November 2019 Issue

Presenting for the years senior class officers we have Micheal
Pirrie (President), Alex Djetto (Vice President), Hannah Rodgers
(Treasurer), and William Basta (Secretary).This year’s 2020 senior
class officers are very excited to make our senior year great and as for
our senior class president Micheal would say “Complete our senior
year with a bang.”
These four seniors all enjoy working together as a team, because
it’s a great way to combine and contribute ideas from one another.
They also have something common as for running.
Treasurer Hannah Rodgers says she would love to get our senior
class officers together to contribute “to a class wide celebration for the
seniors.As for Micheal Pirrie, Alex Dejetto and William Basta, they are
all wanting to be able to connect our class as a whole, and getting them
involved.
Each of the four ran for their spots in the senior class officers because
of advice from close friends, get more involved in participating,
better their grade, and also have a bigger voice. The seniors are excited
to accomplish big things for our 2020 senior class, and all enjoy, being
involved in something great.
The Junior Class Officers are Imani Warren, Eden Magana Lopez,
Bell Tucci, and Connor Novack
Isabella Tucci is excited to be representing her class as Secretary.
She said, “As class secretary, I would like to create an environment
where everyone feels as though they belong. I want to prevent students
from feeling left out. I also want to make sure that the junior class has
a voice. I do this by representing our class in clubs such as BSAAC or
the school improvement team. This allows our class to have a say in
what goes on at the school. Finally, I hope to have a great junior year
and make that year great for not only myself but the whole class. This
includes prom and homecoming. As a class officer, I hope to make these
events as fun as possible.”
Tucci explained, “I wanted to run for class secretary to get more
involved in my school and to gain a voice for myself. Being a class officer
has helped me accomplish these as it’s given me many opportunities
I wouldn’t have had without the role of class officer.”
She also noted, “I and very excited for prom! As junior class
officers we get to plan prom, and I’m hoping to make it a great one. I’m
excited to decorate and pick everything out to make an unforgettable
prom.”
Tucci enjoys working with her fellow officers. “It’s actually pretty
easy working with three other people. The other class officers and I
work well together and are good at accepting criticism and then building
off what the others say. I love to hear the other officers ideas, and
it’s always nice to have someone to split the work with.
After several weeks of campaigning, speeches, and wide-spread
anticipation, PHS’s election roster for all participating in class officers is
now filled out in completion. Sophomore class officers at PHS all plan to
do great things for the class of 2022, and hope to make an impact on Pat-
by Shaniya Williams, Destiny Wiser, and Matthew Jacobi
tonville High School. The Sophomore Class Officers are David Polster,
Loudin Cato, DeAndre Westbrook, and Lauren Marsala.
President David Polster expressed his goals: “First to do well in
the homecoming assembly (which we did), second to have a good time
working with people I may not have otherwise, and third to reform a
policy through BSAAC.”
He wanted to run for President because “it allowed me to give a
voice to the sophomores of Pattonville High School and because it’s a
great time and I get to meet and work with lots of people in my grade.”
Most of his work is already done since homecoming is finished but
he would like to continue to attend Pattonville games and stay after for
clubs throughout the rest of the year.
Polster claimed the best thing about the job was “getting to work
with lots of different people in my class to compete with other classes, so
while the four of us were making most of the executive decisions, it was
a large group headed toward a goal.”
Samantha Newton is this year’s Freshman Class President. She
was excited to start her role beginning with Homecoming, where she
was in the parade. Her top three goals as Class President are to make
herself an approachable person, have the Class of 2023 supportive of
each other and comfortable together, and create some fun events to
escape from a constantly busy environment. She decided to run for President
because she wanted to be involved in the high school community,
and she had a bunch of people supporting her.
Mattie Olhsen is assisting Samantha as the Vice President. She
was excited to work on Homecoming. “My top three goals were to
put the finishing touches on our lip sync for the homecoming assembly,
get the supplies prepared for the freshman float, and get all of the
participants for the assembly games,” Mattie stated. At the beginning
of the year, Mattie did not know anything about becoming a Class
Officer. “One of my close friends Samantha, who is the President,
was actually the one that introduced the idea to me.” In the end, she
decided to run because she thought it would be a great way to be able
to lead and help her class.
The Freshman Class Secretary, Tara Wang, explains her enthusiasm
for her new office: “I was excited to work on Homecoming; it
sounded like a lot of fun,” Tara stated.
She originally wanted to run for Vice President, but after some
thought, “I decided it would be better fit to my schedule to run for
Secretary since I have a habit of overbooking myself.” Tara concluded,
“My top three goals I want to accomplish are positively representing
the freshman class, helping out with activities, and getting more experience
with involvement in the school.”
Finally, the Treasurer for this year is Athena Housley. She is excited
to be able to work with all of her friends. Athena says that it is less
stressful working with people because you have friends that can help
you along the way, and can catch your mistakes if you make any. Some
of her top goals for this year included having the Homecoming festivities
run smoothly, and have any other future events to be organized,
and successful. She decided to run for Treasurer because she wanted to
be a part of something bigger than just a normal after-school club.