STUDENT GOVERNMENT
STUDENT ACTIVITY COUNCIL
President(s): Elly Peng
Contact: earlhaigsac@gmail.com
Instagram: @earlhaigsac
Staff Supervisor(s): Patty Koutroubis, Amoy Johnson, Adam Morin, Robert Cameron
Meeting Time & Location: Every Monday @ 3:20 PM (Room 346)
Not Accepting Members • Application Required • < 20 Members
The Student Activity Council (SAC) is Earl Haig’s central hub for student life. SAC organizes key annual events—such as Carnival Day, Carpe Day, and SAC Week, all while facilitating extracurricular activities and initiatives. SAC comprises presidents from all SAC Family Councils (Arts, Athletics, Class Representatives, Clubs, ECO, HaigTV, Junior, Outreach, SOPSS, Social, and Stage Crew), providing a comprehensive representation of the diverse Earl Haig community.
Executives: Elly Peng (President), Pearl Song (Vice President), Eleny Xia (Multicultural Rep), Emma Guo (Junior Media Master), Giota Chalkiotis (Senior Media Master), Joanna Wang (Clubs Rep), Kira Shteiman (Senior Media Master), Koshin Bathmax (Junior Mayor), Matthew Sawaya (Community Rep), Nafas Izadpoor Athletics Rep), Olivia Buckspan (SOPSS Rep), Rachel Abramovich (Stage Crew Rep), Riley Woo (Social Rep), Rojin Khansari-Abyaneh (ECO Rep), Sahar Ahmad (Student Advocate), Stella Cobb (Arts Rep)
ARTS COUNCIL
President(s): Stella Cobb
Contact: ehssartscouncil@gmail.com
Instagram: @ehssartscouncil
Staff Supervisors: Kirk Davis, Mark Ahumada
Meeting Time & Location: Every Wednesday @ 3:20 PM (Room 229)
Accepting General Members • Application Required • 100+ Members
Arts Council provides Earl Haig a platform for students to embrace and discover the arts. The council organizes a variety of events and workshops, including Coffee House, Arts Week Creation Rush, painting sessions, and much more. Arts Council offers General Members and executives the chance to collaboratively design, arrange, and execute monthly arts-themed events.
Executives: Stella Cobb (President), Jina Loh (Vice President), Sofia Van Weerdenburg (Secretary), Sara Hosseinifard (Event Coordinator), Erika Chan (Events Coordinator), Steffi Yang (Artistic Director), Daniel Sadr (Artistic Director), Charmaine Cheung (Artist Director), Erin Chen (Media Manager), Ava Corvetti (Media Manager), Sierra Hajee (Media Manager)
ATHLETICS COUNCIL
President(s): Nafas Izadpoor
Contact: athleticshaig@gmail.com
Instagram: @ehssathleticcouncil | @haigathletics
Staff Supervisor(s): Johnathan Brown
Meeting Time & Location: Every Thursdays @ 8:00 AM (Room 029)
Accepting General Members Only • Open Membership • 100+ Members
The athletics council promotes athletes, facilities and support teams, hosts home games, and hosts charity initiatives and intramurals. Towards the end of the year, they host an Athletics banquet to celebrate the athletes at Earl Haig with rewarding medals for their achievements. Follow their Instagram to see highlights of games and information about future events.
Executives: Nafas Izadpoor (President), Cece Holland (Vice President of Events), Michael Park (Vice President of Team Support), Caitlin Barida (Vice President of Promotions, Abdel-Rahman Mobarak (Advisor/Executive), Ali Mehdi Ajwani (Team Support Executive), Hanna Zahedi (Team Support Executive), Jamie Forbes (Team Support Executive), Isabel Kwong (Team Support Executive), Lucas Lau (Team Support Executive), Helena Gu (Team Support Executive), Amir Dini (Events Executive), Dennis Heroiu (Events Executive), Greta Fang (Events Executive), Nadine Al Saghir (Events Executive), Sungwoo Park (Events Executive), Eirik Andersen (Promotions Executive), Amir Momen (Promotions Executive), Rojin Abghari (Promotions Executive), Sahand Harichi (Promotions Executive), Tina Dehghan (Promotions Executive)
CLUBS COUNCIL
President(s): Joanna Wang
Contact: ehssclubscouncil@gmail.com
Instagram: @ehssclubscouncil
Staff Supervisor(s): Patty Koutroubis
Meeting Time & Location: Every Thursday @ 3:20 PM (Room 346)
Not Accepting Members • Application Required • < 20 Members
Clubs Council facilitates all of Earl Haig's extra-curricular life. We ensure students have access to the plethora of opportunities available including but not limited to joining clubs, creating clubs, hosting and participating in events. Clubs Council is here to assist clubs with promotion, fundraising, liaising information from the TDSB to presidents, and more.
