Student leadership, (whether in the form of clubs, spirit leaders, or class councils), is a major part of many school communities, including Wilsonville.
Wilsonville High School’s newest form of student leadership is ASB, (or the concept of an All-Student Body). This consists of an ASB President, Vice President, Treasurer, Spirit Commissioner, Sports Commissioner, and each grade’s class council.
These various forms of student government have many responsibilities throughout the year such as organizing dances, fundraisers, and maintaining school spirit.
The development of ASB is relatively new at Wilsonville, as it came about in the 2023-2024 school year. This made then-seniors, Venecia Gonzales and Trenton Bonfiglio, the first ASB presidents, along with ASB Vice President, Hector Baltazar.
One student, a junior named Alex Bautista Vega, noted his view of Wilsonville’s school culture: “I think we have a good school culture.” While he believes the school culture is positive, when asked about ASBs’ impact at Wilsonville, Vega said, “ I don’t think I’ve seen a big impact of ASB at our school. I don’t really know what they do besides school spirit at assemblies and stuff.”
Vivian Williams is the junior class council president this year. The junior class is responsible for planning prom, fundraising for the class, and making their class known. Williams and the other council members will be taking on these responsibilities this year.
Williams explained her goals for her term as class president, “ I want to work with others to improve upon the school atmosphere and it would be great to wint he homecoming float again this year!”
She went on to describe her experiences with ASB so far this year. “ I’ve been starting the planning with my council for the homecoming float and what that will look like. It’s a bit challenging not having a vice president, but the three council members are pretty helpful.”
Although its a relatively new concept, ASB seems to have started to make an impact at Wilsonville and gives students an opportunity to be increasingly involved in their school.