March - June 2018 Issue 1
BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
THE BEAVER TREE
SPRING EDITION
BULLETIN EDITOR
MARIAE JULIA (MJ) ROBIS H
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
ello everyone! I am Mariae Julia Robis but you can call me MJ! I am your new Bulletin Editor and I'm looking forward to meeting all of you. This is my first newsletter this service year and, hopefully, itwill surpass your expectations; I worked extremely hard on making it as aesthetically pleasing as it can be so please READ EVERYTHING! I promise to always put my best effort in making the newsletters and the bulletin board enterntaining. Moreover, our instagram page: @thetechkey will always be updated and active throughout the year. I will be in a lot of the events this year so my goal is to meet EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS and to get to know everyone in the process as well. P.S. Thank you to our new Vice President Ayan Rahman for guiding me through my first newsletter; without him, I would have a much harder time and process in completing it!
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
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CABINET BOARD
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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REMINDERS
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EVENTS
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DIVISIONAL NEWS KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL NEWS CLUB VIP's & THANK YOU's THEME OF THE MONTH
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KEY CLUB PLEDGE
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THE BEAVER TREE
President: Email - pres.thetechkey@gmail.com Facebook - April Su Vice President: Email - vp.thetechkey@gmail.com Facebook - Ayan Rahman Instagram - @ayan.rahman Executive Assistant: Email - executiveassistant.thetechkey@gmail.com Facebook - Carter Le Secretary: Email - sec.thetechkey@gmail.com Facebook - Youssef El Mosalami Instagram - @youssefelmosalami
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2018 EXEC BOA
- 2019 UTIVE ARD
Treasurer: Email - treas.thetechkey@gmail.com Facebook - Nana Brown Instagram - @nana.adjepong Bulletin Editor: Email - editor.thetechkey@gmail.com Facebook - MJ Robis Instagram - @rowbis | @eyevista Webmaster: Email - web.thetechkey@gmail.com Facebook - Jackie Fang
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PRESIDENT
CHIJIUN (APRIL) SU H
i everyone! My name is April and I am the President for the 2018-2019 service year. Three fun facts about me are: I care a lot about the environment, I do yoga every morning, and my favorite author is Haruki Murakami! Key Club has been a huge part of my high school career. I served as an events committee member in my Sophomore year and the Junior School Services Committee Leader in my Junior year. But more importantly, beyond the scope of positions, Key Club has shaped my community and values. Through Key Club, I have found a close group of friends whom I attend events with and the desire to help those around me. The core values of Key Club are now inseparable elements of my life, and I have found that giving back to others has brought me more happiness than the entertainment, materialistic possession, and temporary de-stressors I preoccupied myself with before I started volunteering. So I am so thankful to have been given the opportunity to be involved in Key Club on a deeper level and make sure other members for the 2018-2019 service year will have just as good experience as I did in Key Club. For the new service year, I will ensure that my club is providing the best service possible to its members and help my members find their passion to serve.
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My first plan is to improve the communication between the general members and the board by working with the webmaster to create an app that allows members to sign up for events with the click of just a button, so they no longer have to do the tedious task of filling out their information on Google forms. Secondly, I want to use the 2018-2019 service year to focus on Key Club International’s Major Emphasis, “Our Children: Their Future, Our Focus.” We will focus on helping high school students find their compassion to serve and lead by hosting workshops ranging from informational presentations on climate change to training workshops on public speaking. Thirdly, I want Key Club to further focus on making sure our members are doing meaningful service. Inspired by the contemporary events workshop at LTC and Erica Swirsky, I will declare at the beginning of each month a contemporary issue as the theme of the month. The club will host volunteering events pertaining to that topic for the rest of the month, as well as workshops. The themes of the month will encourage members to do more meaningful work, expand their perception of the world, and help them start their own initiatives!
VICE PRESIDENT
AYAN RAHMAN H
i everyone! My name is Ayan Rahman, and I have the honor and privilege of serving as your Vice President this next service year. Last year, I worked as your Bulletin Editor. I was the one who made these newsletters, maintained the social media, and made all the graphics. As I pass the torch down to MJ, I couldn't be more ecstatic as I can't think of a better person to take my job! For this next service year, we're going to work towards building Key Club's presence further within the school as well as give you guys even greater opportunities to develop your skills as leaders by improving committees, hosting in school workshops, and more. I can't wait to see what next year holds in store for us. Until then, enjoy your summer, and don' forget about Key Club! We will still be holding events for you guys to enjoy if you're around over these next few months. Looking forward to next year! Yours in Care and Service, Ayan Rahman
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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
CARTER LE H
ello! I’m Carter, your Executive Assistant for this year. I’m a rising senior in the Bio Sci major. I look forward to seeing new Key Clubbers and introducing them to everything Key has to offer. I’m confident that collaborating with our committees from the Events to Visual Media to School Services and Yearbook we can make this year our best year yet.
