In October, four students from each grade level were elected into class office. Students could run for four different positions to be elected. These positions included president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. The president and vice president work together to oversee all of the decisions made by the group. The secretary is in charge of keeping notes and the overall organization of the group. The treasurer is tasked with keeping track of the group’s budget and making sure that all desired changes are financially possible. 

The whole point of Student Government is to allow the student body to feel as if their ideas are being heard and brought to fruition. The student government works very hard to resolve any major problems that the study body brings forward. Their main aim is to make sure that the students know that their opinions matter and that they are being heard. Students decide who to vote for office based on whether or not the individual will adequately represent the students’ ideas for the school. The student government is also tasked with organizing fundraisers to help fund various trips and activities their respective grades will do throughout the year. These trips and activities include fundraising for the prom as well as for the senior’s annual Cedar Point trip.

This year, the student government is making plans for some big changes to come to the school. With the help of their new advisor, Mr. Nate Langelli, social studies teacher, they hope to make some of these ideas come true. The position of Student Government Advisor was previously held by Mr. John Rosa, when Rosa declared he was to retire, Langelli decided to apply for the position 

“I enjoy people who have taken a stand and gotten involved over the years,” Langelli said. “I thought this was a good way to encourage students to do the same thing.” 

Some students have been elected into positions multiple times; for others, this year is their first time holding a class position.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know the leaders of the student classes and the whole high school student body as a whole,” Nick Metzger, freshman class Co-President, said. “I plan on focusing on more student feedback and seeing what the student body wants as a whole.”

In previous years, individual class officers would get together and discuss any school-level changes they wanted to make. The work of the principal’s Student Advisory Council and Student Government tended to overlap, which made differentiating the two quite difficult. With new leadership in both organizations, they will be able to start down new and more defined pathways.

Currently, the student government is trying to figure out all of its main objectives before handling the rest of the student’s desires. Being a student-run organization is already difficult in and of itself. Adding to the pressure of representing the entire school, these objectives could take some time before being set in stone. One thing is for sure, the student government is working diligently to make sure that our school is the best district it can be.