Executives: Joanna Wang (President & Clubs Rep), Czarina Reyes (Vice President), Lucas Pham (Secretary), Daran Divanbeigi (Junior Clubs Rep), Naïa Chouman (Club Monitor), Anna Huo (Club Monitor), Daniel Rayati (Club Monitor), Sydney Yang (Senior Media Master), Aishi Arora (Junior Media Master), Olive Maeno-McGrath (Junior Media Master)
ECO COUNCIL
President(s): Rojin Khansari-Abyaneh
Contact: ehssecocouncil@gmail.com
Instagram: @earlhaigecocouncil
Staff Supervisor(s): Raj Persaud
Meeting Time & Location: Bi-Weekly Tuesdays @ 3:20 PM (Room 333)
Accepting General Members Only • Application Required • < 20 Members
ECO Council aims to keep Earl Haig a clean, sustainable community, and provide students with the opportunity to learn about pressing environmental issues. They organize 20-30 initiatives yearly, ranging from social media posts to large-scale school events, including waste audits, community cleanups, school visits, and cooking activities.
Executives: Rojin Khansari-Abyaneh (President), Rana Mohammed (Vice President), Christina Le (Secretary), Aria Seydel (WMEC Co-Coordinator), Kaya Grujic (WMEC Co-Coordinator), Emily Baele (WMEC Assistant), Salma Lila (Gardening Coordinator), Ron Shenker (Gardening Assistant), Anina Zhao (Gardening Assistant), Sadie Tseng (Healthy Communities Coordinator), Teya Feldman (Healthy Communities Assistant), Alex Muserai (Healthy Communities Assistant), Lama Abousalem (Media Masters Co-Coordinator), Tvarita Yadav (Media Masters Co-Coordinator), Luisa Darte (Media Masters Assistant), Jiyoung Kim (Eco Literacy Co-Coordinator), Anya Sharma (Eco Literacy Co-Coordinator), Sienna Kot (Eco Literacy Assistant)
HAIGTV
President(s): Giota Chalkiotis, Kira Shteiman
Contact: earlhaigtv@gmail.com
Instagram: @haigtv
Staff Supervisor(s): Marco Parisella
Meeting Time & Location: Every Monday @ 8:15 AM (Room 202)
Not Accepting Members • Application Required • 20 to 50 Members
HaigTV produces a wide range of video and photographic content for the school community. They aim to boost Earl Haig's online presence and influence the school community by centralizing virtual video content on their social media platforms.
Executives: Kira Shteiman (President), Giota Chalkiotis (President), Emma Guo (Vice-President), Rada Zinchuk (Media Master), Rebecca Lui (Media Master), Max Gundogdu (Media Master), Howard Zhang (Media Master). Andy Atzema (Media Master), Leah Sherman (Script Supervisor), Hanlin Zhang (Script Supervisor), Nafas Izadpoor (Publicity Manager), Isabella Lin (Publicity Manager), Alsu Ovezoza (Publicity Manager), Emma Guo (Vice President)
JUNIOR COUNCIL
President(s): Koshin Bathmax
Contact: haigjuniorcouncil@gmail.com
Instagram: @haigjuniorcouncil
Staff Supervisor(s): Ben De Franco, Amoy Johnson, Leslie Fradkin
Meeting Time & Location: Every Monday @ 11:45 AM (Room 350)
Not Accepting Members • Application Required • 50 to 100 Members
Junior Council (JC) executes events and initiatives that encourage 9th and 10th graders to stay engaged within Haig’s vibrant community. By planning events ranging from entertaining sales to informative support initiatives, the council is unbounded by a single area of focus to improve juniors’ leadership skills, acting as an ideal introduction to student government.
