Student Government

What Is Student Government?

Student Government (SGA) is an organization that plans school events, reflects on the student body's concerns, and collaborates with P.K. Yonge’s administration to propose solutions with the students in mind. Student Government is a class during period zero on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 8–9 in the mornings. Through this class, members have the opportunity to build their leadership skills and develop an understanding about the process of government.

Who Is Student Government?

2024–2025 School Year

Advisor: Megan Koppitch

Student Body Officers

Student Body President: Destini Williams
Student Body Vice President: Elliot Pancoast
Student Body Secretary: Isabella Lemos
Student Body Treasurer: Isabella Acuna

Senior Senators & Representatives

Senior Senator: Ginai Slater
Senior Senator: Moo Nam Wometcha
Senior Representative: Audra Cantrell
Senior Representative: Eryn Dix
Senior Representative: Harper Jose

Junior Senators & Representatives

Junior Senator: Peyton Janicke
Junior Senator: Norah Pancoast
Junior Representative: Summer Mandrell
Junior Representative: Sage Parks

Sophomore Senators & Representatives

Sophomore Senator: Campbell Johnson
Sophomore Senator: Jay Morant
Sophomore Representative: Chioma Anumba
Sophomore Representative: Ella Grace
Sophomore Representative: Lyla Grossman
Sophomore Representative: Saniya Long
Sophomore Representative: Marina Marchman
Sophomore Representative: Aurora Martins-Rocha
Sophomore Representative: Valeria Valentina

Freshman Senators & Representatives

Freshman Senator: Ziyair Harvey
Freshman Senator: Logan Sprague
Freshman Representative: Cielle Ksstentini
Freshman Representative: Emily Le
Freshman Representative: Lillian Tomlinson

Middle School Student Government

Middle School Student Government started in spring 2025 and provides leadership opportunities for students to support school events, fundraising, and community initiatives. They serve as a voice for their peers while fostering school spirit and engagement.

2024-2025 Middle School Representatives:

Hopper Borchgardt
Breille Commeret
Julieta Sipowicz Wu
Ivory Elliott
Aydan Thompson
Joaquin Prieto
Colbie Scott
Andrew Davis
Cici Rios
Solei Ortiz-Guidey
Harper Long
Aaron Bertrand

Elementary Student Government

Elementary Student Government launched in spring 2025, with 5th-grade students mentored by high school Student Government members. They support fundraising, school spirit, and events while representing PreK-5th grade students’ voices.

2024-2025 Elementary Representatives:

Christian
Adoria
Stella
Liana
Queen
Alexis
Ella
Jillian
Josephina
Craighton
Kaden
Rowan
Alyssa
Sergio
Brown
Caliah
Arnav
Luke
Alexandria

What Are the Things Student Government Runs?

Year-Long Committees

Athletics
- The athletics committee organizes wave rallies, student section themes, and promotes athletic events by creating Instagram posts!
Communications
- The communications committee focuses on updating the school activities calendar and creating announcements/social media posts.
Elementary SGA
- The elementary committee is focused on building strong relationships between secondary and elementary students through workshops, mentoring, and guidance.
Staff Appreciation
- The staff appreciation committee makes and organizes gifts for PK teachers and staff. This committee celebrates everything from birthdays and weddings to retirements. They make cards and stickers and buy gifts to show appreciation to all of the teachers and staff in our school.
Senior Events
- The senior events committee is responsible for planning and creating engaging events for the senior class to celebrate their achievements and school journey as they approach graduation.
Policy/FASC
- Our policy council communicates directly with the administration to plan events such as town halls for student questions. P.K. SGA is a part of FASC—the Florida Association of Student Councils. The policy committee is also in charge of any FASC-related events, including writing resolutions and creating a constitution.
Community Service
- The community service committee serves as tour guides for prospective families, organizes food/clothing/toy drives for local charities, and provides teachers with student representatives to help with activities happening around the campus.

Exclusively First 9 Weeks Committees

High Tide
- High Tide is an annual homecoming pep rally/showcase. Organizing this event involves communication with many clubs and individuals to have a successful show.
Homecoming Court
- The homecoming court committee works on the process of electing members of the homecoming court. After people are elected, they coordinate the participation of the homecoming court in the football game, High Tide, and the homecoming dance. Members also plan and advertise homecoming spirit dress-up days.
Homecoming Dance
- The homecoming dance committee plans and organizes the dance. This includes getting decorations, DJs, and planning the date and location of the party. This committee also works on advertising the dance through posters and social media posts.
Homecoming Parade
- The homecoming parade committee works to organize the annual homecoming parade and prepare for the event. This includes reaching out to members of the community, such as the Fire Department of Alachua County, the University of Florida Police Department, and the UF cheerleaders along with Albert and Alberta, to invite them to take part in the event. The committee also communicates with teachers, faculty, staff, club sponsors, and coaches to distribute information about the route, timing, and viewing areas for the parade.
Club Showcase
- The club showcase takes place at the beginning of the school year for secondary students to learn more about the wide range of extracurricular clubs available at P.K. Yonge.

Exclusively Second 9 Weeks Committees

Winter Market
- The winter market serves as a space for our extracurricular clubs and teams to sell items for fundraisers.
Winter Spirit Week
- The winter spirit week committee works on developing dress-up days for the week before winter break. They also sell candy grams during the week that kids are able to buy, and the Student Government will deliver them to the students.
Deck the Halls
- Each grade is assigned a theme and a hallway to decorate as a competition between grade levels.
Pickleball Tournament & Cookout
- This committee organizes and plans a fun event consisting of a pickleball tournament and the selling of food in a cookout style as a fundraiser for SGA.

Exclusively Third 9 Weeks Committees

Prom (Juniors Only)
- In this committee, members plan everything for the prom dance in the spring. They work on location, time, decorations, DJ, food, drink, and so much more!

Exclusively Fourth 9 Weeks Committees

Prom (Sophomores may join the committee with the juniors during this 9-weeks period.)
- In this committee, members plan everything for the prom dance in the spring. They work on location, time, decorations, DJ, food, drink, and so much more!