Student Government Association (SGA) attends the FASC Leadership State Conference

Students from the SGA and Class Councils connect with other student leaders from across the state

Malina Asnani, Content Team Editor • February 24, 2026 • 106 Views

Reflecting on their FASC workshop, SGA advisor and assistant principal Sarah Ray speaks with vocal sophomore Lani Nguyen, communications senior Gavin Murray, and band senior Jackson Murray. They identified the successes and limitations of the event, to plan for following years.

SGA and class council members attended the Florida Association of Student Councils (FASC) Leadership State Conference from Feb. 20-22 for the first time in school history, where they participated in workshops, seminars, and keynote speaker sessions at Dr. Joaquín García High School. The state conference brought together over 1,400 high school and middle school students from across the state to work with other SGA members and learn about leadership techniques.

Cheering on students, McDowell and Murray lead a game of “Queen’s Request,” one commonly played at the Dreyfoos pep rally. The game involved two teams, each collecting an item of McDowell and Murray’s request, and the first team to have collected the item and sit down collected a point. (Malina Asnani)

Prior to this conference, SGA and class council representatives worked on creating project books, which highlighted and summarized events SGA had organized on campus. SGA submitted books in ten different categories to be graded against other schools at this convention, and four of the project books earned awards.

Faculty/Staff Relations Project Book: First Place
Technology Project Book: Second Place
Community Service Project Book: Third Place
Membership Motivation Project Book: Third Place

SGA co-presidents vocal senior Beau McDowell and communications senior Gavin Murray hosted a workshop on the last day of the conference titled “Rally Ready!” During the workshop sessions, they spoke about building “hype” for an event through social media, staying organized while planning Spirit Week, and introduced and played “Queen’s Request” with students, a typical game played during Pep Rally.

Showing a demonstration of a past pep rally dance, student government association (SGA) presidents communications senior Gavin Murray and vocal senior Beau McDowell teach students of game and technique possibilities they may incorporate into their own school’s events. (Malina Asnani)

“It was an amazing opportunity to display our SGA and how we do things at Dreyfoos to students across the state,” McDowell said. “It was also a great bonding experience, and I felt we grew closer as an SGA.”

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