New Freshman Student Council Elected

It’s that time of year again-student council elections started on April ninth here at Springville Junior High. Around 37 students showed up at the meeting to learn about how to run for student council. Betsy Vega, a ninth-grader on first semester’s student council, said, “The election is to choose who will represent the student body. It’s not a teacher’s choice contest; it is supposed to be people the students think will be well suited to the role.”  The students who were elected for the 2013-14 student council are Cortez Nelson and Sean Stapel as presidents and Tanner Allen, Clara Brotherson, Savannah Grant, Teresa Morse, and AnnaClaire Smith as vice presidents.

This year there were a few changes in the election procedure. The candidates did not pass out anything, they put up one poster each, and the videos are not elaborate skits; they were one-minute informational videos. 

Each semester has four elected officials, a president and three vice presidents. Once the semester ends the next group comes into office. The president and the vice presidents do  the exact same thing, except the president has a few more responsibilities.  Betsy Vega also said, “The student council does announcements, assemblies, plan and decorate school activities, and help around the school and office.” The student council is a very essential and beneficial part of the school. Mr. Mikesell said, “I think they do a really great job.”