Pierpan Elected as 2025-26 Student Body President

From left: Lincoln Academy’s incoming Student Body President junior Hamilton Pierpan and current Student Body President Otto Schoenthal.

By Dylan Burmeister ’25

Lincoln Academy students elected Hamilton Pierpan ‘26 as next year’s student body president. The result of the election was announced by current president, Otto Schoenthal, at Community Meeting on April 4.

Juniors Noah Arbuckle and Julia Deitrick also ran for the position, which was determined by ranked choice voting. Seniors, but not faculty, were invited to vote in this years’ election, a decision made by Student Council.
Lincoln Academy’s Student Council includes a class president and two representatives from each grade, as well as a representative from the dorm and the Student Body President, for a total of 14 members. The Student Body President works with a faculty advisor to set the agenda and chair weekly student council meetings.
Pierpan plays soccer, baseball, and rugby, and also participated in indoor track this winter. He is involved in Model United Nations and has been a part of student government during all his years at LA.

“I decided to run for president because I had always had aspirations to become student body president, but after the last year and a half, that decision was cemented,” he said. “I want everyone to know that I will be completely transparent and as responsive as possible to any issues brought up by the student body.”

Pierpan said his greatest goals for the upcoming year are serving the LA community, delivering on his campaign promises, and accurately representing the school.

Reflecting on his time as student body president, Schoenthal said his biggest takeaway from the role is that “the community of the school is much smaller than you would think.”

“Once you start to get involved with the more internal parts of the school you start to realize that the people you see every day around campus do a lot more than teach classes or run the Dining Commons,” he said. “Another takeaway is that it can be much easier to accomplish something than you might think. You just have to be committed and flexible.”

Schoenthal believes the best StuCo achievements of the 2024-25 school year were the Homecoming Bonfire, the acquisition of bigger cups in the Dining Commons, and the ongoing renovations in the locker room.

“My advice for Hamilton would be to stay organized and aware of what is going on in the school, and also to stay committed to the issues you’re passionate about because often they can be achieved,” Schoenthal said.

Dylan Burmeister is a senior member of the Talon Editorial Board who has written for the Talon for all four years of high school, as well as interning at the Lincoln County News.