Student Council (StuCo) is the student-run organization responsible for planning and organizing school and extracurricular activities for the student body. StuCo members meet every Wednesday morning in room 307 located at the bottom of the main staircase.

StuCo was established at East in 1958. It has a total of six sponsors, one for each grade, who deal with grade-specific issues such as making senior T-shirts or planning a class gift. Hannah Pence and Brenda Fishman, the two main sponsors, oversee the organization, its members and their activities.

The class sponsors are as follows:
Seniors: Linda Sieck
Juniors: Vicki Arndt-Helgesen
Sophomores: Monique Goodeyon
Freshmen: Nikki Myers

There are 48 students involved in StuCo. It is run by an executive board. The members of the executive board are as follows:
President: Carolyn Welter
Vice President: Paige Kovarik
Secretary: Molly Jennings
Treasurer: Jack Kovarik

The executive board is elected by the student body in February of the previous year. Five representatives, a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer are elected for each class in March of the previous year.

StuCo is currently talking about having freshman elections in August, before the other classes so that they know who their president is going into the year.

Each StuCo member is assigned to a committee. The responsibilities of each committee chair are to advise other StuCo members assigned to specific events such as dances. Responsibility for organizing events such as the Can Drive benefitting the Johnson County Christmas Bureau, the Bunch o’ Bands and school dances falls to StuCo. They plan the details of these events like theme, food and decoration. In planning, StuCo members assigned to each committee call and get approval from executives, plan a date and find people to clean and usher.

Five committees direct the organization of events. The committe chairs are as follows:
Charity: Faith Connely and Tucker Stryrkowicz
Social: Liz Gray and Leah Pack
Public Relations: Kirsten Shedor and Joe Simmons,
Special Events: Adam Lowe
Student Court: Mark Ronning

“StuCo’s given me a new outlook on what I want to do with my future, taught me how to present myself and made me a better leader.” said Carolyn Welter.

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