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Keizer siblings pioneers of student government
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
When Oregon Connec-
tions Academy was looking
for candidates to serve in its
fi rst ever student govern-
ment, three siblings from
Keizer stepped up to the
challenge.
Joshua Oliver, a 10-year-
old elected to represent the
fi fth grade, was the fi rst from
the family to decide to run.
Older sister, Rosa, 15, voted
secretary, and older brother,
Edward, 18, a senator repre-
senting the senior class, soon
followed.
“I want to build more
school spirit, make it fun for
other fi fth graders,” Joshua
said.
They were all encouraged
by their mother, Kara.
“I thought it was an op-
portunity for the kids to de-
velop speaking skills, com-
munication skills, things they
can use for the future for job
development,” Kara said.
The Olivers were elected
in October and Edward has
already seen it pay off.
“I know I’m lacking in
some of those areas and it’s
already helping improve
them, for sure,” he said.
Edward also feels like a
pioneer.
“It’s an opportunity to
show what others can do in
the future with this student
government,” he said.
To run for student gov-
ernment, students had to
maintain a 3.0 GPA, adhere
to the ORCA student code
of conduct and agree to at-
tend all student government
LiveLesson sessions and par-
ticipate in three fi eld trips in
their area.
A candidate’s forum Live-
Lesson session was then held
to decide contested races. Af-
ter candidates gave speeches
and answered questions, stu-
dents then voted for their
choices using an online poll.
“This will be an extremely
fun and exciting experience,
while also being one of the
most challenging responsi-
bilities of your high school
career.”—that is the explana-
tion at the top of the job de-
scription for members of the
new Oregon Connections
Academy Student Govern-
ment.
The Student Government
Executive Board includes
a president, vice president,
secretary, treasurer and two
activities directors that meet
via LiveLesson once a week
for about 30 minutes.
Rosa said they run out of
time because so many things
are discussed.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Keizer siblings Edward, Joshua and Rosa Oliver were elected to the fi rst Oregon Communications Academy student government
last month.
“We’re getting events to-
gether like prom and more
fun fi eld trips and spirit
week,” Rosa said. “Some-
thing more student driven.
We’re also talking about fun-
draising and winter formals
and other activities.
There is also a student
senate with senators repre-
senting grades 5-12.
“I’m excited for students
to have a voice about what
they want to see happen at
their school so they take
more ownership,” said Nikki
Coleman, Oregon Connec-
tions Academy Student Gov-
ernment Advisor and high
school electives teacher from
Tualatin.
The Olivers all agreed
that the best thing to come
out of student government
is more socializing with kids
from all over the state. Or-
egon Connections Academy
serves around 4,000 students
in Oregon.
“The thing with virtual
school is we’re all at home,
we barely know each other,”
Edward said. “All we see on
the computer is our names
and that’s all we really know
about each other. I think it
will be better to cultivate
more face-to-face interac-
tion. We’ve been thinking
about how to reach out to
the rest of the class.
“Being
a
state-wide
school, it’s hard to reach ev-
eryone. I would defi nitely
like to see more student ori-
ented events and get more of
a school spirit in there.”
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