Our Student Body Government

By Joy Thiel

Just like our national government in the United States, here at El Segundo High School, we have our own government. The Associated Student Body (ASB) is our student government, which is led by our ASB president: Brandon Clarke, vice-president: Jessica Doucette, treasurer: Daniel Hoffman, secretary: Nick Koffroth, the activities director/advisor: Mr. Harrison, and all representatives from each class. ASB’s job is to be in charge of all of the assemblies, dances, rallies, fund-raisers, committees, and other student associated school business. Everyone in ASB must sometime during the year be in charge of a committee or project and every event must have a folder of file of information on the event, so that the next person to be in charge of the event will know exactly what and what not to do.

All class officers are put into office by their classes. Only the treasurer, secretary, vice-president, and president are voted into office by the entire student body. To become an ASB officer one must fill out an application stating candidacy. The positions that anyone can run for are: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary/Treasure for your class. You must have a certain grade point average, be willing to work a leadership position, and attend leadership camp.

The leadership camp is called California Association of Student Councils (CASC). During this four-day experience the ASB officers learn how to run a successful student council and acquire other leadership abilities.

ASB meets every 5^th period class for 50 minutes. Although their time is limited, they take the necessary procedures to make the best decisions and make school as fun and enjoyable for all El Segundo students. Although they already work together as team, they appreciate any help and participation on school projects from other students as well.

Each class has different jobs and all of ASB works together as a team to complete the main goal at task. The freshman class, led by freshman class governor Tim Fucci, is in charge of making freshman class decisions and the freshman class float. Although they have very few jobs, they are still important and help with any other needed work in ASB.

The sophomore class, which is led by sophomore class governor Ariel Kapur and Lieutenant Governor Chris Doukakis, have the duties of helping plan prom and leading fund-raisers. Junior class governor Sarah Sharp and Lieutenant governor Kelly Groves, have the duties of leading their class decisions, such as planning prom, running the snack bars, and fund-raisers.

The senior class treasurer, Daniel Hoffman’s job is to keep all finances and money records straight for our ASB government. Another important job in ASB is the secretary. This person’s job is to take down the minutes of each meeting, take notes of ASB meetings organize ASB files and committees, and check all approved business. “I am the right person for this job because I like to be an organizer and I like organization,” says senior ASB secretary Nick Koffroth. The vice-president’s job is to work with the ASB president, overseeing everything, and making sure that the task at hand gets done. “I really like this job because I’m focused, accomplished, and like to be successful,” says senior ASB vice-president Jessica Doucette.

The President’s job can sometimes be considered to be the hardest and most important job. This person has to not only delegate the entire ASB representatives, but also be head of committees, be very motivated, enforce rules and policies, and make sure all events happen. “ASB is really a group effort and I love working with my fellow ASB officers,” says senior ASB president Brandon Clarke. 

ASB is currently working on the canned food and blood drive, and planning the Luau and prom 2004.Although they are made up of many different committees and classes they all work as a team together and try to make the best leadership decisions for our student body.