By Chloe Konareski – Staff Reporter 

Kayla Markowitz is Senator of the Freshman Student Council. Advocate Staff Reporter Chloe Konareski interviewed Markowitz about the upcoming 2026 Holiday Movie Night. 

Chloe Konareski: What are your goals for the Holiday Movie Night?

Kayla Markowitz: We’re hoping to get a lot of students to go and be a part of something we hope will be really fun and a great way to spend time with your friends before the winter break.

CK: What should students expect at the Holiday Movie Night?

KM: Definitely a movie (“Home Alone”). Also just a fun way to have students to come together. We’re also doing a bake sale so people can purchase snacks during the movie.

CK: Who came up with this idea?

KM: “I think it was a group effort. We all definitely agreed that we wanted to do something before Christmas break because we know it’s a stressful time and we wanted an opportunity to do something fun for students.

CK: What do you hope students get out of the event?

KM: Honestly we just want people to have fun. We made it free to get in because our goal is just to bring friends and students together before the holidays.”

CK: What other activities are the freshman class planning?

KM: Right now this is the most important thing on our minds but we’re coming up with ideas we can do later in the year when the weather gets warmer. We put out a form to all the freshmen asking what events they would like for us to do, a big one was an outdoor event so we’re waiting for the weather to become warmer in order to plan that.