brooklyn tech the beaver tree
february/march 2020
EDITOR'S NOTE HEY KEY CLUBBERS! Thank you for taking the time to read the newsletter and submitting things for me to include here! I really appreciate it.
Sadly, the end of the 2019-2020 service
come to appreciate my time in this club
year is here, which means this is my last
and the service I've done.
newsletter as your club editor.
I hope you all enjoy my last issue, and stay
I had an amazing time serving as Brooklyn
safe
Tech Key Club's bulletin editor. I was able
this together!
to meet really awesome people and be part of this huge community. As my third year in Key Club comes to a close, I've
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among
chaotic
times.
We're
all
in
YOURS IN SERVICE, ELLEN SETO BULLETIN EDITOR 2019-2020
KEY CLUB
GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY
for you to get hands on with your community and lend a hand to those in need, and you start to realize how much one person can change the world.
e. zhang '22
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 6 7
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reminders follow us executive board
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cabinet board executive remark our events
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updates
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division news
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district news
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international news
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district board
s
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special thanks
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club vips
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pledge
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reminders THINGS TO
REM EMBER Remember to check your emails and our social media to keep up with our events and updates! Otherwise, you'll miss out on great events and activities. We have a bunch of events, so get your cameras out! You can submit your photos to be featured in the newsletter via our Google photo album. Start submitting articles, too! Watch our member representative videos! Our reps and Visual Media work hard on filming and editing, so please watch them for quick and entertaining updates.
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FOLLOW US
on social media We are a community that focuses on service and volunteer work so
thetechkey Brooklyn Tech Key Club
we can help others and the place we live in.
BTHS KC
Here, we give everyone opportunities to character,
build
thetechkey.club
leadership
and have a place to feel included. We're here to make a difference.
and
make
change our own way.
Follow us on our
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TH E
D R A O B E V I T U C E EX AYAN RAHMAN
president pres.thetechkey@gmail.com @ayan.rahman
YOUSSEF EL MOSALAMI vice president vp.thetechkey@gmail.com @youssefelmosalami 7
ABIGAIL ISAKOV treasurer treas.thetechkey@gmail.com @abyiskv
ELLEN SETO bulletin editor editor.thetechkey@gmail.com @ellnsto
SIMRUN KOTHARI co-secretary sec.thetechkey@gmail.com @simrunkothari
RICKY KE executive assistant executiveassistant.thetechk ey@gmail.com @rickyke03
MARIYA MELEGANICH co-secretary sec.thetechkey@gmail.com 8
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SUZANA MORSHED advocacy committee head advocacy.thetechk ey@gmail.com @suxana.m
DORIS HONG
RICHARD ZHAO
TENZIN DOLKAR
member representative memberrep.thetechkey @gmail.com @dorishongg
member representative memberrep.thetechkey @gmail.com @richardzhaoo
single service director singleservice.thetechke y@gmail.com @word2tenzin
AUDREY WONG
CHENGTAO ZHENG
ERICA ZHANG
member representative memberrep.thetechkey @gmail.com @awdrizzy
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interclub coordinator interclub.thetechkey @gmail.com @ctxzheng
events coordinator eventscoordinator.thete chkey@gmail.com @ericazhng
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CABINET BOARD RAYMOND NG visual media co-head media.thetechkey@gma il.com @raymond_nx
BILLY ZHOU visual media co-head media.thetechkey@g mail.com @billyzh_
IRENE LIU scrapbook head scrapbooking.thetechke y@gmail.com @irenee_beanee
MEEZAB IFTIKHAR fundraising head fundraising.thetechkey @gmail.com @meezab_321
ANDREW ZHOU school services co-head schoolservices.thetech key@gmail.com @_andrewzhou_
JASON GAO school services co-head schoolservices.thetechk ey@gmail.com @itsjasons_
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PRESIDE EX E C U T I V E EMARKS
R
4 years ago, I found myself
And then
caught up in the rush of my
the rest was
school's hot sweaty and nasty
history; a wild
cafeteria during club fair (yeah,
ride that I never
during the golden era where
would have thought
club fair was all packed in the
I would take part in.
cafe). There were just so many things
happening
and
amidst
Each year was different but
I
fervor or growing our online
the chaos I vivdly remember
have
was
community to over 1K followers
only one thing, and that was the
probably the wildest. Brooklyn
—we did an absurdly incredible
feeling when I saw the seniors
Tech
amount.
cheering so proudly trying to
some pretty amazing things this
recruit members for Key Club.
year.
