Excitement and anxiety ran through the veins of the candidates running for office with the goal of holding a position on the 2025-2026 Student Council on May 5. After positions were released, they checked the emails and the Instagram posts, and found out who had gotten positions.

“There were a lot of people around me [when I found out], but when my friend and I opened the email that they sent out, I screamed so loud I probably disturbed the whole school, and my friend and I were jumping up and down. It was so exciting,” junior Minori Saito, the new Student Council president, said.

According to Saito, the election process was fairly simple, only requiring work to be done before and during campaign week.

“Campaign week was really busy. The work paid off, though,” sophomore Joy Yang, one of two school board representatives, said. “I pulled out all the snacks in my house to distribute to everyone. I also had a few all-nighters, making posters. I also got to meet a lot of people while walking around, handing stuff to people. So that was really fun, actually.” 

Many members also expressed that they were excited for future collaborations within the new council.

“​​There’s a lot of really good people in the Student Council this year. I’m so excited for this bunch,… Hopefully we’re going to do things that have never been done before within the school, and work on doing more things that align with the student body and what they want,” Saito said.

Sophomore Weiler Graham, one of the newly elected officers, mentioned that having the role meant a lot to her for multiple reasons.

“I thought it was really important to me to have a leadership role in the school, because I care a lot about the community, and I thought it’d be really fun to be a major part of it in this way,” Graham said.

The newly elected candidates were also excited to pilot new events and bring new ideas to life, though some had concerns.

“I hope you guys support us, even when we make decisions and you’re not happy with them,” Saito said. “Instead of just being upset, please just talk to us. We really want the best for the student body and for the school and Student Council. Next year, we’re really going to try our hardest to make as many people as we can happy with our decisions.”

The council is excited to see what will happen next year, and new officers mentioned how ready they were to start their new positions next school year.

“I’m definitely looking forward to working with Daksha [Nair], who’s the other school board representative, and just being up there during the school board meetings talking to them,” Yang said.