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by Michelle Lee
On May 6, 2021, four new SBOs were elected for the coming school year: the new student body president will be Carson Hadley accompanied by Jordan Hilton as vice president, Kasey Curtis as secretary, and Dante Lowe as activity agent.
At the end of every school year, eight NS juniors competeted to replace the spots of the current SBOs. After a week of campaigning with a lot of time spent at the school, the students of NS vote to pick the next year’s SBOs.
Throughout the week, the teams arrive at school sometimes as early as 6:30 in the morning and often they don’t leave until 7:00p.m. or later. The time commitment is a huge portion of the campaign.
“Being an SBO requires a lot of time, it is a big time commitment,” Hadley said. “So if you can’t campaign, then I don’t know that you really get to win.”
With all the hours spent in the school, candidates made breakfasts, hung posters, and created stronger friendships.
“While we were all running,” Lowe said, “both teams helped each other, so I wouldn’t have been mad with whoever got in. It was kinda like a family deal.”
The responsibilities of an SBO requires being a part of school activities, sports, assemblies, and so much more. It is the job of these four students to make it a great school year for the students of NS, just as it has been for the SBOs in the past years.
“I remember the influence [last year’s SBOs] had on everyone,” Hilton said.
That influence has inspired these four SBOs and has encouraged them to do and be the best they can be.
“[I want to] be an example to students in our school,” Lowe said.
As the four students work together to create the best environment possible for the students, they are off to a great start that will benefit many, if not all of the students.
“We’ve already talked about a lot of things we want to do next year,” Curtis said.
With the different personalities each student brings into the group, the more insights and ideas come together. In the nature of humans, not everyone will agree on everything that is put before them. However, there will always be those good moments that come from it.
“Everyone in there has different strengths,” Hilton said.
The challenges are there that the SBOs will go through since the day they begin the campaigning process to the end of their senior year. However, these students are up to that challenge.
“It’s my way of giving back to the school for all that the school has done for me,” Hadley said.
