ASB pushes for better club process and positive culture in school

With the start of the new school year underway, the ASB is hoping to rid the school of dormant clubs, work harder to create a positive atmosphere on campus and consolidate the school’s charitable efforts this year.

ASB president Nikhil Goel, a senior, said the school is looking to pick two main charities for the year, one per semester.

“[We want] to work toward making a concrete difference through donations and support instead of stretching ourselves thin with 20 different charities,” he said.

Aside from creating a better atmosphere and working to help the community, the ASB has also made several other changes.

Senior and clubs commissioner Grace Ma said that this year the ASB hopes to be a lot stricter with clubs. Because there were many dormant clubs last year, she said that one of the main goals of the year is to prevent repetition among clubs, or clubs that won’t be active within a month.

“We are also trying to make sure there is a diversity [of clubs] on campus,” Ma said. “It isn’t as great to have a lot of repetition, so we’re trying to combine [similar] clubs.”

Additionally, the ASB has been setting new guidelines, creating new forms and making the club-creation process a lot clearer.

“In past years, there wasn’t really a set guideline for how to create a club, so I think that creating a slightly altered procedure will help,” Ma said.

Ma also said that clubs should have a clear mission statement as well as visions and goals for meetings, if they want to continue on as they are.

“We’ve noticed that a lot of clubs mainly fundraise for their charity, and there’s not much content in terms of their club meetings,” she said. “We’d really like to see club presidents step up and include more activities during their meetings.”

ASB vice president Anup Kar said making sure every club is following through on what they are doing will “help make club day more legitimate.”

Overall, the ASB hopes to make changes in regards to charities, school attitude, and clubs that will create a better vibe on campus this year.

“School is tough and we want to remind people about how fortunate we are to have what we have and work towards spreading more joy,” Board Representative Manini Desai, a senior, said.