An Incredible Senior Year

At the end of her junior year, Griffiths ran for student body president for the 2018-2019 school year. And she won.

“[Being] student body president has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life,” she said. “That was a dream of mine, ever since I was younger. It [is] something that was really special to me because it was something that I talked about with my dad.”

When Griffiths won the election, she said that it felt like her dad was cheering her on and that he was watching her with a big smile on his face. Her favorite part about being student body president was getting closer with the members of her executive council team as well as Ms. Banta, Mr. Hortsch, and Ms. Peyton.

A goal that Griffiths had going into her senior year as student body president was to make the dances better.

“I just wanted the decorations to be more exciting,” Griffiths said. “My favorite thing [to decorate] was definitely Homecoming this year. I had so many teachers come up to me this year and tell me that they had never seen La Salle look like that during Homecoming.”

During Homecoming week, Griffiths was nominated as a Homecoming princess. And then, at the Homecoming football game, she was crowned the Homecoming queen.

“[It was my dream to be Homecoming queen] ever since I was a little girl,” Griffiths said. “My aunt won Homecoming queen and I used to try on her tiara [when I was little].”

Another goal for Griffiths was to continue being a big sister to others. “As the leader of the school, I wanted to be someone that underclassmen, [and] people in our grade could come to if they needed anything,” Griffiths said. She wanted to be that person that students could approach for advice or even just a hug to brighten up their day.