Questions organized by Staff Writer Avi Cantor
This survey was created by SLA Media in order for the students of Science Leadership Academy to be informed about who their presidential candidates are and what they represent. We decided not to endorse certain candidates in order to provide the students unbiased information about the people who have the potential to change the SLA community.
NOTE: This survey had a maximum of 50 words FOR ALL ANSWERS. Any other words were deleted. These responses are in order of who responded to the survey first. These answers were not spellchecked and therefore any spelling or punctuation errors that occur in this article are a product of the candidates.
Laila Kerbag
Sophomore
Give a brief overview of the most important idea on your agenda. What matters at SLA?
“The most important thing on my agenda is to give the students a voice for once. My partner, Assirem, and I went around asking students from different grades what type of changes or improvements they would like to see here at SLA.”
Since student government is a new thing at SLA, how will you make your job meaningful?
“I hope to make such an impression that the students here at SLA would never have to say they regret voting for me or that they do not notice a difference in the school. Student Government will be my number one priority.”
What role do you plan to play in the move to Ben Franklin?
“I hope to make such an impression that the students here at SLA would never have to say they regret voting for me or that they do not notice a difference in the school. Student Government will be my number one priority.”
Of the five core values at SLA, which one do you identify with most as a candidate and why?
“I identify most with collaboration because I believe the only thing I know is that I do not know everything. Working with others and combining ideas in order to create something bigger than all of us is truly something remarkable.”
What is your weakness as a candidate?
“My one weakness would be time, my schedule lately has been full but I plan on quitting my job if I win the election because like I said before, this job will be my number one priority.”
Naima Debrest
Junior
Give a brief overview of the most important idea on your agenda. What matters at SLA?
“We already know that SLA has a very open environment and student voice. In our campaign we would like to accelerate the students wants and give them a platform to make changes themselves. We would also like to make the relationship with the students of Ben Franklin the best that it can be.”
Since student government is a new thing at SLA, how will you make your job meaningful?
“I will make it meaningful by advocating for student needs and making students feel that there opinion and want matter and that my team and I will do anything we can to work with them to be the best student that they can be in this environment.”
What role do you plan to play in the move to Ben Franklin?
“I will help with the bridge between students. Tamir and I will try to organize events with the current 10th and 9th graders so they will feel more comfortable with the environment of their new sister school. We will also try to plan social events with the two schools.”
Of the five core values at SLA, which one do you identify with most as a candidate and why?
“I think that I identify the most with the core value of inquiry. I love to find out the answer to question and love learning. I was even voted “Most Inquisitive” in middle school. If a student has a question, as vice president I will do everything in my power to answer that question.”
What is your weakness as a candidate?
“I think that my one weakness will be making too many promises. I know that as vice president I will want to please the students at SLA and make them know that I care about their desires in the school, but because of certain reason those desires might not always be able to be met.”
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