Where are the student reps now?

Name: Allison Lazarus Graduation year: 2001 School year she served as the student rep: 1999-00 Hometown: River Vale How being the student rep impacted her: “I think it just definitely taught me organization and quite a bit of public speaking as well. To be young and in front of such an important group of people and having them listen to what I had to say and share about our school was...

Name: Victoria Savidge (née Otteson) Graduation year: 2012 School year she served as the student rep: 2010-11 Hometown: River Vale (did not grow up there—moved to NJ from Alabama for high school) How being the student rep impacted her: “I think I think the biggest lesson is just the importance of showing up. I mean, half of my job was just to be someone who was a student who was al...

Name: Megan Zarucha Graduation year: 2014 School year she served as the student rep: 2012-13 Hometown: River Vale How being the student rep impacted them: “I definitely think confidence was key. Obviously, when you're a student representative, you are a student and you are working and speaking with adults. It was great because all the adults that I have worked with were very easy to speak...

Name: Allison Toledo Graduation year: 2015 School year she served as the student rep: 2013-14 Hometown: Hillsdale How being the student rep impacted her: “I think being the student rep was one of the most impactful things I did when I was in high school for a few reasons…it's a huge responsibility that's very different from other clubs or other things that you can do. It's one of the fi...

Name: Chloe Witt Graduation year: 2017 School year she served as the student rep: 2015-16 Hometown: River Vale How being the student rep impacted her: “[The position helped me] find a way to actually share my voice and how I can speak on behalf of the students. [It taught me] how could I share my voice and make it heard and not let age or someone thinking that they have a higher status...

Name: Kelly Petro Graduation year: 2018 School year she served as the student rep: 2016-17 Hometown: Hillsdale How being the student rep impacted her: “Being on the board of representatives as a student rep definitely offered something that just regular student council didn't. Being able to interact with adults in a business type setting and the board setting was really great, to sit ...

Name: Amelia Moran Graduation year: 2019 School year she served as the student rep: 2017-18 Hometown: Hillsdale How being the student rep impacted her: “It definitely taught me a lot about professionalism, and it taught me a lot about the school board [and] a lot of what goes into those meetings. I think it taught me a lot about public speaking and being confident. I also did PV theatre...

Name: Evan Scalia Graduation year: 2023 School year he served as the student rep: 2021-22 Hometown: Hillsdale How being the student rep impacted him: “[Working on my public speaking was] one of the biggest things [I got] out of it for sure. [You have to do public speaking when you] go there and [you] have to speak in front of a crowd of important people in the town. I think my public s...