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-
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Members of the Associated Student Body play a key role in
raising tsunami awareness. The school participated in the
Great American Shakeout in October.
dent body. Wanting to provide
students with a wider variety
of clubs more suited to their
diverse range of interests, the
student council is spreading
the word about how to start or
get involved with a club, Car-
ter said. They also are respon-
sible for approving each new
club.
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
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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.
The executive senate includes
activities assistant Chase
Januik; social media represen-
tative Tiana Chen; and fund-
raising directors Xcaret Bello
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