Meet the Presidential Candidates For The 2026 StuCo Executive Elections!

Election Day at St. Mary’s High School for the High School Student Council (StuC0) is coming up next Wednesday, and this year’s campaign trail is not a typical one. With an unprecedented 23 candidates running for the five executive offices in StuCo, the spotlight is on the big prize: becoming President and Vice President. In the race to become Commander-in-Chief of the High School Student Body, four tickets stepped up to prove themselves as worthy of a 5-star rating, with the new voting system. These are:

• Aoto (’27) and Noah T (’27), who are both StuCo veterans and supporting stable, positive, and tangible changes,
• Sosuke (’27) and Victor (’27), both of whom aim to push boundaries with new ideas, such as opening the field after school,
• Terry L (’29) and Terry F (’29), freshmen dark horse candidates who vie to win voters with their youthfulness as their strength,
• Raizo (’28) and Neal (’28), often viewed as an “X factor” in this election.

There was another ticket, featuring Haku (’28), who proclaims himself to be the first candidate to run for both the President and Vice President roles concurrently, although he was soon disqualified for not following electoral procedures

At the time of interviewing, three of the four presidential campaigns that are still running could be reached, namely the Aoto-Noah T, Sosuke-Victor, and the Terry Brothers campaign, and out of the three, the first two agreed to an interview, with Victor (’27) acting as a representative for his campaign. Below are their responses.

INTERVIEWS

Question 1: Tell us a bit about yourselves.

Aoto (’27) and Noah T (’27):

“Noah is a 3-sport varsity athlete who also plays drums in the varsity jazz band. He loves doing many activities, but his main hobby is running, which he competes in. he loves eating and then burning all those calories in one run. Aoto is also an athlete and a singer who takes part in the musical each year. He also loves being active.”

Sosuke (’27) and Victor (’27):

“I am half Japanese and half American, a St. Mary’s veteran who has lived here my entire life. I am a straight-A student and actively involved in a wide range of extracurricular activities.” (SOSUKE)

“I’m French, I joined st Mary’s in 10th grade. I lived in Paris, Shanghai, and now Tokyo. I’m very academic; I have a 4.5 GPA. I speak 4 languages fluently (English, French, Spanish, and Japanese).” (VICTOR)

Question 2: What does being Executive President and Vice President mean to you?

Aoto (’27) and Noah T (’27):

“To us, it means to be a great way of communicating between what the students want and the administration. We want to be a great representative of the student body and play a crucial role in the upcoming school year.”

Sosuke (’27) and Victor (’27):

“To me, being president means serving as a student leader who truly represents the student body and works to improve school life. A president listens to students’ ideas, concerns, and challenges, and communicates them effectively to the principal and administration, acting as the voice of the student body.” (SOSUKE)

“Being an Executive Vice President means helping President Sosuke in every way possible. It always means being the intermediary between the Administration and the students.” (VICTOR)

Question 3: Why do you two want to run for Executive President and Vice President?

Aoto (’27) and Noah T (’27):

“To be honest, it’s because we’ve been in StuCo for so long and we’ve seen big ambitions through 3 generations of presidents, but none of them seemed to work out. We want to take this chance to use the experience we have and accomplish things that are actually feasible and representative of what the students want.”

Sosuke (’27) and Victor (’27):

“I want to run for this position because, as someone who hasn’t been in this school for my whole life, I truly recognize the value of St.Mary’s and how great a school it is. I want to help the students feel even better within the SMIS community.” (VICTOR)

Question 4: What are your plans if elected Executive President and Vice President?

Aoto (’27) and Noah T (’27):

“We want to focus on making the daily life at SMIS have more spirit through small events and daily activities. We think that a less dull school life is crucial to building a strong community. We’re thinking like spirit weeks or Secret Santa.”

Sosuke (’27) and Victor (’27):

“Our general plans are to change the Advisory, allow more access to the field and facilities, offer a high school tutoring program, and have more inter-school events.” (VICTOR)

Question 5: What are your views on StuCo v2.0, and what do you plan to do with it as Executive President and Vice President?

Aoto (’27) and Noah T (’27):

“I think this is just unfortunate that the visibility of StuCo is not there, but that can definitely be fixed with StuCo v2.0 and everything else becoming better. We wanna play a key role in this transition.”

Sosuke (’27) and Victor (’27):

“We think StuCo v2.0 is a great way to get students more accurately engaged with the voting, and we plan on getting the highest rating possible.” (VICTOR)

Question 6: Why should people rate you 5 stars when voting?

Aoto (’27) and Noah T (’27):

Sosuke (’27) and Victor (’27):

“People should vote for us because we have extremely good credentials, and our plans are actually doable. We’re also the founders of the student-led campus tour, which shows that we’re actually able to lead projects.” (VICTOR)

CONCLUSION

This year’s Student Council has undergone a lot of change with the StuCo v2.0 Initiative, and the candidates in this year’s election are under the new reforms. Each ticket presents an optimistic vision for the future of school life, and voters can only hope that the winners will succeed in bringing necessary and positive change to the community.