Whether
Seniors that I still talk to today
over
$10,000
by the way
because Key Club
charities or teaming up with our
probably the wildest. Brooklyn
is such an amazing experience
best friends at neighboring high
Tech
that
connects
of
school Key Clubs to host some
some pretty amazing things this
high
school
the
of the most exciting fundraisers
year.
Whether
moment I had felt almost like a
ever; committing to over 8000
over
$10,000
jolt of excitement that drew me
hours of service or hosting the
charities or teaming up with our
closer.
largest mental health initiative
best friends at neighboring high
gravitational force attached to
our
seen;
school Key Clubs to host some
the setup.
celebrating Key Club week with
of the most exciting fundraisers
generations
students.
Almost
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In
like
a
to
say,
Key
school
this
Club, it
has
one
we’ve was for
ever
done raising
various
Each year was different but I have
to Key
say,
this
Club, it
one
we’ve was for
was done
raising various
NT
ever; committing to over 8000
And to recognize all of that, we
hours of service or hosting the
won a whopping 46 awards, and
largest mental health initiative
although our end of year LTC
our
seen;
could not take place, we most
celebrating Key Club week with
definitely went down in history.
fervor or growing our online
I am so proud of each and
community to over 1K followers
every one of us for making this
— we did an absurdly incredible
service year as amazing as it
amount.
was.
And to recognize all of that, we
And so as we pass the torch on
won a whopping 46 awards, and
to our next leaders and start
although our end of year LTC
the new year of Key Club, I
could not take place, we most
couldn’t
definitely went down in history.
want to wish you all the best,
PRESIDENT
I am so proud of each and
and more importantly thank you
2019-2020
school
has
ever
for all you have given me. With that, farewell everyone. I have full faith that you will continue the spirit of what this amazing
organization
has
offer. I cannot wait to see what you accomplish for many years to come.
YOURS IN CARE AND
be
more
excited.
I
to
SERVICE, AYAN RAHMAN BTHS KEY CLUB
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EXECUTIVE REMARK
TREASURER
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A THANK YOU
FINAL REMARK
HEY EVERYONE! I just want to thank you guys for being on this fundraising journey with me. Thank you to those of you that came to the fundraisers and supported the causes we advocate for. Never forget the memories you have made at these fundraisers and at other service events you attended. I sure won't. You guys rock! My journey with Key Club is ending but I will forever remember the memories I have made with the club and those of you that I had the pleasure of meeting. Thank you for your contributions once again and I wish you the best of luck. This is my last year. but hopefully you guys will keep going in your service journey.
YOURS IN CARE AND SERVICE, ABIGAIL ISAKOV BTHS KEY CLUB TREASURER 2019-2020
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brooklyn tech key club
OUR EVENTS 2020
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yoga fundraiser
JANUARY 27
bths x stuy bowling fundraiser
FEBRUARY 12
yoga fundraiser
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SCARS animal shelter
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losar celebration of the himalayan new year
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bths x bxsci ice skating fundraiser
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it's my park at red hook recreational area
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bowling fundraiser
BTHS X STUY
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The Bowling Fundraiser with Stuyvesant was simply amazing! I was able to meet new people not only from Brooklyn Tech but also from Stuyvesant. Even though I didn’t know how to bowl, the friends that I’ve made from this fundraiser was truly what made this event great! ANONYMOUS '22 19
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R E SI A R D N U F A G OY
The yoga event was really fun and calming. It was a nice break from the
workload
school.
It
and
was
stress
truly
a
from safe
environment and Ms. Visbal was very
helpful
and
patient
even
though half of us didn't know how to do the poses at first. I would definitely go again if there was
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another yoga event! Overall it was a very well organized event and there was no chaos which added to the relaxing factor. Ms. Visbal provided a lot of
The yoga event was really fun and calming. It was a nice break from the workload and stress from school. It was truly a safe environment.
