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Chanel DiLoreto
News Reporter
On Monday, October 4, 2021, this year’s class senators and officers were announced. The senators and class officers for each grade are listed below:
Class of 2022
Senators: Mina Chae, Neil Chavan, Eve Cohen, Shiv Sawhney, Jane Shen, and Brendan Weissel
Class Officers: Sarah Laughlin (President), Sydney Finkelstein (Vice President), Caroline Hoban, Andrew Murray, and Aman Singh
Class of 2023
Senators: Carina Bagdasarian, Abigail Handel, Wendy Li, Chris Mundanchery, Lily Paltrowitz, and Wasan Rafat
Class Officers: Andrew Hsu (President), Tom Shimoni (Vice President), Ella Erzin, Rohit Paradkar, and Victoria Stephen
Class of 2024
Senators: Michael Chang, Taban Malihi, Theresa Pinto, Yoonchul Shin, Matthew Zeng, and Emma Zhang
Class Officers: Kevin Yang (President), June Kim (Vice President), Ian Brenner, Adrienne Rae Lirio, and Jonathan Wei
Class of 2025
Senators: Marty Basaria, Zahan Jalisi, Helen Liu, Navaa Malihi, Benjamin Nusinzon, and Shelley Wei
Class Officers: Michael Shen (President), Clio Mcaneny (Vice President), and Belinda Yan
Newton South congratulates everyone who was elected, as well as those who ran.
This year, Sarah Laughlin returns for her fourth and final year in class office and her second time being president. She shares her excitement to be the president for the class of 2022.
For the seniors, Sarah says her “main goals are strengthening [the] grade-wide community for [seniors’] last year by boosting attendance at sports games, theatre performances, and other Newton South events.”
This year will be Andrew Hsu’s third year as a class officer and second year as class president for the class of 2023.
Kevin Yang returns for his second year as class president for the class of 2024. Yang states that “last year was definitely a learning experience,” but it allowed him to “become a more thoughtful person and a better leader.”
This year, he strives to “gain back the field trips and grade-wide events that COVID had taken away,” such as the freshman cruise; Yang says the class office team is working to have a sophomore cruise to make up for the event.
Michael Shen is taking on the role of the first class president for the class of 2025.
