LRHS ASB officers to provide new leadership

Leadership is at the core of every successful organization. Consequently, the newly elected LRHS Associated Student Body (ASB) officers have important roles to fulfill.

On Monday, the LRHS ASB elected Camden Smith as president, Rachel Schell as vice-president, Megan Buriak as treasurer, and Emma Aldrich as secretary.

The elected students each had a different motivation for running and are looking forward to serving their term.

Smith explained, “I decided to run for ASB because it was a huge opportunity to gain leadership skills.”

He added, “I’m really looking forward to getting to work with my fellow ASB members, as well as other teachers and students.”

Buriak’s goal is to make an impact: “I wanted to run for ASB because I wanted to make a difference in our school and be in control of some of the things that go on.”

“I’m most excited about the fact that I get to help incoming freshmen with their first year of high school and shape their first year into one of their favorites,” she added.

Schell seeks positive change, as she said, “I ran for ASB because I want to have a positive leading role in my school. I want to help make the school year good, and to flow for the students.”

Election for ASB office is an honor, despite the fact that each candidate ran unopposed.

To explain the lack of applicants, Smith believes, “I think no other students ran for ASB because they didn’t feel the need to run, because there was already one person applying for each position.”

“I don’t think anyone else ran for ASB this year because students are all a part of so many things and clubs,” Schell proposed.

In contrast, Buriak believes, “I believe no one else ran because students are losing interest in this kind of stuff. They don’t see the purpose of ASB and what it has to offer.”

Often, ASB officers are viewed as the organization responsible for representing student interests and goals. For example, 2016-2017 ASB officers championed the goal of “Exceeding expectations.”

As they decide their new goals, each officer will consider their own specific idea of what leadership role the ASB will assume.

Buriak explained, “The purpose of ASB is to lead the school and shape the school. We are the student voice that the teachers hear and listen to.”

In regards to what that voice will say, Smith stated, “I think our purpose as an ASB is to get student opinions, make school more fun, and to get other students involved.”

With all of the new ideas that the ASB has in store for next year, collaboration among officers will be a key component of transforming ideas of how to increase involvement into tangible school spirit.

Smith explained, “I’m definitely looking forward to working with the other ASB officers because every one of them brings amazing ideas to the table, which we’ll try to use throughout the coming school year.”

Similarly, Buriak remarked, “Rachel, Camden, and Emma are some of my all-time favorite people and I’ve known them for a long time.”

“They have become part of my family,” she concludes.

The newly instated ASB officers will rely on their family ties as they work to represent students and improve the atmosphere of LRHS throughout the 2017-2018 school year.