Elections for the class of 2027 were held on November 22, 2024, and many nervous candidates were awaiting the results to see if they had won their desired role in the council. When the winners were announced the new council was excited to “raise school spirit and participation in school events,” Alexia Maciel Lima, the president of the class of 2027 student council and Blue and Gold reporter said.
From the 24 people running, the winners were Lima as president, Amelia Berliner as Vice President, Cat Nguyen as Secretary, Sofia Vargas as Treasurer, Emilly De Farias Weihrauch and Chelmie Hyppolite as the Event Coordinators (both reporters for The Blue and Gold), Raquel Ferreira and Evelyn Ruan (also a reporter for The Blue and Gold) as the Social Media Coordinators, and Sofia Evoras as Volunteer Coordinator.
On November 1st, the Google forms to run for the council officially closed; and on November 4th, the nervous but excited candidates began campaigning and spreading the news that they were running to their fellow sophomores.
The candidates had many different ways of advertising. “I started by making a social media post with basic information to announce that I was campaigning. After that, my main way was putting up small posters around the school and going from person to person to talk to people in small groups or individually,” Evoras stated. “I also made a sign with my campaign on it and had people who were voting take a picture with it. After I posted online, many of them reposted it, bringing more attention to the campaign.”
In addition to making and putting up posters and posting online, an effective way of campaigning and getting people’s attention was to talk to as many people as possible. “My campaigning started initially through word of mouth. For months prior to our class even having an advisor, I told any sophomore I came across to keep me in mind for student council president,” Lima said.
