{"id":3641,"date":"2023-10-03T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:26:00","slug":"class-presidents-reps-speak-up-commit-to-student-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/2023\/10\/class-presidents-reps-speak-up-commit-to-student-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Presidents\/Reps Speak Up, Commit To Student Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Alyvette Moreno &amp; Jenna Twaje<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Council-With-Greg-Obregon.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3641]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Council-With-Greg-Obregon-499x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Council-With-Greg-Obregon-499x550.jpg 499w, https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Council-With-Greg-Obregon-454x500.jpg 454w, https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Council-With-Greg-Obregon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pueblo High School Student Council teacher\/advisor Mr. Gregory Obregon is confident that he can motivate his newly elected officers and lead them to successful and original student activities for the 2023-24 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obregon also wants his students to develop connections with one another and to focus more on the quality of Pueblo High School events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to make sure whatever student council does is done well and that their activities make a difference,\u201d Obregon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that he is excited to bring into Student Council \u201cnew blood\u201d this school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of this year\u2019s freshman representatives, Yamilett Lopez, said that she decided to be a part of Student Council this year because she wanted to get help Pueblo become even better and to boost school spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lopez plans to commit to being part of Pueblo\u2019s Student Council all four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest challenges for the freshman class is being confident and sharing ideas,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cThey [the Class of 2027] have already expressed a lot of great ideas, and they have open minds that want to be original and to be the best class ever. I love their spirit!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy Aldana is the new sophomore president for her class this school year. She was vice-president as a freshman, and a two-year veteran in Student Council, Aldana plans to continue to be part of this organization during her junior and senior years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI decided to become a committed member of Student Council to get more involved with Pueblo and to leave with a legacy of lasting positive changes,\u201d Aldana said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that she will be challenged to inspire sophomores to communicate better with one another and to keep the dialogue open to all Class of 2026 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of my primary responsibilities is to have every sophomore\u2019s opinion count and to be respected,\u201d Aldana said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s junior class president is Paula Vega, who has been in Student Council since her freshman year; her plans are to commit to Student Council as a senior next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vega said she felt like the right person for the job when she decided to run for the junior class president but added that she has her share of \u201cchallenges\u201d ahead of her and the Class of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alyvette Moreno &amp; Jenna Twaje Pueblo High School Student Council teacher\/advisor Mr. Gregory Obregon is confident that he can motivate his newly elected officers and lead them to successful and original student activities for the 2023-24 school year. Obregon also wants his students to develop connections with one another and to focus more on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/2023\/10\/class-presidents-reps-speak-up-commit-to-student-council\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Class Presidents\/Reps Speak Up, Commit To Student Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38,141],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pA2u4-WJ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3644,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions\/3644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}