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She even went the extra step to help some people out. It was a very open environment and everyone was chill. alternatives for those who could not do the stances and offered a lot of help and support. She even went the extra step to help some people out. It was a very open environment and everyone was chill. The music that Ms.Visbal put on was very calming as were her moves, she was very considerate in picking out the moves, one for every issue we may have. Our nice executive Ellen even joined us during the event, it was very nice of her. (: Everyone participated in the event in their own way, making it a very cooperative event and it was a very nice experience.
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sc ars ANIMAL SHELTER
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ashley pham. //
QUOTE.
WHEN YOU CARE FOR ANIMALS
AT
A
SHELTER,
YOU
ARE
THEM
THE
GIVING ONLY
ATTENTION
THAT THEY WILL HAVE FOR THE DAY AND THOSE
COUPLE
OF
MINUTES THAT YOU SPEND
WITH
THEM
ARE TRULY MAKING THEM HAPPY.
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friendly, and we were able to
interact
with
them
throughout the jobs we had to do. When you care for animals at a shelter, you are giving them the only attention that they will have for the day and
n
the
Sean
Casey
animal shelter, we
those couple of minutes that you spend with them
were given a variety of
are truly making them
tasks
including
happy. It was really nice
cages,
to spend some time with
to
do
washing
animal
feeding
animals,
walking
dogs.
were super
The
and
It’s an opportunity to make both the animals and yourself feel great!
the animals.
dogs
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LOSAR CELEBRATION
OF THE
HIMAYALAN NEW YEAR
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BTHS X BXSCI
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ICE SKATING FUNDRAISER 30
FEBRUARY 20, 2020 BTHS X BXSCI
ICE SKATING FUNDRA events,
FOR ME,
as
well
as
getting
the
chance to meet new people! As for
the Brooklyn Tech x Bronx Science
the experience, I’ve never done ice
Ice Skating Fundraiser was so much
skating
fun!
what to expect at first. It was hard
It
was
also
during
our
before,
so
I
didn’t
know
midwinter break, which was such a
to
perfect time to host it because I
scared of falling, but I managed to
didn’t have anything else planned.
learn how to move without holding
I got to see my friends from other
schools that I’ve made in some past
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get
started
because
I
was
on to the sides!
Additionally, the joy of being
so
one of the best fundraisers I’ve been to this
year, and I’m looking forward to similar events
for the rest of this year and the next service
year!
THE JOY OF BEING AROUND PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND TRYING NEW THINGS GAVE ME ADRENALINE THROUGHOUT
ISER around
people
THE WHOLE EVENT.
that
I I love that through Key Club, I’m 100% sure
know
and
trying
new that our donations will go towards a good
things
gave
me cause! Go, Key Club!
adrenaline
throughout
the whole event. It was
MICHELLE LI '22
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IT’S MY PARK AT RED HOOK RECREATION AREA DAVID YEUNG '21
Fallen leaves
The morning of that cold February
gathered on the ground, decorating
day saw me meeting up with my
Red Hook Park with splashes of
friends at the Red Hook recreation
orange and brown that are very
center, the meeting place for the
reminiscent
park cleaning event “It’s My Park at
of
fall;
such
a
landscape could be the envy of
Red
winter for its lush colors, satisfying
Numerous
sounds of crunching leaves, and
waiting there with us; ranging from
great pain in my back that can rival
generous adults, college students,
shoveling snow. Even writing this
and even little kids,
now, I still remember how truly annoying leaves can be and the
Hook
Recreation other
groups
Area”. were
I SAW A GREAT
power numbers can have, which is
DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE
why I know that with how many
THAT MADE UP THE
Key Clubbers there are, we can
VOLUNTEER GROUPS.
make that difference.
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playing. I’m glad they were able to have fun, though. Our task that day was to clear the park of the leaves that litter the ground, and my friends and I were assigned to the pool. Let’s just say cleaning leaves is not as easy as everyone else thinks it is. My friends and I worked with a group
of
Brooklyn
College
students. We found collections of leaves piled sky-high in the corner. After waiting a short while outside
At the start, clearing out that
the center, the event organizer
monster was a nightmare.. Luckily,
announced that we could finally
the leaves were not the only ones
start to clean. Eager to start,
with
everyone followed her lead into the
college kids used a trick to collect
park like a game of “Follow the
the most leaves by pushing them
Leader.” With many kids there were
onto a tarp and wrapping it around
and how joyful they seemed, I
them, The "burrito" was poured into
would not have been surprised if
a bag. My group would collect the
some of them actually were
garbage bags left behind, and we
AFTER ABOUT THREE HOURS OF CLEANING, WE WALKED AWAY
power
in
numbers.