Executives: Koshin Bathmax (President), Emily Cao (Vice President), Chloe Han (Events Coordinator), Shaina Momeni (Events Coordinator), Lauren Kim (Events Coordinator), Sara Asadi (Outreach Coordinator), Renee Sharrett (Outreach Coordinator), Justin Tam (Outreach Coordinator), Luisa Duarte (Promotions Coordinator), Angie Wang (Promotions Coordinator), Hannah Zheng (Promotions Assistant), Sally Shen (Promotions Assistant), Sierra Hajee (Media Master), Avni Magendran (Media Master)
LEADERS COLLECTIVE
President(s): Rana Mohammed
Contact: leaderscollectiveehss@gmail.com
Instagram: @earlhaiglc
Staff Supervisor(s): Frances Lue, Tianyi Yan
Meeting Time & Location: Every Tuesday @ 8:15 AM (Room 213)
Accepting General Members Only • Application Required • 100+ Members
Leaders Collective (LC) is one of the largest student organizations at Earl Haig. While organizing numerous events such as the Parent-Teacher Interviews, Holiday Drive, and Financial Literacy Workshops, we aim to foster leadership and bring a sense of community within our student population. Through our yearly initiatives, students are able to leverage their assets and gain life-long skills that will shape them into the leaders of our future.
Executives: Rana Mohammed (Director), Zariya Shaikh (Assistant Director), Phoenix Hsuen (Admin Coordinator), Michael Pasyechnyk (Admin Coordinator), Ethan Liu (Admin Assistant), Mariam Mohammed (Admin Assistant), Sophia Liu (Events Coordinator), Brianna Alberto (Events Assistant), Tvarita Yadav (Events Assistant), Sarah Pan (Opportunities Coordinator), Carissa Ho (Opportunities Assistant), Irina Poenaru (Opportunities Assistant), Fay Wang (Programs Coordinator), Zoobiya Shaikh (Programs Assistant), Sienna Wiitasalo (Programs Assistant), Eno Ma (Promotions Coordinator), Hoon Dao (Promotions Coordinator), Emma Liu (Promotions Assistant), Tessa Norenius (Promotions Assistant), Nidhi Benoy (Special Projects Coordinator), Mia Xuan (Special Projects Coordinator), Grace Fan (Special Projects Assistant)
MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL
President(s): Eleny Xia
Contact: multiculturalehss@gmail.com
Instagram: @multiculturalcouncil
Staff Supervisor: Yanjing Zhou
Meeting Time & Location:
Executive - Every Wednesday @ 3:20 PM (Room 348)
GM - Bi-Weekly Wednesdays @ 3:20 PM (Room 039)
Not Accepting Members • Application Required • 50 to 100 Members
Multicultural Council (MC) aims to create and promote events that allow students to experience cultural diversity and learn about various new cultures. MC hosts numerous school-wide events—MC Lunch, MC Assembly, Cultural Crossroads: Drop-in Program—while maintaining bi-weekly general member gatherings. MC helps ensure everyone feels welcome and included within the Earl Haig community.
Executives: Eleny Xia (President), Nidhi Benoy (Vice President), Naia Chouman (Secretary), Tvarita Yadav (Events Coordinator), Stevany Lee (Events Assistant), Clarice So (Events Assistant), Ritika Saha (Promotions Coordinator), Keerthana Mahesh (Promotions Coordinator), Tessa Norenius (Promotions Assistant), Helena Gu (Promotions Assistant), Greta Fang (Media Coordinator), Cailey Kwon (Media Assistant), Alsu Ovezova (Media Assistant), Sahar Ahmad (Finance Coordinator), Sharmin Salehipour (Finance Assistant)
OUTREACH COMMITTEE
President(s): Matthew Sawaya, Sahar Ahmad
Contact: matthew.sawaya@student.tdsb.on.ca
Instagram: @earlhaigsac
Staff Supervisor(s): Ms. Koutroubis
Meeting Time & Location: TBD
Accepting Executives Only • Application Required • <20 Members
Outreach Committee is the engine behind all SAC school-wide outreach events and initiatives, such as Volunteer Fairs, Truth & Reconciliation Week, and Outreach Week. It comprises two departments, Advocacy and Community, which report to the Student Advocate and Community Rep, respectively.