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SECRETARY
YOUSSEF EL MOSALAMI H ey Everyone! I will be your secretary for the next service year. Remember I may be your leader or secretary, but I will always be your friend :D. And yes I wanted you to cringe there. Honestly though, throughout the year if you have any questions regarding Key Club or Brooklyn Tech in general just send me an email and I will be happy to respond. Lastly, I am honored to be chosen to be your leader next year and I promise each and every one of you beavers will have a great time!
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WEBMASTER
JACKIE FANG H
ey! I'm Jackie, a senior in the software major, and I am the webmaster of Key Club for the 2018-2019 service year. As webmaster, I'll be managing the Key Club website and sending out Key Club emails to everyone. This year is going to be full of exciting opportunities!
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TREASURER
NANA-OSEI ADJEPONG
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ey fellow key club members! I am excited to be your treasurer for another wonderful service year. This service year will be filled with all sorts of exciting fundraisers. We will be bringing back past favorites as well as working hard with the new fundraising Committee to bring exciting new fundraisers. I look forward to your help in raising even more money for various charities and organizations! Thanks for giving me the chance to be your treasurer again!
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FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE HEAD VISUAL MEDIA COMMITTEE HEADS
SCHOOL S COMMITTE
ABIGAIL ISAKOV
SIMRUN | ELLEN KOTHARI SETO
BENJA WU
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CABI BOAR
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SERVICES EE HEAD
EVENTS COMMITTEE HEAD
RICKY KE
AMIN
SCRAPBOOK COMMITTEE HEAD
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UPCOMING EVENTS DIVISION 9 ZERO HOUR YOUTH CLIMATE MARCH 7/21 It's My Park at Vidalia Park 7/15 Astoria Cats Flyers Handout 7/15
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JULY
REMINDERS FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Volunteer in the summer events! GO OUT AND HAVE FUN!
SUMMER
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Hi Brooklyn Tech Key Clubbers,
have time to rest in between the events. There were workshops that were This was the first time I went interactive and informative. I to Leadership Training particularly enjoyed the Conference (LTC). I looked playfair because everyone got forward to it a lot, and the hyped up. It was at the night overall experience had lived when we first arrived to the up to my expectations. It was hotel, so it gave us a perfect definitely the time to fall in opportunity to greet other Key love with Key Club again as Clubbers from the whole Ayan had said. Throughout district. We said hello and the service year, we were or introduce ourselves to the at least I was exhausted by people we never met before. the work from the club and We also played fun games the school. It was a time to together. In the next two days, look back and realized that it was filled with awards and we had came so far. We had workshops. made it to the end of the At the night before our service year, but I felt like it departure, we retired the old was just yesterday when we board. As a division, we got inducted. gathered together in front of The LTC was held at Albany, the door early to make sure New York. It was an three that we got the front seats days event, and it felt like a because we wanted to cheer vacation away from the as loud as we can for our school and my normal life. It Immediate Past LTG Patricia. wasn’t really three days In fact, we were holding each because there was only one others’ arms together to make full day and the other two sure that we could be the first days were half days. group to got in as soon as the Basically, it was a conference door opens. I felt my whole to celebrate the success of body got squeezed by all the the service year and install people who wanted to ran in. the new board. We had a Honestly, we were crazy. That pact schedule, but we did night was also an awards
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ceremony. When they were announcing recipients for the Outstanding Officers’ Awards, we were holding each other’s hands tightly. I hoped that all of our executives would got the award because we all had worked so hard this year. I’m
happy that we all got the Outstanding or Distinguished Officer Award. Especially Kathy got the Outstanding President Award, and she had came through a lot of challenges this year. We had also received a lot of other club awards such as the District Fundraising Awards, Perfect Paperwork Award, and many other awards. It was a memorable night with joy.
