Every year students vote for their new student council class officers, but these are only one type of student leaders. Almost every club in SCHS has some sort of student leader. These include a student body president or a captain of a sports team. These leadership positions can be helpful for students and teachers alike, and they can give skills to those who are in them.

“Leadership opportunities in our school can help students to develop useful qualities for work environments,” sophomore class secretary Audrey Brown said. “As well as build confidence.”

Being a leader can help students later in life by increasing self confidence and help students succeed in work environments later in life.

While leadership positions can help those who are in them, there are also many ways people who are not in those positions can be helped as well by them. For example, teachers may not feel as stressed out about running a club, or other students may enjoy the feeling of knowing that their complaints might be heard because it is a fellow peer in the position of power.

“I feel prepared for more stressful and real life situations because being a leader has really prepared me for that,” Rubies officer and senior class president Payton Carey said.

Student leaders benefit everyone in the school community.