Colleges and our school’s prestige are determined by the student body and how it interacts with those clubs. With different stories and different interests among people that join clubs students should take into account their interest and their possibility for promotion through positions.  

 “As vice president in Lit Mag I help our presidents to come up with themes for the magazine, and how to design the magazine,” Haley Caudullo (11) the Vice President for Literary Magazine (Lit Mag), says. “We take art and writing submissions from kids here at Plant, it can really be anything, we take it and then we put it into a magazine.” 

Clubs allow for student expression; while simultaneously giving students credit for college for participating in these clubs; the students are able to create something or learn something that is truly close to their interest.  

“We are the student voice of our school,” Jenise Gorman the sponsor of Panther Advisory Council (PAC), says. “We advocate for students and add value to the culture as I feel there has been a lot of negativity surrounding this school year and we want to observe and find the root issue. We all want to be at a place that we love and make a positive impact. With PAC we are actively trying to make our school better.” 

It is important to join a club position that you are interested in and that involves one in a way that is not just an extracurricular to check off the box for college, but rather something that you truly enjoy and want to be a part of to create an impact.  

“I handle all events and socials for the state and the JCL” Anne Werhell (10) says. “I set my mind on this in about august of this year, and when I went to the state forum this year in Orlando, I campaigned the whole time and I ran, I had to apply and run against another girl but I ended up winning in the end.”  

Creating support for different school events, as more often than not students don’t want to participate in school events, especially nowadays, is important. This has been a drastic downward shift as compared to the previous years which had high participation levels. 

“I know that having a student body watching and supporting can make a difference in how you play and how successful you are and we just like to show support to plant students and show that we care about what is going on,” Melina Torres (12) the president of Gold Rush says. 

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