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BEFORE & AFTER ELECTIONS: GET TO KNOW SOME OF THIS YEAR’S STUDENT COUNCIL CANDIDATES by Juan Lobien and Martha Pinca The SISC Student Council glues the Southville community together by making Monarchs' opinions and ideas heard. Yearly, they spearhead schoolwide activities and events, and encapsulate citizenship and leadership to the student body. As the school year commences, Monarchs need to elect the next set of leaders to shoulder this heavy responsibility.
On October 3, the candidates of this year's Student Council Elections revealed themselves to the student body. After a five-day campaign season that concluded with a Miting de Avance, simultaneous elections took place on October 10. Official results were released hours later.
Before and after election day, we interviewed six Student Council candidates to understand their prospects of reforming the school for the better. Get to know their motivations, aspirations, and plans both prior to and following their campaign.
Before Elections:
Karyssa "Kary" Alamon The first candidate we interviewed is Kary Alamon, a 9-Compassion student who ran for Grade 9 Level Representative.
When asked about the possible results of the elections, she stated that it would be difficult to predict as her “competitors are formidable opponents.”
“The Avengers Party is working our hardest so that our goals; in this situation, winning the election would be accomplished,” she continued.
A member of the Avengers Party, Kary remained firm under her party's main goal — closing the felt space between VOLT and HyVOLT students.
"I too have experienced the three modes of learning dividing some students from others…. I felt regrettable because the full face-to-face students looked very happy in class and as a result, I switched to full face-to-face."
Afterward, Kary shared that she started to engage with the VOLT students more by calling them separately or messaging them during fun and special times.
In the chance that she does win the position of Grade 9 Representative, she noted that she would be thrilled and proud that her party’s efforts were worth the struggle.
"I would also promise to put even more effort to be the voice of our batch and be a reliable friend to all my batchmates,” Kary added.
Being a person of big dreams, she strongly urged the students, as voters, to help her and the Avengers Party by voting for them.