Attention students of OHVA! It’s time once again time for the annual election! Some of you might ask “What election? Who are we electing?” Well the answer is simple, student council, of course. As for who, that is for you individually to decide. Yes, I said you because you have to vote for your student council. This is your chance to give your input, your chance to proclaim your opinion and your time make a difference in your online school.

What’s so great about student council? What make it so important that everyone needs to vote? Well to answer questions like these, let’s take a peak into the purpose and responsibilities of student council. For starters, the purpose of student council is to be communicators. Because they have this purpose, they have the responsibility to take your ideas and present them to the council and advisors. Basically they communicate the thought of the students, faculty, and school administration. But that’s not all. Their other responsibilities include organizing outings, setting up service projects, and even organizing and promoting the Spring Dance. Most importantly, the student council is there for you to have a say in what goes on in and out of your online school. If you couldn’t tell already, the student council’s goal is to always improve OHVA.

It is time for you to understand the voting process, who is running and when you can VOTE! For those of you who went to brick and mortar high schools the voting process will probably very different to you, but don’t fret it’ll all make sense. Now, when you vote for central office, you will be voting on tickets. On a ticket there are four different people for the four different positions, president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. This means you will be casting only one vote for all the positions instead of four individual votes for each position. (Example: If Robbie, Julie, Luke, and Rachel were on ticket one and Lea, Josh, Megan, and Mark were on ticket two, you will be voting on either ticket one or ticket two, NOT a combination of people.) This year, the ballot opens this Wednesday, October 20th from 9:00am till 4:00pm so cast your vote. Also this year you have five different options to choose from meaning you have five different tickets to choose from. See the table below to know who is running and on what ticket.

Ticket 1
President - Jesse Sockman
Vice President - Clayton Taylor
Secretary - Kevin Smith
Treasurer - Emily Powell

Ticket 2
President - Jordan Turner
Vice President - Makkah Beasley
Secretary - Noelle Metz
Treasurer - Alexis Benisek

Ticket 3
President - Kaiti Malkowski
Vice President - Sabrina Niezgoda
Secretary - Reagan Neviska
Treasurer - Monica Williams

Ticket 4
President - Aaron Gayheart
Vice President - Tristan Divens
Secretary - Yasmine Farraj
Treasurer - Adam Reebel

Ticket 5
President - Kaishley Rivera
Vice President - Takia Bryant
Secretary - Deyonte Carson
Treasurer - Rebecca Jeane

These are the people who are waiting for your vote! It is up to you to head over to theBigThink and look up their campaigns to see which ticket you think will lead the school the best and who will implement your ideas the most. There are instructions below on how you can navigate though theBigThink so you can find out about each ticket’s campaign and how to vote.

Now it’s time for you to vote so make sure that when Election Day rolls around, you vote! Follow these simple instructions to you can make you voice and opinion heard.
1. Go to the OLS(the page that comes up when you log in)
2. Click thebigthink12
3. From the big thinK main page click thebigthink@OHVA located under the Your Community List tab.
4. Go under the tab that says OHVA Parent Communities and click OHVA High School
5. Now under Communities click Student Clubs
6. Now go under clubs and click Student Council (from this point you can look through everything and find out about each ticket – even a commercial on each campaign!)
7. Under the words Student Council there will be tabs that say Overview, All Content, Discussions, and Documents. Click Documents
8. You will then find a document asking you to VOTE!

To have your voice be heard at the ballot you’re going to have to wait till Wednesday, October 20th, but in the mean time you should head to theBigThink and look for which ticket you want to vote for. And again, the polls will be open from 9:00am to 4:00pm on the 20th. Finally, remember, VOTE, VOTE, and VOTE!!!