Executives: Matthew Sawaya (President), Sahar Ahmad (President, Keira Ha (Advocacy), Jayden Ha (Advocacy), Lauren Kim (Advocacy), Andy Derevyanko (Community), Michael Pasyechnyk (Community), Anna Ulkina (Community)
PROM COMMITTEE
President(s): Isabel Luke, Giota Chalkiotis
Contact: earlhaigprom24@gmail.com
Instagram: @earlhaigprom24
Staff Supervisor(s): Aristotelis Telly Mantziouras, Spiros Caraynis, April Salvatore
Meeting Time & Location: Every Thursday @ 11:40 AM (Room 307)
Not Accepting Members • Application Required • <20 Members
Prom Committee is in charge of planning and executing the annual senior prom and making the most memorable night possible. It comprises 7 committees: event coordinators, finance, publicity, video and media rep, artistic directors, communications, and executive assistants.
Executives: Isabel Luke (Co-President), Giota Chalkiotis (Co-President), Jessica Leppard (Event Coordinator), Tamara Kreidie (Event Coordinator), Natalie Puros (Event Coordinator), Phillip Novikov (Artistic Director), Aamrita Dhillon (Artistic Director), Nivedita Nair (Communications), Kira Shteiman (Finance), Shadi Eshtehadi (Finance), Nafas Izadpoor (Publicity), Sierra Hajee (Video and Media Representative), Riley Woo (Executive Assistant), Heba Jawaid (Executive Assistant)
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
President(s): Riley Woo
Contact: earlhagsocialcommittee@gmail.com
Instagram: @earlhaigsocial
Staff Supervisor(s): Aristotelis Telly Mantziouras
Meeting Time & Location: Every Wednesdays @ 8:30 AM (Room 311)
Not Accepting Members • Application Required • <20 Members
Social Committee is dedicated to fostering a sense of community and enhancing student interactions at Earl Haig. They aim to promote socialization and build friendships among students beyond the classroom by organizing events like the annual Semi-Formal.
Executives: Riley Woo (President), Zoe Stuffers (Vice President), Phillip Novikov and Isabel Luke (Artistic Directors), Cole Fisher and Sara Aboutorabi (Publicity), Elizabeth Feng (Communications), Maija Subaran, Jina Loh, Hana Mohamed, and Triatha Yores (Events), Parnia Raghibizadeh and Keri Chou (Finance)
SOPSS
President(s): Olivia Buckspan
Contact: earlhaigsopss@gmail.com | eh.danceteam1@gmail.com
Instagram: @earlhaigsopss | @eh.danceteam
Staff Supervisor(s): Chantal Khan
Meeting Time & Location: Every Tuesday @ 8:15 AM (Room 232)
Not Accepting Members • Application Required • 50 to 100 Members
Student Organization for the Promotion of School Spirit (SOPSS) is the heart of Earl Haig’s student and school spirit. SOPSS organizes spirit weeks, SOPSS assemblies, season-specific events, and general spirit-spreading initiatives throughout the year.
Executives: Laylie Wiesenfeld (Vice President), Antonia Cape (Secretary), Michelle Jeon (Events), Amalia Hendershot (Events), Lydia FFrench (Choreographer), Aurora Alderman (Choreographer), Karishma Chahal (Choreographer), Cindy Miao (Media Master), Kira Shteiman (Media Master) and Renee Sharrett (Media Master)
Dance Team Captains: Lydia Ffrench, Maviah Monteith-Green
STAGE CREW
President(s): Barbod Bagheri
Contact: stagecrew.ehss@gmail.com
Instagram: @stagecrewehss
Staff Supervisor(s): Len Hayes
Meeting Time & Location: Every Wednesday @ 8:00 AM (Cringan Hall)
Accepting General Members • Application Required • 20 to 50 Members
Stage Crew facilitates technical aspects of all assemblies, performances, or other events in the school. Lighting, sound, and other technical work for performances such as SOPSS assemblies, band performances, Outdoor events, etc. are run by Stage Crew. Members are trained to provide proper equipment and operate said equipment to ensure all performances in the school are run smoothly.
Executives: Barbod Bagheri (President), Bailey (Vice President), Rachel Abramovich (SAC Rep), Nicole Kulzhabayeva (Media Master)