They take part in almost all campus activities. That is, after they prepare and make all the activities possible.
Dealing with administration, teachers, and other school officials to get the approvals sounds like a difficult task. This job is left to the Associated Student Body leadership class.
Along with all the duties they face, once more the ASB class faces another obstacle. Sometime on Saturday, the ASB student store was broken into.
Over the years ASB has managed and handled all school activities from winter formals to prom and lunchtime activities.
However, it is not always fun and games when coordinating all these events.
“It takes a lot of time and paperwork,” said junior Alex Rebultan. “It is a struggle to keep up with what the students want and what administration wants, you feel the pressure of trying to please everyone.”
In addition to ASB facing many obstacles when trying to do their job, they have held many successful activities. One of them being this year’s Circle of Friends Prom.
ASB coordinated the music played and various students from ASB participated in dancing with special needs students.
Special Education teacher Alex Cordova expressed his gratitude toward the participation of ASB in the dance.
He said, “We couldn’t have done it without the help of those awesome kids,” he said. “It is really a great thing to see all the students of Stagg come together for our special needs students,” a rare act that ASB was willing to change.
Although ASB has had a lot of great memorable moments of achievement and success, they have also encountered really harsh moments of major difficulties.
Last weekend, ASB was broken into, along with the H-wing. Principal Andre Phillips was informed on Sunday morning at 3:30 a.m. There were various signs of forced entry.
All of ASB’s new inventory was gone and what remains are a few left-over sweaters from the past years .
Something like this can tear a class apart and its no doubt that
ASB students were hurt by this act of aggression.
However, it is not tearing them apart, but rather bringing them together and creating a stronger class.
“Walking in a room full of broken glass really makes things hard to believe, and it definitely feels like an invasion of personal space,” Rebultan said. “We just feel confused. Why would someone do this?”
They are continuing to work as a unit despite the setback.
Although this tragedy occurred, ASB leaders like Rebultan plan to use what they have to make something better. “They didn’t take everything and we will still try to do our job.”
Furthermore, they are expressing their school spirit in every way they can.
This is not the first time something like this happened. A few years ago, ASB noticed signs of forced entry in the Student Activities office, but that time the culprit wasn’t able to get in.
Break-ins can often really damage and desensitize people to feel a certain way.
However, this ASB class plans to push forward and not let these obstacles interfere with their purpose, which is to bring peace, unity and leadership to this campus.
