Our ASB Core officers have five different jobs, President, Vice president, Secretary, Treasurer, and last but not least Public Relations Officer. All of these jobs come with time-consuming, tough, and toll-taking tasks. So who’s up for the challenge?
PRESIDENT
Francheska Luong is a name most people know at Shorewood. She’s the current ASB treasurer, a cheerleader, and also the person that will make someone feel welcomed in any scene. Luong is our 2026-2027 ASB President. When a person thinks about the President, they think of a leader; someone who will devote their time to giving their all for Shorewood, and Luong says that she is ready to do that.
Our future President has many goals for the upcoming school year. One of them is student communication. “I think we’re really missing what students themselves think,” said Luong. “I want to focus on bridging the gap between students and ASB.”
But being president also means having challenges that not many other people face. “I think a big challenge is maintaining a good image but not in the way that most people think,” Luong said. She added that as president, it can be really easy to let the role become you, and most people think the president doesn’t make mistakes, so Luong must learn to have grace with herself and other people.
Going into the 2026-2027 school year, Luong is ready to lead Shorewood to success.
VICE PRESIDENT
Just as important as the president is the vice president, the right-hand man… or woman.
Next school year, that role goes to Sasha Ponomarchuk. Ponomarchuk is president of the Slavic Student Heritage Association, a cheerleader, ASB secretary, and now Vice President.
“I’ve wanted to be Vice President since freshman year,” said Ponomarchuk. “I wanted to give and have the high school experience that makes you actually want to come to school”.
The Vice President has many roles similar to the President. “The Vice President has the same roles as the President but covers whatever the President doesn’t have time to do. I also cover the ASB meetings with the secretary,” said Ponomarchuk. “I want to make sure the transition between leadership is as smooth as possible and just make sure all of the leadership is united and hardworking,” she said. “I also want to make Homecoming and Homecoming week successful, because that is probably the biggest ASB event of the year.”
SECRETARY
Out of this whole incoming group, there is only one non-senior: Callie Shyn. Callie is an incoming junior, and is also the only junior in ASB core. Shyn is a cross-country runner, a member of the Debate Club, and was an ASB officer for the 2025-2026 school year. Now, she will be the 2026-2027 ASB Secretary.
But what does the secretary do? “I take notes at the meetings so that we can communicate to everyone what’s going on,” Shyn said.
One of the things that means a lot to Shyn is student recognition. “The more we recognize our students and the special things they do, not just the athletics but also the activities and the arts,” said Shyn.
She has many reasons for wanting to be ASB Secretary – one of the main reasons was “using ASB for what it was actually for”: “I want to make a change and take advantage of ASB the best we can,” Shyn said.
Shyn said being the secretary, to her, means bridging the gap between students and ASB. “It’s making a bridge between the school community and the adults,” said Shyn.
TREASURER
Money, money, money must be funny for Shorewood’s very own 2026-2027 treasurer. Maya Morgan is currently a Public Relations officer , varsity basketball player, and cheerleader. Next school year, she will be the ASB Treasurer.
The Treasurer manages the finances and decides where to put the money the school has. Morgan has many plans for the money: “My goals are to not let money go to unnecessary things and make sure we prioritize things that will directly benefit the student body,” Morgan said.
For her, it’s also about distributing the money to clubs equally. “I want to make sure every club is getting taken care of,” Morgan said. Managing money comes with its own challenges. “It’s going to be a challenge to stay on top of everything because there are a lot of different funding situations in the school.”
Morgan is ready for this school year no matter the challenges. “I’m really excited to take on this role that I have been working my way up to, and I’m really looking forward to working with this core team” said Morgan.
PUBLIC
RELATIONS
Shorewood has many different events, activities, and more, but they don’t work if people don’t know about them.
Luckily, we have one person who’s ready to get the word out to all: Hermon Sereste. Sereste is president of the Melanin In Medicine club, an ASB officer, and an active member of the National Honor Society.
“I love posting, and I love putting things out there. I looked at the description for ASB Public Relations and thought that was the best fit for me,” said Sereste.
A Public Relations officer mainly deals with promoting things via social media, including sites like Instagram and TikTok. “Events being posted, volunteering opportunities, fundraisers for specific clubs or sports… I just make posts about that and try to inform all the different classes,” Sereste said.
She also wants to make sure that the incoming freshman knows what’s happening at school, and that they are involved. Sereste is doing that through posting. She wants to accomplish many different things next school year, one of the main things being more student activity at the female sports games.
“ I feel like a lot of the time we see many people show up for varsity boys basketball [or]football, but I feel like the girls’ sports don’t get that much attention,” Sereste said.
