Rockin’ Around the Holiday Committee

SYLVIA WINSTON
Staff Writer

AHS proudly holds around 75 clubs on its campus; one such club is the Holiday Committee.

The committee is involved in various activities, including canned food drives, holiday grams and the annual Eui Lim Memorial Scholarship. The committee’s main goal is to raise money and send it to a local charity bank.

However, over the past weeks, questions have arisen regarding the club’s name change.

“‘Christmas Committee’ is not the right name because we celebrate more than Christmas,” co-adviser Lori Naylor said.
Naylor and Assistant Principal of Business and Activities Jeremy Infranca discussed some rules on how to name clubs, and both agreed it should be changed.

The committee has clarified that its name is still subject to change in coming years. Regardless, others disagree with the decision to break tradition.

“I don’t like how our club changed our name because ‘Christmas Committee’ was known throughout the school,” sophomore club member Candice Romero said. “Our [current] name has no history or value.”

Regardless, the committee remains dedicated to serving others in need.

“The name [of the club] matters, but not as much as the students learning how to give back to the community with a grateful heart,” Holiday Committee adviser Shi Ming Zhang-Liu said.