On Sept. 26 the candidates gave their speeches, and on Sept. 28 the Freshman Class chose their Student Council members. Joshua Ravichandran is the freshman president, Sara Thomas is vice president, and Noor Asad and Destiney Williamson are Cultural Union representatives.

Joshua, a new student, has been in student councils from 5th grade to 8th grade, and has attended four leadership workshops. At the beginning of his speech he said that the crowd was probably thinking “Who is this kid?” but then he showed them his experience and ideas, which won their votes.

Sara said, “Freshman year should be about our experiences as a class, not our experiences at a desk.”

She said that she wants to be an advocate for the freshmen in the Student Council and give them a voice.

Noor and Destiney are also new students. Noor said that the freshmen don’t always get a lot of say in Student Council and plans to bring in new ideas for spirit week and plans to hold lock-ins for the grade. Destiney had a lot of enthusiasm during her speech for new, better and more parties.