Photo Credit: Anna Luke

A student voting booth

Student Body,

We are happy to announce Leah Worthington and Misha Schwartz as our Associated Student Body Co-Presidents for next year.   These are very important positions, as they are the student leaders for the entire school.  We are all proud of the powerful and dynamic group of students who stepped up to lead M-A. We hope you get to know each of them.  Below is a short bio on each of our student officers.

Student participation in this election was not what we hoped it would be, and we encourage more students to participate in the future.   The next election will move to the Live Bear News format to encourage more people to vote.  We believe that we have the right students in the right positions to be effective and to encourage all of our M-A Bears to get involved! We are your representatives and we are dedicated to serving the M-A community!

Leah Worthington has been working on developing M-A’s club scene and serves as a representative on Congresswoman Ann Eshoo’s youth board. She is brilliant, awesome, and open to new ideas.

Misha Schwartz has taken another route to the presidency. She has worked hard in developing community service opportunities for M-A students. She has been key in developing sustainable community service programs. She is also a top-notch student and a great listener.

Treasurers:

Wendy Wang has improved the Student Store and plans to expand the store even more next year.

Tyler Finn is a rising star at M-A. Tyler is the first-ever freshman to join a leadership class. He is passionate, driven and ready to lead.

ASB Secretary:

Nina Loshkajian has assisted with the development and management of M-A’s thriving club scene. She has helped build a new website to disseminate information to club leaders and members.  Nina takes notes and records votes at all ASB Student Council meetings.

Senior class president Evan Weiner is a phenomenal student, leader who was instrumental in the organization and success of M-A’s award-winning Canned Food Drive. He also represents all Sequoia Union High School District students on the Board of Trustees.

Senior class vice president Lusiana Wainguola, or Lucy, as she is known, is a brilliant AVID student and is working hard on her leadership journey. Lusi joined student activities as a sophomore, took a year off, and now is ready to lead the 4th period leadership class and the class of 2011.

Junior class president Sara Orton is a highly effective leader. She has worked hard on staff appreciation projects and has worked closely with the environmental committee to develop and teach climate-change curriculum in the Integrated Science classes.

Junior class co-vice president Kari Newman is a talented and highly effective leader; she also participates in swimming.

Co-vice president Zachary Lipps has been a great leader. He knows how to work in a team at home and at school, since he has 10 brothers and sisters.

Committee Chairs: Leadership is divided into committees. The leaders of these committees act as project managers to accomplish projects, tasks, and events.

Community Service Chair

Shivana Khatod will be in her third year leading the community service committee. This committee started a tutoring program in the Ravenswood School District that has been highly successful. She has also organized fundraisers for the Student Support Fund and AVID.

Julia Sommer is a passionate environmental leader. She is a member of the environmental committee on  Anna Eshoo’s Student Board. She is also a member of M-A’s environmental committee and has been instrumental in teaching climate-change curriculum in the Integrated Science courses.  Julia dreams of building a sustainable garden at M-A and improving composting and recycling programs.

Jenny Chute has been a leader in the Green Movement at M-A. She has also taught climate-change curriculum in the Integrated Science classes. She now wants to use her energy to  educate M-A about the need to conserve and build sustainable projects on campus.

Unity/Academic Support Committee:

Julia Vitale is a dynamic leader. She has spent endless hours tutoring students from the Built to Last program.

Junior Sakalia has proven to be a leader at M-A in the classroom, on the football field, in the hallways, in clubs, and in leadership class.

Presidents:

Paige Solomon has been a successful organizer of middle school visits and assemblies. Page has been the main organizer of the Integrate the 8 event and is also working on organizing Freshman Orientation.

Spencer Gump has assisted in organizing a successful program at the Boys and Girls Club in East Palo Alto.  He has connected our class with future M-A students and helped put together a How to Do High School series for this group.

Committee Chairs:

Briana McGee will be working on cultural events and programs for M-A. She has goals for bringing a cultural leader’s series into the PAC for next semester.

Freshman Transition Committee Chairs are responsible for running the logistics and providing the materials for Freshman Transition.

Meredith Edwards is a great student who is committed to service. She will be working with Freshman Transition trainings and communication with leaders.

Amy Rosenthall is a hard-working sophomore who will be in charge of organizing Freshman Transition materials and information boards in the 9th grade World Studies I classes.

Anna Mayerson is a dynamic leader who will be working on events for the class of 2014.  This includes academic support programs and the Freshman Family Tapas.

Corrinne Nelson will be working on freshman recognition programs and feeder school outreach.