To all ASMSA Students:
Representative Elections are upon us!
Candidates can conduct physical and social media campaigns.
All campaigning materials must be sent to our sponsor Dean Morris (morrisr@asmsa.org) for approval beforehand by midnight on September 11.
Remember there is a $20.00 budget campaign limit.
We encourage you to vote in this election and hope you decide to run!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact an Executive Board member, SGA sponsor, or email sga@asmsa.org.
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Filing deadline is on September 11th at 11:59 PM.
Representative Elections will be held from September 16th-September 18th.
Results will be posted September 19th.
All grades will vote for their own grade only.
Other Info:
All candidates must give a maximum 1-minute speech on September 16th. Sophomore candidates will give their speeches at 4:30 PM in the cafeteria, and senior candidates will follow right after at 5:00 PM. Junior candidates will give their speeches that night at floor meeting. Voting will open after floor meeting speeches, ballots will close Thursday the 18th at 11:59 P.M., and results will come out Friday the 19th.
Candidates are expected to follow the Election Code of Conduct, SGA Constitution, and the ASMSA Student Handbook. Election violations will be dealt with by the SGA Advisors and Executive Board.
Election Violations should be filed with the Executive Board.
Meet the Candidates!
1st Floor Faris, Juniors:
- GET THE STUDENT BODY INTO SGA
-Bring back the ice cream socials
- Make funding clubs much more effective
- Have a suggestion box for people to give opinions during floor meeting
- Trivia games or game nights/ kareoke
-Snacks during study hours again
- Having a newsletter saying what was passed because not evb has insta for weekly wave
I hope to help strengthen communication between students and leadership while bettering our balance between school work and fun. A event I could propose could be a night where for our study hours we could give students a break instead and have a pseudo festival. We would play music, people could show off their art, play short films, or play their own instruments even.
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2nd Floor Faris, Juniors:
I want to make a change in food committee and get more options for vegetarian students.
I have several events in mind but one thing that would be free and greatly benefit the broader school culture would be a series of small free music and motivation get together sessions in Selig Basement or the Chapel where students could bond over music and encouraging speeches from older peers who would give advice. I believe this would give music students an opportunity to showcase their skills in an informal environment before major concerts, and also serve as an opportunity for older students to gain more volunteer opportunities and practice public speaking between acts.
Have finance committee collaborate with baking club to have a bake sale to raise funds.
If elected I will talk to people on my floor and around campus to find ways to better support their dietary restrictions.
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2nd Floor Nichols, Juniors:
I want everyone in the student body to feel like a family. I don't want anyone to feel embarrassed or nervous to be around our peers because we should all support one another and build each other up. I would plan something like the creation of a mural so kids can bond over their creative interests and also add a little bit of character to our campus. This event would allow anyone who showed up to express themselves through things like art, or writing out inspirational messages. We would make our mark on campus as the class of 2027 and bond together to create something that will last.
I want to organize events, help change the way the school is ran (meaning taking student suggestions), and help run different committees within SGA. I believe an event that could take place is a Halloween event if we do not already have one.
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3rd Floor Faris, Juniors:
I wish to create more outlets for information. Maybe a club board posted near the RLO or cafe. Many students i’ve talked to, and myself last year, as a student, have had no idea how to join clubs and how to contact club leaders. Many students don’t even know what clubs exist. A club board with information (such as groupme, leader contact, schedule, etc) would be a near costless investment and a great option for new students to quickly become involved in student life. I would also love to create an online architecture of some kind to make it easily accessible to create large scale emails or notify students about event plannings.
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3rd Floor Nichols, Juniors:
I just want maximize everyone's enjoyment of their time here. Events wise, I'd love to see a campus-wide movie night. Floor movie nights are great, but a campus movie night would really bring us all together as a whole. We are often grouped by our floors—which makes things easier to handle—but I'd love to see more campus-wide events. Some people, like myself, aren't athletic and don't want to participate in sports events, so a campus movie night sounds just carefree enough.
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Selig Juniors
I wish to accomplish passing more bills. I have a current Bill idea that will benefit ASMSA as a whole,
I want to pass a bill that allows sponsored clubs to have at least 2 weekly passes to meet during study hours (similar to study hour privileges, but this is more specific to clubs.)
If I am elected as an SGA representative for Selig, I will work to connected our isolated building with the rest of the school and make sure our voices are also heard. Schoolwide, however, I want to make an affirmation board that students can post their positive words on. One event I would try my best to promote would be a painting night so students can have fun with their friends and have a tangible object to keep the memory alive.
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Faris Sophomores
I wish to give every student the ability to ignite their potential in the way they choose to, with as little issues as possible. ASMSA has the advantage of giving their students more responsibility and choice than most other high-schools. This added element of responsibility is extremely important to each student's life here, and I want to make that a more central and important topic. Making a student's life smoother is one of my goals. An idea I have in mind is a school app which has all of the ASMSA essentials located on it. Club communication, grades, announcements, and resources. My plan for this app is to use software such as Apptegy or SchoolStatus to create an app with this information. Another way to create this app, would be to commission a club or class to create and continually update this app, allowing it to constantly improve.
If I am elected, I want to help make student voices heard, support school spirit, and create more opportunities for students to showcase their talents and connect with other students.
Event Idea: An event, where students can present personal projects, ideas, or clubs can showcase what they have done. It would celebrate academics, arts, engineering, and ease and encourage collaboration between different students.
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Nichols Sophomores
I want to make student life at ASMSA more interactive and enjoyable for all students, which includes accommodating to certain needs(sensory issues, volume issues, etc..). One of my ideas for the student body is Float Night! We would advertise the event as "stay afloat", it could take place before exams, at the beginning of a new quarter or semester, or in the middle of the semester. There would be a variety of soda and ice cream options, including dairy-free and gluten-free options, SGA or staff would be the ones dispersing the ice cream and soda(to prevent cross-contamination), and we could have board games and cards in the cafeteria area, to get students to interact afterwards as well.
If elected, I want to focus on listening to the student body’s concerns and finding real solutions, because problems in a school should not go unheard. One area I would like to improve is making it easier for students to start clubs. From personal experience, I know how difficult it can be to find a willing sponsor, and this can discourage students from pursuing their ideas. One event I would propose is something like Sponsor Match day. This event would allow students with new club ideas to connect directly with teachers and staff who are interested in sponsoring. By simplifying this process, we could help more students bring their passions to life and strengthen our school community.
One of the most important things to me here is students mental health. Being at a school this rigorous I’ve found many students especially (but definitely not only) sophomores have felt very stressed. To help that, I want to provide more and improve events that’ll give the students a chance to relax here and there. Some ideas I have is maybe a movie night, a debrief, a brownie night (making brownies in selig kitchen?) , a poetry night (I know kollective makes me less stressed sometimes maybe we could do our own version of that). I also want to help decorate and plan for events. The student leaders who decorated the halls did an amazing job making this place feel like home. I want to bring that same energy to our school dances and other events.
I want to help coordinate a halloween costume contest during October. A costume contest would bring excitement and spike creativity within our school.
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Nichols Seniors
If elected, I would be sure to advocate for all dietary restrictions pertaining to medical, religious, personal, or any other reasoning. I will continue the mission from last year to reduce the amount of Artificial Light at Night on campus, working alongside students in the RIP capstone and faculty to accomplish this goal.
If elected, I hope to strengthen our school community by creating more chances for students to connect. If I get elected I hope to improve communication between students and SGA by setting up a suggestion box or online feedback form and support student well-being by proposing stress-relief activities while potentially proposing bills.