Why would you be a good candidate for this position?

I’ve served as the Class President of my grade for 9th and 10th grade and I believe I have the experience to help my classmates succeed for arguably our hardest year at Hackley, 11th grade. I believe that over the last two years as president, the other class representatives and I have done a great job at keeping our grade informed and up to date on school wide events while organizing as many fun and interesting activities for the community as possible. I’ve also been at Hackley since kindergarten, and I know I have the ability to lead a large group of people throughout this campus. I can also fulfill the needs of my classmates as proven in the past, leading for another successful year for our class next year.

What have you done for the Hackley Community?

By being on Council for the past two years, I’ve been a part of numerous school-wide activities while also attending as many sporting events and community-based functions as possible. I also keep students up to date on Hackley events in our newspaper, The Dial.

What are your goals if elected?

As Junior Class President, I want students in our class to be more engaged in the community and feel like they can ask me or suggest to me virtually anything. I want to continue to keep our grade informed in our grade-wide Facebook group, while also taking into consideration everyone’s suggestions on events, activities, and anything community council-related to the best of my ability.

Name: Michael Mezzacappa

Why would you be a good candidate for this position?

I have attended Hackley since Kindergarten so I have a lot of experience at the school. I am familiar with the entire grade, many upper and under classmen, the faculty, and am willing to work with potential new students. I am part of the Varsity Football and Lacrosse programs, I have been an ambassador since Middle School, and I am currently on Community Council as a Grade Rep. Because of the variety of groups I am a part of, I believe I am well suited to take on the job again for next year.

What have you done for the Hackley Community?

I have been a reliable leader in the Ambassador program who never fails to miss out on tours and open house events. I attend every council meeting to try and contribute the most to each one. I also attended a selective diversity Conference representing Hackley to spread awareness of diversity among other students.

What are your goals if elected?

I intend on planning more elaborate and well funded concessions for games and events after games or plays for the students such as bonfires, sports tournaments, etc. I want to use the space of the Campus more than we do normally by integrating our Community Time periods into outdoor time to use for different trail explorations or simply enjoying the Quad and turf fields.

Junior Class Representative Candidate

I think I would be a good candidate for Class Representative because I have been a member of Upper School Community Council for the past two years, but not only have I gone to meetings and simply been present, but I have been an active member of Council by presenting new ideas for events, pressing for improvements, and actively helping with snowball, candy grams, and concession stands. I understand how Council works and what needs to be done in order to plan events so that they are successful and appeal to as many students as possible. I have seen what things work and don’t work, and where improvements need to be made or don’t need to be made. I am always willing to help lead event planning or assist those who are spearheading an event. I also don’t dread the responsibility of going to Council meetings, but rather look forward to meetings and having the opportunity to plan events, and I also try to be as much as an active participant as possible when I am at meetings. I consider myself hardworking and never content with mediocrity, and I like to think I have brought these qualities to Council to help make the work we do even better than the years before, and I believe if I were elected I could help council continue to progress.

What have you done for the Hackley Community?

I have been an active member of Community Council for the past two years, but I have also been a member of my grade’s community service coordinating group, a student ambassador for Hackley’s Admissions program by attending the open house in October and trying to give tours regularly, and I am a peer tutor. I am also a writer for The Dial and I like to think the pieces I have written have raised awareness about what great things people are doing at Hackley.

What are your goals if elected?

I think Council has done a great job this year and has made many improvements, but I still think there is room for further improvements. First and foremost, I think our main priority should be organizing council funds more efficiently. I would be more than happy to take charge of this, or help the newly elected Treasurer with this, because council’s lack of organization of funds has really hurt us and by opening a bank account, having a Council debit card, and creating a page or document where council members can interact about funds, would allow us to know how much money we actually have and whether we need to fundraise more. I also think it would be helpful to create a calendar and Google Drive sheet which indicate when dates for events are, when people need to complete tasks by, forms for students to complete if they wish to present an event, and a place to sign up to present their ideas. This would help members stay on top of things and complete their tasks on time, therefore allowing council to be more efficient. I would also like to help with creating a weekly bulletin, which Amanda Stern suggested in her campaign speech, to inform students of things that are going on at Hackley throughout the week. I also think we should try to fundraise more by selling more Hive gear, and also charging students to go to events like the Color Run or Woodstock (but not Snowball). Overall if I were elected I would love to spearhead organization and communication efforts so that council can be more connected and efficient as well as be a key leader in event planning.

Name: Lucia Yannuzzi

Why would you be a good candidate for this position?