A student with plans to become a massage therapist has joined the Coupeville School Board as student representative.

Junior Hayley Ebersole officially sat on the Coupeville School Board Monday night when she gave her first report. She will be a fixture at the monthly board meetings for the next year. She replaces senior Hayley Waterman.

Ebersole said she will bring a student’s point of view to board meetings.

“I thought I could put out a student voice on the school board as a student representative,” she said.

When not attending school board meetings, Ebersole is involved in athletics. She has competed in volleyball and basketball. As a freshman, she also played softball and, as a sophomore, she participated in track.

She isn’t able to compete in any sport right now. On Dec. 9, the third game of the basketball season, she blew out her knee and she is currently rehabilitating it.

Outside of school Ebersole volunteers, along with her Coupeville teammates, with the Boys and Girls Club, teaching elementary school students the basics of basketball.

Ebersole said she is interested in becoming a massage therapist and is planning to attend a program offered by Whatcom Community College.

“I’m really good with my hands and I’m really good with people,” Ebersole said.

A new person is sitting on the Oak Harbor School Board with the task of informing the elected members about student life in schools.

Kelsey Lambert, a junior at Oak Harbor High School, was recently named student representative to the school board. She will spend the next year attending school board meetings. She replaces senior James Reynolds.

Lambert decided to apply for the position because she wanted to provide a student voice for the board.

“I just think it’s important to have a student opinion since it’s adults that make the decisions for the students,” Lambert said.

Outside of her work on the school board, she is also active in the school’s leadership class and she is the junior class vice president.

She has been busy helping organize events and fund-raisers to help benefit the school’s ASB.

Most recently, she helped organize the successful Mr. OHHS event that took place Wednesday evening.

While not at school, she spends time working two jobs. She works at Jet Java, a small coffee shack located north of Oak Harbor. Last summer she was voted best barista in the Whidbey News-Times’ Best of Whidbey contest. Lambert also works as an assistant for a local hair salon.

Lambert is preparing for life after high school. She is already a Running Start student and plans to major in communications. She is considering attending Washington State University.