“Vote for me for ASB President!” are the commonly heard words at assemblies where students ask classmates to vote for them to be a part of a student government. This year, however, ASB elections were not administered with a classic student body vote, but with interviews conducted by administrators and faculty.

“We wanted to get the most qualified students, not just the most popular ones,” said Ms. Solorio, an Assistant Principal who is an advisor of ASB. She continued, “We were looking for students based on academics, responsibility, leadership skills, and whether they were good roles models who set a good example.”

Senior Quincy Jones, who won the position of ASB President, said that his main goals for ASB this year are, “to satisfy the students’ needs and have an optimistic view about opportunities our school has they it didn’t used to have.” He admitted, “The hardest part about ASB would have to be trying to satisfy all the clubs and accepting people’s input.”

Through the hard times, the President will have the support of his Vice-President, Senior Claudia Lima-Rocha. “We work really well together. Quincy and I are opposites, so we balance each other out.” Lima-Rocha also spoke about what she enjoys most about ASB. “It’s a lot of responsibility, but we have a lot of power and control over what goes on in our school. It’s really fun to see my ideas get turned into actions.”