• Jason Lee ends run as ASB adviser

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Jason Lee ends fve year run as ASB adviser

BY MYLES KIM

the third period leadership class and the rest When science teacher Jason Lee became ASB adviser in 2017, he brought with him a fresh of the leadership team, such as class officer teams and Legislative Council,” Lee said. “There were a lot of divisions, so that's why we created the ASCC.” perspective and desire to help student Throughout his years as adviser, Lee’s leaders succeed. After five years of advising, favorite events have been the annual Coffee Lee has decided to step down to focus more House Talent Show and Homecoming — on his role as the science department lead. the former because it allows students to

“I think the ASB adviser is a position that showcase their talents in a laid-back and should be turned over fairly frequently to judgment-free environment, and the latter keep somebody fresh,” said Andrea Badger, because of how chaotic and energetic it is, former ASB adviser who served from 2009 to an atmosphere that Lee feels is impossible to 2016. “What I told Mr. Lee when he took over replicate. is that I felt like I had given everything that The replacement process for ASB adviser I could to the class and I had nothing more is two-fold. First, staff can submit their to offer. The way we were working through names if interested in the position. Then, the program, it was almost starting to get the activities assistant principal decides the formulaic after a period of time, and that panel of student leaders, teachers and staff doesn’t benefit anybody.” to interview the candidate. The informal

The ASB adviser has interview is used to determine many roles. In addition to who has the best vision and communicating upcoming events personality to fit the role. through Schoology, Lee also Lee hopes that the next ASB supports ASB in planning events adviser can carry his energy and and activity logistics. experience and continue the

“He's always been a really tradition of advising a successful integral part of ASB,” senior and student government. ASB president Joe Lin said. “He’s “The little bonding always there to advise us and experiences — all those things help us out with all the various are really valuable, not just for the projects that we have throughout students but also for me,” Lee said. the year.” “What really kind of gets me going

After advising the Class of is working with the students, 2017, Lee decided to become improving their experiences and the ASB adviser in his sixth year having their passions realized. at Lynbrook while teaching That’s definitely something I'm Physiology and Independent going to miss a lot.” Study: STEM Research. During his time as class adviser, Lee was responsible for supervising rally setups, fundraising and attending events. “I really enjoyed advising students as a class adviser and working with student leaders who really wanted to create a positive culture in the class,” Lee said. “Seeing how great students were and how excited they were was why I became interested in stepping into the role as an adviser.” Upon becoming ASB adviser, Lee slowly embedded his own ideas into the class, gaining perspective on how the student body and ASB merge together. One of Lee’s changes was the introduction of ASB, Staff and Class Committee meetings: monthly meetings among ASB officers, class officers and class advisers to be more collaborative in discussing and planning events. “I hoped to try to bridge the gap between MYLES KIM — EPIC

Lee poses in front of the ASB cabinets, where each commission stores supplies, snacks and more. The cabinets were decorated by the commissions in a contest.

TWINKLING junior PROM promOTIONs Juniors garner hype for JProm with many innovative events

BY ANWEN HUANG

Themed “City of Stars,” Junior Prom will take place at the Glass House in Downtown San Jose on Saturday, March 26 from 8 to 11 p.m. In the weeks leading up to the event, the junior class used various promotional tactics to amass ticket sales and excitement.

Hosted in the quad during early bird ticket sales at lunch from Feb. 14 to 18, the Star Jar Guessing Game saw many juniors attempt to guess the number of stars in a jar set on the table where class officers sold JProm tickets. The stars were crafted over five months by 2023 Class Secretary Serenity Chu. Generating hype and promoting sales, the event had students send in their guesses via a Google Form, and the winner, Jeffery Su, was announced at the end of the week. He won a free ticket to JProm.

Juniors Steven Pan and Owen Yuan use a ruler and calculator to calculate the volume of the jar in hopes of guessing the right number of stars. Lina Wang asks Wayne Suh to Junior Prom with a poster that says, “You are the Wayne to my heart.”

The annual JProm Fashion Show featured junior members from InDesign, Lynbrook’s fashion club, and other juniors who showcased prom outfits. This year, it was held at the quad on March 4 during lunch, with models strutting down a runway to tracks like Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” and ABBA’s “Dancing Queen.” They wore pieces from Tuxedo Warehouse, which is offering discounts for the junior class.

Beginning in early February, members of the junior class mastered a class dance during morning practice sessions. Led by choreographers Sophie Au, Edward Sha, Aneesha Jobi and Maya Little, the group of ten juniors put together a performance to Usher’s 2010 hit “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love.” On

March 2, the group performed the dance at the quad as a part of junior Lina Wang’s flash mob promposal for junior Wayne Suh.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Tristan Dowdell, Leo Huang, Allen Wang, Alvin Sun, Edward Key and Edward Sha rehearse for the fashion show.

Juniors Avishi Reddy and Edward Sha dance to the song "City of Stars" as part of the promotional video.

Members of the junior class teamed up to film a promotional video for JProm, which was posted on the class Instagram. In the video, juniors Avishi Reddy and

Edward Sha got ready for the event, showcasing their looks before heading to the Glass

House to dance and provide a glimpse of the venue.