On April 28, the East Lansing student section was awarded the title of best student section in Michigan. We won against three other schools, Goodrich, Pewamo Westphalia, and Rockford, by 210 votes.
On April 13th, the @eastlansingstudentsection Instagram account was tagged in a post from @statechampsmich and their sponsor Sam Berinstein’s account @800callsam, which stated, “It’s that time! Let’s vote for the best student section in Michigan.”
The results were drastic, with East Lansing winning with 378 votes, Rockford with 168, Pewamo with 30, and Goodrich in last with 24 votes.
Algebra 1 teacher Madelyn Zink found out on April 28 that East Lansing had been titled the best student section in Michigan from another post from the State Champ Michigan account. In the post, Berinstein himself made a video and claimed that the ELHS student section had won one thousand dollars.
There has been no information about receiving those funds, but if we do receive them, Zink plans to use them to purchase the “fun things” we have in the student section. Some accessories Zink plans on growing our student section with are more glow sticks, pompoms, banner supplies, and other things to help us continue to support our East Lansing athletes.
“I have so many ideas for the student section, and it is ever-changing as the next group of seniors always brings new ideas,” Zink said. ″I just try to help bring them to fruition, so I am sure there will be changes.”
