This year’s annual Winter Ball will be held on December 11. Each year candidates are nominated from each class. There are two candidates from each grade, one boy and one girl. This year’s candidates are Cole Weiser and Claire Meyer (freshmen), Jake Wilson and Emily Scheer (sophomores), Kate Weiser and Jake Glaser (juniors), and Sharon Brewster and Jon Stone (seniors).
Claire Meyer:
Claire likes spending time with friends and family. She participates in FBLA, FCCLA, Student Council, volleyball, and basketball.
Cole Weiser:
Cole is in FBLA, and Young Life. He is a member of St. Peter’s UCC youth group. He also loves hanging out with his friends. Cole says that it’s really awesome to be nominated.
Jake participates in basketball, baseball, and TV Video. He loves to follow all the local sports, and is always full of sports statistics.
Emily Scheer:
Emily is involved in softball, FBLA, FCCLA, and FCA. She is also the Sophomore Class Treasurer. Her favorite color is blue and her favorite food is pizza and Mexican. Her favorite bands are Florida Georgia Line and Five Seconds of Summer. Emily stated, “I am excited to be nominated and to represent my class.”
Kate Weiser:
Kate’s favorite color is yellow. Her favorite foods are chocolate chip cookies, watermelon, and ice cream. Her favorite classes are A+ Tutoring and all of Mrs. Schlafer’s classes.
When asked how she felt about her brother also being a candidate, Kate stated:
“When I got home, my brother asked me who was nominated in my class and I was like ‘I don’t know, who is yours?’. Then he was like ‘Um, I asked you first’ and then I said ‘me’ and then he was like ‘OMG I was nominated too!’ Then I was like ‘This is going to be the best Winter Ball ever’. My dad was like ‘One of you has to drop out because that is just weird’ and then I made "Vote Weiser for Winter Ball King and Queen" signs and put them all over the house. Then I made cookies because I was so excited.“
Jake Glaser:
Jake is involved in Four Rivers. Outside of school, Jake likes to hang out with friends, watch movies, and play video games like Call of Duty and Saints Row. His favorite music artist is Eminem.
Sharon Brewster:
Sharon’s favorite thing to do outside of school is draw and read books like Harry Potter. She participates in cheerleading. Her favorite color is blue. When asked what she thought about being nominated, Sharon had this to say: “I never thought I would actually be nominated so it's really cool to experience something like this.”
Jon Stone:
Outside of school, he likes to do all kinds of sports (running, basketball, frisbee, soccer, etc.). He also likes to play video games, hang with friends, and work on cars. He is involved in cross country, track, NHS, FBLA, and he’s the Senior Class President.
Good luck to all the candidates!