The winners for Woodside’s Board of Student Affairs (BOSA) elections have come out. The president is Catherine Blume, the vice president is MaryCarla Germano, the treasurer is Lucas Rich and the secretary is Lizzy Kautzmann.
Each job in BOSA helps with different things surrounding student leadership, from sitting in on board meetings to planning rallies. These students’ job is to represent the student body. They are meant to help with students’ concerns and organize events for the school. Although, there are a lot of things the new elected BOSA want to improve.
“I definitely like encouraging school spirit,” Germano said. “Also, participation and a wider variety of sports games. Everyone’s really hyped [for] opening events and that kind of stuff.”
While the entire BOSA team works together to do similar things, there are specific jobs and tasks that align with each role.
“[As treasurer], you manage the funds and get to spearhead some fundraisers,” Rich said. “I think when I’m BOSA treasurer, I’ll definitely help out with [underclassmen] treasurers and help them with their fundraisers.”
The president has more responsibilities. The president is the head of BOSA and works with surrounding committees.
“We kind of oversee the leadership program,” Blume said. “We run the government class and we emcee rallies.”
The majority of the people in BOSA have history with other leadership positions. The newly elected treasurer has been the treasurer for the past three years. Blume also said she has always been involved in leadership.
“I wanted to become president because, ever since I was in middle school, I have been active in leadership and a leadership role,” Blume said. “I just love the leadership program, and I want to have a more active role in leadership.”
In all of these roles, there are specific responsibilities. Students who want one of these roles should have certain passions. Blume said that anyone can do BOSA, but you have to be okay with putting yourself out there.
“[The student should be] well spoken, [have] good leadership skills and [be willing] to interact with all the other students, because you lead the leadership government class” Kautzmann said.
