Student Council...

Back in 9th grade when I decided to stop dancing, I chose to run for Student Council. I didn't make it although I was really close. The teacher in charge told me that I was his number 1 pick but the others chose 5 other people... so I was not chosen. But I decided that since I was almost done with High School and I still wanted to get involved, I chose to run again for a position my Senior Year.

I remember looking at the board with everyone's name on it and trying to decide what position I was going to run for. I thought that Senior Class would be a ton of fun because I would be involved for the rest of my life. So I noticed that I had a friend on every position. So I knew that I was going to have to run against one of my friends. I first signed up for Senior Class Secretary but then one of my great friends Jennie Hanson decided to run for Secretary and so I decided to switch and run for Senior Class Historian. This means that I was running against my friend Caitlin Ainge.

I was so excited about running for Student Council. I made cool signs and a movie and everything. My slogan was...

Shake Your Money Maker and Vote for Ali Baker

I thought it was so cleaver. I also used the song "Shake Your Money Maker." I gave out papers that said that on them and then I taped a gold chocolate coin to them. So creative I know... Anyways, for the election they split us up into teams. We were narrowed down to two people per position and then they split us up to one per team. Teams were hard but SO much fun! We became a family. We had to do a ton... We made T-shirts, dressed up, made a huge poster, made a display for the glass case, did a dance at an assembly and much more. I was personally in charge of the glass case. Our theme for our group was....

NEWSIES

We went and took a whole bunch of pictures and these were for me to put up in the glass case. We took a big group shot and then individuals and I put our names and positions next to them.

This is the big group shot.

And this is my individual shot.

We had a ton of fun! We seriously spent every waking moment together! We would start right when school got out and would end around 11 at night. I remember that the night before the big poster was due we pulled an all nighter! I was exhausted but it was all worth it!

This is a picture of me and some teammates coming home in the car after taking pictures!

After it was all said and done we had a huge assembly after school. They invited everyone and it was mostly the contestants and their parents. It was in the gym and they were going to announce who won. They used skits to tell who won and they did it by using some part of their name in the skit. My mom recorded mine and here it is...

I was so excited!! I couldn't believe that I won! I remember thinking that all of my hard work had paid off!

This is my dad and me after I won!

Student Council was my dream! I knew that I would be able to go places in life because of it... It might even help me get a scholarship someday! I loved every minute of Student Council and all of the things that I learned from it!

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