Tiffany Zhu

Junior Brady Tse speaks during the class council candidates’ panel session in the Rothschild Performing Arts Center. Juniors voted Brady, Janam Chahal and Claire Yu as their SAB representatives for the 2025-26 school year.

Juniors, sophomores and frosh elected their class council and student activities board representatives for the 2025-26 year on April 24.

With an 81% voter turnout, the juniors elected Lucas Chen, Sofia Shah, Nikhil Sharma and Kallie Wang as their student council representatives and Janam Chahal, Brady Tse and Claire Yu as their SAB officers. 

“I just want to make senior year fun for all of us,” Brady said. “I know that we will have a lot going on, especially fall semester, but we will all push through it. Being on the senior council and getting to know everybody better for our last year is really important.”

Sophomores participated with over 82% voting. Samaara Patil, Ameera Ramzan, Andrew Shin and Chelsea Xie won the Student Council election, and Ava Alvarez, Cameron Jones and Megha Unny won the SAB election. 

With the highest voter turnout, ninety-three percent of the frosh class cast their votes, choosing Dyuthi Vallamsetty, Ameya Choudhary, Avi Gupta and Amber Wang as their student council representatives and Jillian Chen, Christian Mehta and Eva Petrova as their SAB representatives. 

As elected representatives step into new or returning roles, many aim to improve student life by making stronger connections with their classmates. 

“I always like to say, ‘Hi’ to people and make sure they’re enjoying themselves,” Cameron said. “I love getting to know people, and that helps me as a leader because I’m able to be connected with everyone. I know most of the people in our class on a personal level, and that makes it easier for me to truly help them.”

Candidates began campaigning a few weeks in advance. Frosh and sophomore candidates submitted written responses to a list of provided questions, which deans later shared with their classes. Class deans also moderated candidate Q&A sessions in the RPAC for juniors, Nichols Auditorium for sophomores and the Auxiliary Gym for frosh on April 22. 

Prior to the junior Q&A session, junior class dean Meredith Cranston emphasized the importance of the election process.

“You all deserve to hear from your prospective leaders about their ideas for senior year, their values and what they’re going to do next year,” Cranston said. “Your elected student leaders are asked to work tirelessly for you, both in the open and behind the scenes, so please pick someone you think is going to do a really good job for senior year.”