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his year’s Student Council

feedback m eetings to learn what

w orked d ifferen tly than

thoughts were on their constituents' councils o f preceding years. Fominds. r ex­ Junior class president M at­ am pie, under the supervision o f Mr. thew Foster-M oore reflected the M urphy, this year’s elections took im portanct o f cooperation with stu­ place in the beginning o fth e school

dents, saying “W e want to remain

year, rather than at the end o f the

open to the students, and not just

previous year, as has been the tradi­

remain within the Student C oun­ cil."

tion at Prep for quite some time. T h is created a truly fresh start to the

( )ther tasks ofthe Student Coun­

beginningofa new school year. T h e

cil included the annual exchange

newly elected senior class president

with St. D om inic's Academy, the

John H allanan stated “I would like'

.Sending o f “candygram s” to sister

to see the council have a more lasting

schools on V alentine’s day, inviting

impact on the Prep com m unity as a

guest speakers, running many d if­

whole, so that Prep is left a better

ferent fund-raisers, and supplying

place.” T h is eloquent statement was

food for hungry students on the

the goal o f the Student C ouncil,

W alkathon.

throughout this year.

. Every m em ber o f the Student

Student Council m eetings were

Council, from the newest freshman

held a p p ro x im ate ly every tw o

to the confident senior, was deter­

weeks to gain updates o f current

mined to m ake a lasting impression

events around the school and to

on the school. All year long they

discuss new issues. O ne o f the first

worked diligently to m ake the Prep

issues which was debated was Prep’s

com m unity a better place for all.

grading policy and the weight o f

D raw ing from the student body’s

exam s. Always eager to hear from

ideas as well as their own, they

thestudent body, theStudent Coun­

opened new doors to a variety o f

cil employed surveys and regular

discussions and events.

Front Row: Eric Estevez, Jo h n Hallanan, Craig Addeo, Ashish Thaker. Back Row: A. Generoso, W illiam Fitzgerald,Brian Yun, Anthony Geraci. Missing: Gerard Aro, Gregory Conti, Daniel Finn, M atthew Foster-M oore, Sean Glasser, Agustin Gonzalez, Brian Healy, Brian Hess, Patrick McGovern, Ed Pickett, Robert Sunga, Ju d e Tiscornia.

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