By Skylar Feldman
Photo by Emma Czerwinski
The student body knows they make posters. The student body knows they decorate. But what the student body doesn’t know is everything else they do. They are Student Council.
“I love coming to spirit weeks and seeing all the decorations. I think STUCO cares a lot about the students at Coronado and tries to make school better during spirit weeks,” Destinee Fernandez, senior, said.
Not only does STUCO decorate the school, but they plan both homecoming and prom, make assembly scripts, choose themes for dances, participate in community service, cook hot dogs at lunches, and coordinate variety of other events that assist the school and how it functions on a daily basis.
“Everything we do is for the students. We want everyone to experience Coronado and enjoy coming to school everyday,” Taylor Tyrell, junior, said.
Homecoming is the first event STUCO has to plan. A year prior to the event, they have to have a theme chosen and approved by the administration. They have to manage their time wisely to have everything come together as planned. From creating an assembly script to developing activities, STUCO is constantly on the move. They spend four to five hours everyday putting up the decorations and finalizing all the events before the week of homecoming.
Prom is another big event that the junior class sponsors. They have to fundraise in order to acquire space, food, photography, music, and decorations. Prom is the culminating dance of the year.
“Coronado’s Student Council puts immense amounts of work into each event with a level of precision and organization that is unmatched by any student council in the state,” senior, RJ Khalaf, student body president, said.
Not only does their work take place on campus, but it also spreads into the Henderson community through service-oriented activities. One activity is the Cougars Care toy drive, which supports Robert Taylor Elementary School students who would otherwise not have a Christmas. They also participate in combined efforts with other schools to support the community at large, like making a Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless and participating in making stockings for homeless high school students.
“I require my students to do 10 hours of community service because they know that helping the community helps ourselves as individuals,” Mrs. Swenson, advisor, said.
STUCO is always working to make Coronado the best it can be. Their main goal is to allow students to “Experience Coronado” and become part of the red and blue tradition.
