Freshman class officers chosen for the 2020-2021 school year

The Freshman Election was on Tuesday, October 13th and the results are in. 

Julia Alves and Bert Martir were the two candidates running for President and Julia Alves won the position. 

The other student council positions that were filled are vice president, treasurer, secretary, two athletic advisors, and a fine arts advisor. Vice President is Anthony Cavanaugh, secretary is Heather Begg, treasurer is Joey Manning, the two athletic advisors are Tricia Wladkowski and David Brown, and the fine arts advisor is Colin Sangiacomo.

President Julia Alves said “I wanted to run because there needs to be change on how the students view the school and I want them to want to come to school and enjoy it since they haven't had much motivation since the Coronavirus. I want the students to be there not because they need to but because they want to.” 

Julia says that she was very nervous about the election but thought that no matter who won, it would be fair and they would deserve it. Both she and her opponent Bert Martir agreed that they both would have done an amazing job as President and that the other was a very tough candidate. 

 Julia plans to make the student council more inclusive and give the students more power with decision making. She wants more of their opinions so that she can help give them what they need and also include them in the decision making.

The primary for the election was on Tuesday, October 5th which narrowed down the people running for each position down to the two candidates that got the most votes. There are 223 students in the freshman class and in the primary around 170 students voted, and 127 students voted in the final election. This means that about 50 people didn't vote in the primary and about 100 students did not vote in the final election. Currently, the election is through a Google form which students receive through their email. 

Ms. Curtin, the Student Council Advisor, says “I really like the way that the elections are run currently but some students don't check their emails, which is why I think 50-100 people didn’t vote in the elections.”

Most candidates this year campaigned through their personal social media accounts and posted pictures telling people to vote for them on apps like Snapchat and Instagram.