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The Hazelwood Central High School Student Council was elected to serve as 2010-2011 president of the Gateway District of Missouri Association of Student Councils, making the school’s council responsible for planning, coordinating and hosting the district conference in November 2010.

The Gateway District serves councils in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and St. Charles and Jefferson counties. It is open to public and private middle, junior and senior high schools.

“I think it’s a big honor,” said Katie Wayne, English teacher and co-sponsor for Student Council.  “The students know it’s an honor and it’s a good motivator to keep them aiming higher.”

Through a nomination and voting process, members of the HCHS Student Council campaigned vigorously at the 2009 conference, held at Webster Groves High School in November. The campaign included posters, detailed explanations of the school’s community service projects, T-shirts, candy and a skit performance.

The skit was written by Ezra Anderson, a senior, and vice president of student council. He explained that there was an outer space theme so they went with the idea of “exploring the unknown to find something different.” The council used Buzz Lightyear of Disney’s movie “Toy Story” for inspiration. They designed a costume out of cardboard to wear onstage in depiction of Lightyear.

“Three other schools are officer schools with specific responsibilities to help with the conference, but the majority of the responsibility falls with Hazelwood Central because we are the host school,” the sponsors said.

“The cool part about the day is there is a lot of sharing of ideas to make all student councils stronger,” said Brown.

The 2010-2011 officer schools supporting Hazelwood Central High are Fort Zumwalt East High School, first vice-president; Parkway Northeast Middle School, second vice-president; and Wentzville Timberland High School, secretary.

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