Acceptance Speech - Election

Situation 1. You won as President in the Supreme Student Government Election 2020. To our dear teachers, school administration, and most especially, to my fellow students, I stand before you today as the newly elected President of the Supreme Student Government of our dear school. I am in so much gratitude for all the trust that you have given me of assuming this position. I am humbled by your confidence that I will be able to lead and represent you on the student government. Additionally, I would like to thank the other candidates who ran for office. You all carried out fair campaigns that made for an exciting and competitive election. I was intrigued by many of your ideas and insights, and I hope that we are able to implement some of the excellent suggestions you all had. To my fellow students, thank you and I assure you that I will work hard on your behalf, listen to your ideas and do everything in my power and capabilities to make this school the best that it can be. I am here, not only for the position, but also to grab the opportunity to be friends with everyone. And like a good friend, I promise to be transparent and honest with you about the challenges that our school faces. I will do my best to communicate with you at all times possible and keep you informed. As your friend, I will be asking your open arms to help me accomplish my visions for our school this year. No one person has all the answers or can do all the work. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Together, we must be strong and cooperate to achieve our endeavors. As your newly elected president, I promise to take into account each of your interests and your voices on the many issues we will face during the upcoming year. When I was first nominated for this position, I polled a sampling of the school body to find out what it was that you wanted to see happen over the coming school year. You had some great ideas, and I listened to them. It was on those suggestions that I built my campaign. Now that you have chosen me as your president, I am ready to deliver on those promises I made to you. In these trying times, we are all in shocked of what happened to our normal way of learning as students. The “new normal” has allowed us to continue achieving our dreams but we are coping up really hard because we are not used to it. The topmost of my priorities are concerned about maintaining the relationships and mental health of our students by giving them the platform to speak out their unheard ideas and concerns. We will create a committee of students who will handle the grievances of our fellow students with the guidance of our advisers, for them to be able to express their thoughts in a way that they will be protected of their identity. We will promise anonymity so that they will be encourage to voice out their true concerns without holding back. Students should be heard and we are here to make it possible. In connection to that same purpose, I, together with my officers, would conduct educational and entertainment projects such as online poster-making, spoken poetry, singing, dancing, literary writing, quiz bee, and a lot more competitions to still continue bringing out the potentials and the best abilities of our students. In these endeavors, I hope to motivate and encourage our students that the show must go on, that despite these trying times, we can all do something worthy and exceptional. The talents of our students are there and are always with them, and the one thing that we can do is to provide them a platform to unleash their potentials and showcase what they can do to everyone. These unforeseen changes give me a good place to start, but it doesn’t end there. I want to continue hearing your ideas, getting your feedback, and finding out more ways I and your new student government can better serve you. Let’s make this school year full of hopes and joy. To that end, we’ll be making a Facebook group where you can speak your ideas. Feel free to let us know what you’re thinking. You can either include your name, for follow-up purposes, or remain anonymous. We promise to give each comment the consideration it deserves. It’s not about what we can do on our own; it’s about representing you to the best of our abilities. As your President and your dear friend, I believe in you, I believe in our school, I believe in our ability to work together for something great. As a saying goes, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” Please help us do that. Together we can make this school an even better place to learn. Thank you again for your support!