Overall, it was an unforgettable three days. I’m so proud of the accomplishment we achieved, and I believed that the new board will made more progress next year! QIANTING CHEN
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FEED THE CATS
I like animals, and I think most people do as well, so when I got the opportunity to feed cats, I jumped on it immediately. I chose to be the captain of the event, though I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to do everything by myself, because I was the only volunteer to come that day. But with the help of the amazing lady who feeds the cats by herself everyday I think we did a good job.In total, there were 19 cats, with 2 of them being kittens. I was very upset to find out that one of the kittens had a broken femur from jumping from a really high place. The other cats all had very distinct personality, and even if
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I’m not a cat owner myself, I think some of the cats liked me. Although most of the cats would just ignore me, there was one named Fatima, who was really friendly. She rubbed herself against my leg after I petted her a few times, and I thought that was really sweet. What most surprised me was the amount of work the lady who feeds the cats had to do just to feed each cat. I helped with the cats’ lunch/dinner, and that took 2 hours! That lady told me
that she had to do that everyday, and I was amazed. First, we
sorted out all of the packaged foods, of which there were at least a hundred of. Then, she would old and tie each of at least 10
plastic bags in a way so that each one could be transported easily once full of dry cat food and so that cats couldn’t get their heads stuck in them. I would then fill each of those bags with cat food and tie them up as well. After the dry food was ready, we would move on to canned food, and I helped to open enough cans for about 10 plates of food. DAVID BEKER
FRIDAYÂ VOLUNTEER CORPS
Volunteering in Fort Greene is an event I sign up for regularly. I consider myself an environmental advocate as I do anything that will potentially lead to the sustainability of our environment. In Friday Volunteer Corps, volunteers spend around an hour just helping out in Fort Greene Park; sometimes, we pull out weeds and other times, we rake. It's one of the many events that members can definitely fit in their schedule as it is located right in front of Brooklyn Tech and it happens every Friday. I recommend everyone to sign up for it!
APRIL SU
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INDUCTION 2018
My experience at Key Club’s induction was different from most social gatherings I’ve been to, in a good way. Like a lot of people, I’m not exactly a party person, but I felt comfortable at the induction. Everyone was friendly, and it was really welcoming. It was a good time. In the beginning, a bag of candy was passed around for people to take. Unknowingly, the people who took the most candy had to stand up and tell things about themselves. That was a clever icebreaker, and I think it was a nice way to start off the induction. It was a little awkward talking to people I didn’t know at first, but people do people things, and we warmed up to each other. At one point, we played a round of Kahoot about Key Club, and it was great. (We didn’t win. We weren’t close at all.) Socializing aside, we also listened to people speak about their past experiences with Key Club and how it affected them, and it was nice to hear that Key Club was gratifying and that people were helping others for the sake of helping rather than points. The old board bid their farewells, and the new board was announced, me being one of the new board members. It was a little exciting to see who was chosen and who I would be working with, and the paper that said my name filled my heart with so much happiness. My dad saw the silver certificate, and he just grunted, but I knew he was proud. Typical dad. Near the end, one member, MJ, sang a beautiful song, and it was a lovely way to end the induction. Everything was so pleasant, and I really enjoyed it. I felt a little bad for my friends, who decided not to go, because I felt that they missed out. The induction is an experience that I won’t forget.
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Induction Picture Creds: ERICA SHUM & SHADAB TAJWAR
ELLEN SETO
Memorial Day Parade Memorial Day is an event that is a little special to me because it’s the first event I went to as your event coordinator. It was the first memorial parade I’ve attended and I was happy to honor everyone who has served for our country. In this event, I met two Kiwanis members and they were both very friendly. One of them promised to get us a banner which
he did and the other had a car from the 80s which we had a chance to “ride” as we wait for the event to start. Another thing that made it special is that it’s the first event where more than one executive showed up! With that being said, I hope that more members and executives attend future events because I have been to most and it’s not really that hard!
