As the 2024-2025 school year comes to a close and new students plan to enter Sierra Vista High School, a new executive board emerges, hoping to make the 2025-2026 school year the best in its 25 year history. Each individual E-Board member brings unique energy and original ideas to the Sierra Vista student body and staff.
Sierra Vista’s new Student Body President, Hannah Reed (11), reveals her top priorities for the 25-26 school year which revolve around, “always being of service to the student body.” Reed plans on doing this by ensuring “…everyone’s voice is heard, everyone feels represented and included, and that everyone can enjoy their high school experience…” Reed believes that every person on campus “holds a significant value to the culture and the environment of our school” and plans to uphold this value into the next school year. Working alongside Reed is Kaya Holland (11), the Student Body First Vice President and Head of Media. Holland’s job as First Vice President involves making decisions with Reed and the Second Vice President, Nora Baltera (10), and her job as Head of Media entails creating and running the schools Instagram account, @leothelion. Holland’s aspirations for the upcoming year include creating a “more unified team” and incorporating never seen before events such as “battle of the bands” and creating a more spirited and functioning blue crew.
To keep the team organized, Student Body First Secretary, Christina Fakoya (11), plans to uphold previous organization systems and “create more connections between the students and staff” along with helping other students and their aspirations for the year. Working to further this goal, Student Body Second Secretary, Anna Yu (10), plans on “hosting more events involving our teachers, providing meaningful gifts, and just letting our teachers know that they matter…”
As Secretaries work to foster relationships between students and staff, Sierra Vista’s Treasurers plan to expand Vista’s connection with their community. Student Body First Treasurer, Gabriella Frey (11), plans to not only “improve financial systems” but work to become a more service oriented school and council. Frey plans to do this by implementing new events such as “With Love, Leo, which will be an expansion of Winter Wishes and organizing more donation drives and service projects throughout the school year as well as working to implement a recycling program at Sierra Vista.” Working alongside her, Audrey McAllister (10), Student Body Second Treasurer, plans on focusing on the “earth and our environment… by helping Gabby incorporate recycling bins and work alongside the plant science classes and gardeners to compost.” Both Frey and McAllister work to create a better sense of community and create connections amongst their school and community.
In addition to these improvements, Student Body Historian, Madilyn Reiter (11) plans to expand her position beyond scrapbooking and improving media posts. Reiter’s “biggest goal for next year is to make sure no one goes unseen.” Reiter plans to do this by “showcasing the entire student body as much as possible whilst also recognizing our own members in student council.” Also working to showcase the student body, Student Body Ambassador, McKenzie Gidge (11), who leads and organizes Inter Club Council (ICC) meetings. Gidge aspires to increase “collaboration across campus and the student body” by implementing “interclub collaboration and building a brother sister system for clubs…” along with “bringing more sport engagement across the school.”
Furthermore, increasing spirit across Vista’s campus, the new Head of Spirit, Alijah Santiago (11), aspires to “improve our school culture outside of school activities.” Santiago elaborates, “I want to break the idea that school spirit is just for the loudest people in the front row. Spirit should belong to every student, from athletes to artists, from seniors to freshmen.” Santiago plans to do this by “collaborating with clubs, recognizing different interests, and making sure everyone has a reason to feel like they’re part of something… I want to advertise our events in a way that makes students excited and involved.” Similarly, new Head of Advertising, Julianna Reed (11), aims to “help students get excited about events, decoration, and improvements” and “encourage participation and pride” from the Sierra Vista student body. Also working to improve Vista, the new Head of Assemblies, Makayla Best (10). Best expands, “my plans would be to make assemblies the most fun, engaging, and entertaining they’ve ever been! I plan to advertise them more and make people excited for them. In terms of next year as a whole, I hope for it to be fulfilling and productive.” Working directly with assemblies is Nora Baltera, Head of Events. Baltera shares some of her biggest goals for the new year, “I want to reshape events into having more student involvement by having the themes be voted on by the student body. I would also like to increase attendance to all events and, in turn, make sure that the events are advertised well beforehand. With that, I want to add more events for underclassmen so they have more to look forward to during the school year.”
The final members of the 2025-2026 executive board include Vista’s very own class Presidents. Although Sierra Vista’s freshman class president remains undecided until next school year, each newly elected president brings new ideas and systems to their peers. Sophomore class President, Mya Quezada, plans on helping her class “come together as one… and make sure everyone gets involved so no one feels left out and work is done earlier.” Similarly, Junior class President, Naomi Synrod, focuses on her peers claiming, “I want every person in my class to have a goal that I will help them achieve by the end of the year… I want everyone to fully be loud and comfortable with everyone and for everyone to support each other and our student body as a whole.” Finally, Sierra Vista’s Senior Class President, Ny’ema Tippens aims to “start new senior traditions… ensuring senior year is filled with fun and lasting memories.” These traditions include new events such as “senior talent show and senior time out.” Going beyond new traditions, Tippens’ shares that she “will ensure that seniors outside of StuCo feel as if their ideas and concerns are heard and taken seriously.”
Sierra Vista High School awaits the upcoming school year filled with a new and improved sense of community, spirit, service, representation and more.
