The Class of 2026 waited almost a year and a half to choose their class officers, but the time finally came for students to apply. Positions included: president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and historian. 

Not wanting to be involved with too much stress, Avery Cook applied for position of treasurer. 

”President and vice president, along with all of my other classes, I think would be a little bit too complicated. Secretary, I’m not too much into writing. Historian, none of that either, but responsibility is key and working with money and counting up money is an interest of mine,” Cook said.

Taking on the position of class officer challenges students from the sophomore class to take on new responsibilities, but it also poses a way to obtain new opportunities. Already submitted an application for vice president, Brody Crone understands the value of a class officer position and how it could be rewarding in the future.

“I feel like it would be such a good high school experience to really get to be involved with our class of 2026,” Crone said,”I think it’d be a good opportunity to get involved and it’s a good resume builder for college and for jobs.”

All applicants needed to submit an application with a one-page essay on why they would be fit for the job. Many expressed what qualities they had that made them a great candidate and why these qualities must be present in a class officer. 

“An officer should definitely display good leadership skills, responsibility, can take criticism well, and can handle it on top of all extracurriculars and school work,” Ainsley Green, an applicant for the position of class president, said.