RICKY KE
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Divisional Training Conference Divisions 8-12 19
@ bayside high schoolÂ
This has been my first DTC ever but since I went to LTC last March, I felt very comfortable with most of the people who attended. I was so happy that DTC took place in Bayside High School since it’s only 30 minutes away from my house; living in Queens is hard when most of the events I go to is in Brooklyn. Because I didn’t have to take a long commute, I had more sleep and I didn’t feel as tired as those who had an hour or two of train ride. On the first workshop session of the day, I learned many tips on how to do well as a Bulletin Editor for the new service year; I even learned a thing or two about being a Webmaster since the workshop was hosted by District Editor Fahad and District Webmaster Unice. They ended the workshop by sharing with us the resources which would be useful in our respective roles. "They ended the workshop by sharing with us the resources which would be useful in our respective roles"
On the second workshop, I attended Self-Defense and it was very entertaining! I expected to learn moves that I already knew but the speaker taught other cool moves that will surely help me in real-life dangerous situations. In the last ten minutes, however, I hopped on to another workshop (Surviving Stressful Situations) because I didn’t have a partner to do the moves with in the SelfDefense workshop. The pizza was great (I HAD THREE!) and the speaker who talked about bullying really managed to make me scream YES or NO every 10 seconds. Lastly, Breakdance workshop was A1! Not because I knew most of the moves and I LOVE BREAKDANCING but because I had a chance to help educate others to learn the art of breakdance! MJ ROBIS
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FESTIVAL
The Tuffy Tiger Fest takes place every year and is run by a nonprofit puppetry organization whose key component is its Tuffy the Tiger puppet. Usually the fest runs an entire block, accompanied by bouncy castles and various attractions for kids. This year, however, rain was anticipated so the fest was limited to the center of Washington park near the Old Stone House. A stage was set up for the puppetry and two fairytale shows were presented for an audience of parents and children of ages ranging from as small as 1 to
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as old as 11. After the show was over, two separate puppet masters led a mini show just for the kids. The parents and their kids could then proceed to the arts and crafts tables where the volunteers were assigned to work by the organizer. The first table had a spin the wheel and a few of the volunteers were in charge of it. They would distribute the prize to the child. The second table contained arts and crafts such as an R2D2 cutout which the volunteers helped to cut out and distribute as well as a tuffy the tiger cutout which would later be made into a puppet. Children used crayons
to color the puppets and found much joy in doing so. Looking at the volunteers, I saw how much fun they were having interacting with little kids. Right from the start, they were so passionate and had so much energy. They came ready to spread and share joy with others. Even until the last moment when we were closing the set up, they still wanted to continue helping out. I’ve never seen these volunteers in school before and without key club, I probably would not have met them. I’m so glad that key club gave me the opportunity to meet these people while volunteering.
ABIGAIL ISAKOV
DIVISIONAL NEWS DIVISION 9
Hey Brooklyn Tech! Division 9 is having a very busy year so far! We held a bake sale to fundraise for our division banner and if you haven’t seen it yet, it is so beautiful! The banner gives us sharks a sense of pride when we walk with it and I’m proud of the division. We had tons of successful events and we even have an upcoming fundraiser, which you should totally go to! We had over 20 members go to the annual Leadership Training Conference, isn’t that crazy? For an event costing over 300 dollars, the turn out was amazing and the attendees who came? Even better. I have had the pleasure to meeting groups of key clubbers from each school as I came to do weekly check ins and every school is filled with such wonderful people my heart is warm rethinking of those moments. Can you believe we had a similar turn out at the District Training Conference, located in DEEP Queens? Key Club is full of dedicated people and learning experiences ready for you. I hope the more you have fun in key club, the more you learn! About who we are, what this organization is about, and maybe throw in some fun facts about me and your board! I look forward to the future and working together with everyone!
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
FLORA TSUI
MIDWOOD H.S.
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Key Club International NEWS & EVENTS
WELCOME TO THE 2018-19 KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL BOARD! (Pictured: (Back row, left to right) Cindy Shou, Grace Ison, Jennifer Harned, Foster Hillis, Braedon Dorchester) (Front row, left to right) Lamiya Kudrati, Krysta Couzi, Leslie Truong, Hannah Nivar (vice-president), Emily Rice (president), Me’Shale Sherwood, K’Lena Schnack, Alice Geng)>> https://www.keyclub.org/news/next-presidentcomes-minnesota/ THIRST PROJECT: March 22 was World Water Day. Millions of children woke up this morning with the task of walking 3.75 miles to fetch water for their family. Millions of women woke up this morning knowing they would spend six to eight hours a day collecting water miles away. The good news: There is hope. How you can help: One could be to schedule a Thirst Project presentation for your club in the fall. Thirst Project members are going back on tour during the fall 2018 semester, and they want to speak at your Key Club. Email Traciemae@thirstproject.org for details. More details on https://www.thirstproject.org/thirsty30/ >>https://www.keyclub.org/news/everyone-deserves-cleanwater/ Stuck with nothing to do this summer? THERE ARE 11 THINGS YOU CAN SURELY DO! >> https://www.keyclub.org/news/11-things-summer/
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Club VIP's
Ms. Multari
2018-19
Mr. Morgan Ms. McKinnon Mr. Gioia Our Kiwanis Committee Representative with our club VIP's.
Thank You... To the 2018-19 Vice President and former Bulletin Editor Ayan Rahman for giving me such intensive training to prepare me for the whole school year as the new Bulletin Editor and for continually giving me advice on my first ever newsletter, to the 2018-19 President Chijiun (April) Su who has been giving me constant motivation in whatever I do, to the rest of our new executive board as well as the new cabinet board for already showing great passion and interest on their new roles, to our advisors and the Kiwanis for making Key Club happen in Brooklyn Tech as well as all over the globe, and, of course, to OUR MEMBERS who work hard with us and help us make BTHS Key Club active throughout the school year as well as in the summer!
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I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions. The Key Club Pledge
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