The votes are in: your student representatives for 2025-2026 have been announced!

As the 2025-2026 school year started, student representatives were elected by their peers from The Village High School. Students chose representatives that they believed would represent their interests and work with school administration the best. 

9th – 12th grade has four student representatives for each grade. Your student representatives are responsible for communicating important updates and gathering suggestions for improvement. From student government activities to town halls, they will be your go-to sources this year to facilitate the relationship between students and school administration. Combine that with coordinating grade-level events and promoting school spirit, the student representatives have a lot of pom-poms to uphold as your professional cheerleaders. 

Find your student representatives in the list below: 

9th Grade:

• Mohammed Morkas ([email protected]) 
• Aliana Henderson ([email protected]) 
• Gary Gao ([email protected]) 
• Ayse Demirbas ([email protected]) 

10th Graders will have to wait for their reps.; due to lack of quorum, 10th Grade Student Reps. have not been announced. According to The Village High School Assistant Principal Jennifer Thomas, only half of the 10th Grade voted for their Reps., and the results will be released soon. 

11th Grade:

• Ryan Braquet ([email protected]) 
• Junhao Cheng ([email protected]) 
• Sophie Newman ([email protected]) 
• Tvisha Prasad ([email protected]) 

12th Grade:

• Maria Antunes ([email protected]) 
• Uzair Jinnah ([email protected]) 
• Brooke Oyewole ([email protected]) 
• Mark Tripulskyi ([email protected]) 

So, how will your Student Reps. live up to their titles? Will they manage to represent entire factions of the student body?

First off, being a Student Rep. often has a requirement: passion. Class of 2026 Rep. Uzair Jinnah and Class of 2029 Rep. Gary Gao shared that this characteristic is their personal strength. 

However, passion won’t be all it takes to run a smooth Student Rep. term. For Class of 2026 Student Rep. Brooke Oyewole, the demands of senior year seem to be a roadblock on the horizon. “The biggest challenge I expect to face is a lack of participation from our grade,” Oyewole said. “I’ll combat this by making it a priority to hear everyone’s feedback and find ways to make participation simple and stress-free.” 

Balancing different opinions among the student body is also an important job that Class of 2029 Rep. Aliana Henderson is preparing for. “I expect to face many mixed opinions but also some possible disagreements, so I’ll have to maneuver through them,” Henderson said. 

The most important impact of all, is how each rep. will be perceived by their peers by the end of the school year. For Class of 2027 Rep. Ryan Braquet, he hopes his class will describe him as “dedicated” by the end of his term. How will he do so? “I will form and execute plans with organization and determination,” Braquet said. 

Throughout the year, any ideas, concerns, or questions about school events, should be directed to your student representatives.

“I’d want my class to describe me as reliable, someone they can count on no matter what,” Class of 2026 Rep. Maria Antunes said. “I will always put in the work to ensure everyone feels represented.”