Prep Class Elects Student Council Representatives

The Class of 2021 elected Yunseo Choi, JD Jean-Jacques and Hannah Lee as their Student Council representatives this past Tuesday, Oct. 1. The three “prep reps” were chosen out of nine students who made the ballot.

To run for representative, students must gather 102 signatures from members of their class. Many preps ran campaigns that promoted better class unity. “I know a lot of kids in the prep class don’t really know each other, and they’re in these small groups. I wanted to do something to make us a tightly-knit community,” prep rep-elect Jean Jacques said.

“To have the chance to represent the grade and take everyone's opinions and put them into action, it makes me super excited.”

Prep rep candidate Grace Clark agreed. Part of her platform was adding more events to help the prep class bond. “I think there should be more events on the weekends since we're all new,” Clark said. “We should have more of a chance to bond and get to know each other.”

Prep Osiris Russell-Delano thinks the representatives will follow through on these goals. “I think that our prep reps will be beneficial in bringing together our class,” Russell-Delano said. “I think they’ll help us come together as a community and have more fun.”

Jean-Jacques plans to add more events and activities on the weekends. “I want to add some things to promote the idea of the prep class getting to know each other and getting to make new friends,” he said. “I don’t want them to be in their little groups.”

Prep Veronica Choulga originally ran because she thought it was be fun. “It was originally supposed to be a joke among my friends,” said Choulga. “I wanted to do stuff about stress, like puppy nights.” Other candidate Katie Sauer had similar motivations for running. “I don't know, it just seemed like fun,” said Sauer. “I really care about the prep community, and I want us to have the best year possible.”

The reps chosen were very enthusiastic to begin their work on StuCo. “I was ecstatic, and I am so honored to have this incredible opportunity,” said prep rep Hannah Lee. “To have the chance to represent the grade and take everyone's opinions and put them into action, it makes me super excited.” Jean-Jacques was also very proud that all his work paid off. “Getting all the signatures and telling people to vote for me, all that work definitely paid off,” said Jean-Jacques.

Many preps are excited to see the three reps start their work on StuCo. Prep May Chen was confident in them, saying, “I feel like they will actually represent us that they will actually make a change.” Prep Drew Smith trusted that the reps would do a good job. “Personally I have good faith in them—I feel like they are great candidates and that they will represent the class of 2021 well.”

The reps have many goals for their tenure. “I’ve heard that prep reps don’t do much usually and don’t have a lot of power,” said Jean-Jacques, “but hopefully the other prep reps and I will make it so that this conception will be changed.”