By Hana Etcheverry Posted March 2, 2011
On February 22, Lowry High held the 2011 school elections.
The only office running opposed was student body treasurer. Sarah Gillespie ran against Julia Dufurrena, and in the end Dufurrena came away with the win.
Chase Estes ran for Student Body President and he hopes to create mind blowing pep assemblies unlike any before.
Estes cannot wait to step into this office, he thinks it will be a great experience being the “head honcho” of Lowry high, that is, second to Mrs. Watts.
Candace Comeau ran for senior class president and has high hopes of getting more students involved in their school. Comeau hopes to win class of the year for the first time in four years. She is in charge of creating the agendas for class meetings, assemblies, and fundraisers.
These students are responsible, energetic, and maintain every leadership quality they need to be in their office. To run for an office the candidates must maintain a 2.5 GPA and must be in the leadership class taught by Mrs. Grady and Mrs. Dawson. The students are required to write a speech and present it to a panel of judges (teachers), and they must score at least 50 points on that speech. In addition, they have to deliver the speech to their class, and depending on if they ran for student body offices, they must read speeches to the entire student body.
Chase Estes said it’s worth it though, getting to be the “head honcho” and everything that goes along with that.
Mrs. Tanya Grady said, “We are very excited to work with these students in Leadership and Student Council. We will be taking many of them to the State Student Council Conference March 24-26 at Arbor View High School in Las Vegas. They will receive training for their new roles as officers as well as have the opportunity to attend workshops, hear motivational speakers, and network with other student leaders.”
