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About Seaside signal. (Seaside, Or.) 1905-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 2017)
ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY their school. Other leadership entities that work alongside the ASB officers include a four-person executive senate and a five-person group of officers for each class. The student council and executive senate meet once per week, and the class representatives join them once per month. ASB leadership oversees most of the functions and ex- tracurricular activities for the school, from putting up post- ers to organizing Homecoming week and arranging assemblies. During a summer retreat ahead of the school year, they collec- tively determine a set of goals to accomplish, “starting at the school level and moving down to a global level,” Carter said. In recent years, the ASB leadership undertook a proj- ect, called Don’t Catch This Wave, to raise awareness about the threat of a tsunami and its potential to devastate three of the Seaside School District’s institutions, including the high school. Throughout the project they raised money, gave pre- sentations across the state, and helped promote a successful local ballot measure in 2016 to fund constructing a new school campus out of the inundation zone. Being able to have that kind of “really big impact” is what drove Babbitt, the current stu- dent body vice president, to seek a leadership position in the first place. While the tsunami project no longer needs the same fo- cus, the student council plans to put the earmarked funds they raised toward purchasing survival kits and other emer- gency supplies, and determine what more they can do to raise awareness. In general, howev- er, “we have various different goals we would like to accom- plish this year,” Carter said. One goal is promoting club involvement among the stu- Fitness for All Ages! sm 8-Week Membership for $ 119! 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The group also has initiated a Business of the Week feature, where the officers reach out to local businesses and ask if they would like to partner with the school for a week. “During that week, we ad- vertise for them and encourage students to go there,” Carter said. “At the same, they’re Go Gulls! C C S S LEAN WEEP PAVING & EXCAVATION • A SPHALT P AVING • E XCAVATION • S WEEPING • L ANDSCAPE M ATERIALS • D EMOLITION • M OWING • D RIVEWAYS 1570 Lewis & Clark Rd., Seaside 503-738-7556 w w w. c l e a n s w e e p p a v i n g . c o m giving discounts to students, so it’s connecting the commu- nity to us.” The student council repre- sentatives consistently attend the annual Oregon Associa- tion of Student Councils con- ference during the fall. For the past two years, Seaside students themselves have led breakout sessions. “That conference is great because you have schools the size of Jewell and schools the size of Grant High School,” staff advisor Annie Lynes said. “It’s great to get all those kids together.” She and fellow advisor Jim Poetsch guide the students and offer advice, but also allow them to exercise their own au- thority and governance. “Their ideas are their ideas,” Lynes said. “There are a lot of kids who are so creative with their thought processes.” Asked how they deal with a difference of opinion and fos- ter consensus among several leaders who are trying to rep- resent a diverse student body, Carter said, “The most import- ant thing is we all have the same final goal: We all want to help make change and make a difference in our school, so that kind of drives everyone.” In addition to Carter and Babbitt, the student council officers include co-treasurers Shelbylee Rhodes and Chloe Bartel; technology director Ashton Boyd; head commu- nications director Cori Bi- amont; assistant communica- tions director Dylan Meyer; head activities director Mason Crawford; assistant activities director Rafi Sibony; secre- tary Audrey Kunde; and ser- geant-at-arms Wesley Corliss. 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