilized memes to snatch the job. “As class president, my main priority would be to listen to what the students want as being class president is about connecting the students with administration. From my peers, I have heard constant suggestions about getting a class trip, so perhaps that may be my first priority,” Huang said. He also hopes that he will live up to the expectations of his class and complete the duties of the position.
Junior Thomas Lovegren won the election for junior class president for the 2017-2018 school year. “I hope to adequately breach the gap between students and teachers for what is going to be a stressful junior year,” Lovegren said.
Senior Gabriel Hinojosa looked ahead to his job as senior class president. “My agenda includes increasing student participation in our homecoming games, pep rallies, and other related events. I also want to make it harder to have our senior privileges revoked; right now, they are relatively easy to revoke,” Hinojosa said. He also wants to put another senior trip into place and increase transparency in student government.
One aspect that all of these presidents have in common is a drive to work for their fellow classmates and take their office seriously, and they have quite the job ahead of them if they hope to fulfill their promises.
