APEC Schools San Pablo names new SC Officers

To designate new leaders, APEC Schools San Pablo conducted its annual Student Council (SC) Elections online using Google Forms with the results released the same day, Oct. 9.

Two Party-lists vied for different positions, Team BLACKS (Brave, Loyal, Ambitious, Cooperative, Knowledgeable Students) and Team BETTER (Bodacious, Encouraging, Trustworthy Teenagers with an Excellent and Realistic Mindset). The students eyed for six electoral positions, to wit: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Public Information Officer (P.I.O), Peace Officer (P.O) while one Representative has been chosen for Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 11, and Grade 12.

Ralph Chester Esler of BLACKS Party was elected as the President with 31 votes. Mitzi Guia of BETTER Party was elected as Vice-President with a total of 30 votes. Diana Mae Franchesca Ticzon and Oluwafumilayo Karen M. Omowaiye, both from BLACKS Party were elected in the two other top positions as they were proclaimed as Secretary and Treasurer, respectively.

Other newly-elected officers include Dexter G. Gonzales (BETTER) – Public Information Officer (P.I.O) and Merlyn Bea P. Enriquez (BLACKS) – Peace Officer (P.O). As for the Grade Level Representatives – Jhuzten P. Lloren, Ken Arby C. Perez, Jahziel Batitis, and Lara Jane D. Macalindong were designated as Grade 7, 8, 11, and 12 Representatives, in the order given.

53 votes were tallied in the said election. Other sites also had their SC Elections on this day.

CAMPAIGN PERIOD

Given an 8-day campaign period that started October 1, both parties introduced themselves by creating their own video campaigns and postcards and were posted on the school’s official Facebook group. They also posted their campaign materials in their own Facebook accounts.

Aimed to put the aspiring leaders under careful scrutiny, Miting de Avance was held online via Google Meet in the afternoon of October 8. This event was managed by the school’s COMELEC officers.

AUTOMATED ELECTIONS

This year’s SC Elections is a simple and cheat-free election system. The election lasted for approximately 6 hours, and the results were immediately posted on that day, on the school’s official Facebook group.

Oath-taking of the newly-elected officers will be on October 13. #

report by: Lara Jane Macalindong (Managing Editor)