Mrs. Aston: The Legacy Behind Redwood ASB

Mrs. Hailey Aston, the ASB (Associated Student Body) advisor is leaving the position, and shares how she feels.

By: Beth Musto

Current ASB advisor, Mrs. Hailey Aston, is leaving her position. She is going to continue to teach at Redwood, but as a P.E. teacher.

She has been teaching as the ASB advisor for 6 years, starting her Redwood journey back in 2019.

Mrs. Aston said that the ASB position was her first introduction to Redwood High School. Saying, “So ASB was my first introduction to Redwood and to Redwood culture and all things Redwood. And I love it clearly. 
So it is bittersweet because I love this position, and I love what we have done here, and my kids are the best. Like, I love them.”

After working in the same department for 6 years, Mrs. Aston has realized how much she loves working for Redwood. But, also how much the job takes.

“But the job requires a lot. 
It requires a lot of time, a lot of effort. And sometimes it can just be exhausting as a teacher. And so I’ve done it for six years and loved every minute of it, but now I think that I’m just ready for a change,” said Mrs. Aston.

Being a part of ASB takes a lot. With putting up every event, planning spirit weeks, and staying at school late for football games, Mrs. Aston wanted to switch it up a bit.

She said, “And I am ready to not be here every night until 6:30 and at 11:30 at night on football games. And it will be nice to be able to go enjoy all of the aspects of Redwood, just from a teacher perspective and not from the advisor who’s having to put on all of the events and manage those.”

Before Mrs. Aston became the ASB advisor, she was a P.E. teacher at a different school. After leaving her current position, she will still be on the Redwood High School campus, but as a P.E. teacher.

“Yeah, so I am just transitioning from ASB into P.E..
I’ll still be a part of the P.E. department and be at Redwood, which I’m really grateful for,” Mrs. Aston said.

With a big school, comes big spirit and big traditions. Redwood as so many memorable traditions. Homecoming, Cowhide, Love week, Mr. and Mrs. Ranger, Powder Puff, Buff ball, there are countless of traditions that Redwood holds.

Mrs. Aston said that there are so many traditions at Redwood, that it’s hard to choose one. During Cowhide and Love Week, each teacher and staff member on campus gets a cow spot and a heart with their name on it.

Mrs. Aston said, “Obviously, Cowhide and everything that goes with it is one of my favorites. So that is really cool. 
Powder Puff, for some reason, will always have a special place for me. I absolutely love to see the girls out there doing something that’s foreign to them and succeeding and doing so well, and then getting to see the boys be goofy and try and see how hard cheer and dance is, that’s fun for me. So those are just a few of the traditions that I love.”

After being with ASB for so long, everyday is a new learning opportunity. With different cultures, different backgrounds, different personalities, it can be a big learning experience.

“I have grown so much as a teacher since being the ASB advisor. One, well, first of all, like how to manage large scale events and 60 ASB kids who all want to do different things and have different personalities. So it’s been huge in teaching and teaching me how to deal with different personalities, especially when it comes to adults as well,” Mrs. Aston said.

She also explains that working with different people has taught her so many things, and that it’s really beneficial. “And then learning how to build [a] school culture is something that was huge for me, that I think that I can take on and learn how to build culture in other places, now that I’ve learned how to do it here,” she said.

Sophia Diaz, ’26, will be the ASB president for the 2025-2026 school year, and feels sad that Mrs. Aston will be leaving the position.

Talking about Mrs. Aston, Diaz said, “She’s has always been a really big mentor to me. Not just to me, but to everyone in ASB, she’s been such, like an adult we can look up to, [and] she’s always there to support us. She’s always been an adult we can talk to whenever we need.”

“Not only is she a good teacher, but she really pushes us and she really pushes all of us to be hardworking because she knows that we all have potential and she knows that we all can do something good. 
And I think in all of us, she definitely sees a hard-working student and I really think she’s always been such a good teacher,” Diaz said.

Diaz said that Mrs. Aston has made it clear that her classroom is always a safe place. No matter what any student might need, Mrs. Aston is there to help and provide great feedback.

Diaz said, “She’s been a very open teacher, and a very welcoming teacher to all of us, and she’s provided Redwood and she made Redwood feel like home for me.”

Mrs. Aston wants to let all of her students know how much she loves them.

“My parting message is I absolutely love Redwood and that’s why I chose to work really hard to stay here.
I didn’t want to leave ASB and not get to be a part of what Redwood is, and that is purely because of how great our students are. Our staff is great too, but the kids are the ones who make Redwood what it is. And so that is one of the reasons I fought so hard to try and stay here and all of that.”

“So, and lastly, I will miss my students so much.
Like, I’m not sure they realize how much I will actually miss them. So I hope I still get to see them a lot,” said Mrs. Aston.

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