The
cleaned it all up in no time. After about three hours of cleaning, we walked away from Red Hook Park
FROM RED HOOK PARK FEELING BITS OF
feeling bits of leaves in our hair and
LEAVES IN OUR HAIR AND FULFILLMENT.
fulfillment.
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updates. ltc. LTC was supposed to happen this weekend, but because of the COVID19 outbreak, it has been cancelled. Instead,
a
virtual
version
will
be
available! Click here to check it out.
awards.
Here are the awards our club won: Distinguished Club Award Single Service Award - First Place Platinum Division Interclub Award Public Relations Award - Second Place T-shirt Contest - First Place Poster Contest - First Place Perfect Paperwork Award Early Bird Dues Award
46 awards!
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Congratulations to everyone who won an award! Ayan Rahman - Outstanding President Abigail Isakov - Distinguished Treasurer
distinguished key clubbers.
Simrun Kothari - Distinguished Secretary Ellen Seto - Distinguished Bulletin Editor
Alvin Xu
Jessica Quiroz
Ashley Ngo
Laura Fan
Audrey Wong
Lihui Li
Aurora Hom
Qian Ting Chen
Becky Zhu
Raymond Ng
Billy Zhou
Richard Zhao
Chengtao Zheng
Ricky Ke
Erica Zhang
Siri Waxenberg
Irene Liu
Susan Wang
Jake Burns
Suzana Morshed
Janice Cao
Tenzin Dolkar
Jason Gao
Tseyang Lhamu
Jennifer Li
distinguished freshman. Siri Waxenberg
distinguished senior. Ricky Ke
distinguished sophomore. Ashley Ngo
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THANK YOU to everyone who bought stickers!
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we greatly appreciate
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FEBRUARY
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NEW YORK KEY CLUB. 45
13,000 members 248 schools 29 divisions 72 years established
NYDKC EMPIRE KEY Angelo's September/October issue of the Empire Key is out! So is the November/December issue!
GOVERNOR'S BULLETIN Check out Camille's March bulletin!
VIRTUAL LTC Since we can't go to LTC in real life, a virtual version is being hosted.
NYDKC WEBSITE
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KEY CLUB
NEWS INTERNATIONAL
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AKTION CLUB WEEK The first week of March is Kiwanis Aktion Club week!! It’s a week designated to shine a light on Aktion Club and the impact clubs are making in their communities, just like Key Club week.
WORLD WATER DAY March 22, we raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. Consider supporting our partner Thirst Project in its efforts to end the global water crisis.
WELL FUNDRAISING Seniors at Mashpee Middle-High School engage with their communities through “passion projects.” Key Club member Julie Cambra helped raise US$12,000 to install a freshwater well in an African community through Thirst Project.
INTERNATIONAL BOARD PRESIDENT
K'lena Schnack • intro
VICE PRESIDENT TRUSTEES
Kaitlin Cerillo • intro
Caroline Bushnell, Alexander Drahos, Riley Feng, Alexis Henry,
Aminhan Lobster, Conrad Nguyen, Brandon Orick, Indigo Parlin, Hannah Povroznick, Irin Shim and Rachel Zang
OUR TRUSTEE Irin Shim • intro KEYCLUBINT KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL 48
THE
DISTRICT B EXTERNAL E.A.
SECERETARY
Jaron Belmore
Linna Cheung
Norwood-Norfolk HS
High School for Math, Science & Engineering
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EDITOR
INTERNAL E.A.
Angelo Lontok
Qianting Chen
High School for Math,
Brooklyn Technical High
Science & Engineering
School
caring; our way of life.
OARD. DISTRICT GOVERNOR Camille Brock
TREASURER
Candor Junior Senior High School
Anthony Lim Bronx Science High School
WEBMASTER Ramisa Azad LaGuardia High School
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special thanks to Ying, Ashley, David, Michelle and you!
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OUR ADVISORS MS. MCKINNON, MS. VISBAL, MR. BIGSBY AND MR. MORGAN
THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP TODAY IS INFLUENCE, NOT AUTHORITY.
KEN BLANCHARD
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THE KEY CLUB PLEDGE
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 world; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions. 54 22
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