The 2025-2026 school year brings several changes to the FSHA community, and with it new ASB updates.
“This year we switched from morning announcements to intercom announcements because of the new schedule and the fear of running into class time,” Elise Schoettler ‘26, president of ASB, said.
Last year, the morning Zoom announcements dragged into class time. In order to make classes longer while getting out of school at a reasonable time, the new school schedule cut out the extra 10 minutes of Zoom announcements. This change received varied feelings, especially from the returning Tologs fond of the past format.
“I was definitely upset about the change because morning announcements were the highlight of my morning, with getting to see ASB daily and them being funny so early,” Savannah Clarke ‘26, ASB Campus Minister, said. “However, I learned that morning announcements were a fairly recent thing that started during COVID, and I knew there were other ways to make an impact on the student body.”
Many seniors reported missing the morning laughs on Zoom, but received the change with an open mind.
“I personally miss the Zoom announcements, but change is good, and we also get to channel all of the energy that would have gone into announcements and put that into our weekly Pillars assemblies every Monday instead,” Schoettler said.
Regardless of leaving Zoom announcements in the past, Tologs agree that the change is proven necessary, and ASB optimistically looks forward to what this new school year brings.
This year, ASB incorporated more interactive Pillars Assemblies, a response to Tologs’ suggestions.
“I am excited that we are revamping Pillars Assemblies into events with more school spirit and personality. I know a lot of my fellow classmates were very sick of the format of old assemblies,” Clarke said.
“Along with spirit, we are hoping to increase our appreciation for the community and come together to celebrate ourselves and our accomplishments as Tologs. Getting people excited at Pillars could encourage more student speakers to get up in front of the community to share about an experience, exchange trip, or service project they have been a part of,” Schoettler said.
The new announcements and assembly updates, designed to increase community engagement, don’t account for all the new ASB changes. This year, ASB also welcomed a new coordinator: dance teacher Ms. Adams, who steps into FSHA’s ASB with enthusiasm.
“I’m looking at this as an opportunity to create new traditions and for the girls on ASB to choose how they want to be remembered,” Ms. Adams said. “And I really love that I get to know students in a really different way than I do in a dance class.”
Ms. Adams also expresses that her teaching background and enthusiastic personality encouraged her to take on this role.
“I’m very energetic and I come from a big public school background where ASB is a class students commit to and I think seeing a lot of successful ASBs operate with positive impacts made me want to help young people develop their voice, opinions and ability to speak efficiently,” Ms. Adams said.
The student leaders recognize Ms. Adams’ contribution to ASB this year with sincere appreciation.
“Ms. Adams is so much fun, especially when she was bobbing with us [at pillars], and we overall as a team mesh so well with her,” Clarke said.
Other members of the team also positively remark on Ms. Adams’ supportive leadership this year.
“She inspires our ASB team to be bolder and brighter versions of ourselves,” Schoettler said.
“She is truly a role model for all of us and we look forward to leading the school with her by our sides,” Schoettler said.
Although the school year comes with some unexpected changes, FSHA moves forward with excitement and confidence in what they bring and what else to anticipate.
“Perhaps you will see more of us in bobs,” Clarke says.