Thirty-one fourth- and fifth-grade students had their hats in the ring for four Student Council Officer positions. In support of the school's month-long focus on citizenship, the election process included an opportunity for each candidate to deliver a campaign speech to the third-, fourth- and fifth-grade classes on Nov. 4, and each candidate displayed one homemade campaign poster in the school cafeteria during the previous week.

The election was held in all third-, fourth- and fifth-grade classes on Nov. 5 by paper ballot, and the votes were tallied by Student Council advisor Stacey Ging. Principal JoAnn Scott is looking forward to working with the new officers and the entire Student Council to implement their planned projects during the school year.

Shown are the newly elected 2015-2016 South Bay School student council officers (from left):
Chris Critchley (president), Christopher Graham (vice president), Billy Colloca (secretary) and Gabrielle Martorella (public relations director).