D3N Cypress Woods July Newsletter

JULY 2016

KEY FACTS

The official newsletter of the Cypress Woods High School Key Club.

IN THIS

ISSUE

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A Letter from Your Club President The monthly announcement from new president Anushua Mantrala.

July at a Glance Upcoming July Events and Reminders

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Old and WIse Key Club officer Matthew Trinh expressses his thoughts about his final year of Key Club Volume 5, Issue 3 July, 5 2016

CONTRIBUTIONS Articles Matthew Trihn

Officer Letters Anushua Mantrala Jasmine Sandoval Photos Anushua Mantrala Matthew Trinh Jasmine Sandoval

IN THIS ISSUE...

3 contact Information 4 President’s Letter 5 Editor’s Letter 6 May at a Glance 7 Old and Wise

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CONTACT INFORMATION Cy Woods Key Club Officers PRESIDENT

HISTORIAN

REPRESENTATIVE COORDINATOR

Anushua Mantrala anumantrala@ sbcglobal.net 832-641-8347

Bunsri Patel bunsri.pat@gmail. com 832-403-1662

Sidd Sundar siddsundar9@ gmail.com 281-682-3184

TREASURER VICE PRESIDENT

Jocelyn Yao rainbowky19971 210@gmail.com 832-591-8578

BUILDER’S CLUB REPRESENTATIVE James Keiser jamesdkeiser@ gmail.com 832-622-7413

Harini Maheswaren kmharini@gmail. com 713-417-2170

EDITOR

Jasmine Sandoval jazco15@gmail. com 281-932-0467

JUNIOR SECRETARY

SECRETARY

Ashley Kawakub akawakubo98@ hotmail.com 281-733-0959

Max Zhou Info TBA

WEBMASTER Kishan Solanki kishan.sol99@ gmail.com 281-904-8652

Division 3N Lieutenant Governor Hyder Alikhan Hyder Alikhan is Division 3N’s new Lieutenant Governor. He has succeeded the past LTG, Ian Sims. During a PCM in June, members from Division 3N voted on a Division Mascot, which is now a Lion, and also Division colors, which are red and yellow. Hyder can be reached at 3n.hyderalikhan@gmail.com or at 832-748-0914.

Texas-Oklahoma District Staff Governor Secretary Treasurer Editor Convention Liason

Dianna Cardenas Kennie Merbach Leia George TBA TBA

Governor@tokeyclub.com Secretary@tokeyclub.com Treasurer@tokeyclub.com Editor@tokeyclub.com cl@tokeyclub.com

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A letter from your

Club President ear Cypress Woods Key Club, D

I hope y’all’s summer has been amazing so

far! It’s finally time to relax from the school year and get some free time. With this extra free time, an excellent use of it would be to go out and get some community service done! We have great events lined up for the month of July and everyone should make an effort to participate.

This month we have the opportunity to volunteer at a Houston Poodle Rescue Booth at a fun dog show. Volunteers will run a prize wheel and a disk drop game, sell raffle tickets, and show off adoptable dogs. This booth will be raising money for the Poodle Rescue and with that money, the organization will be able to shelter and take care of more dogs who are waiting to be adopted.

Another event we have this month is Cypress’ triathlon. This is an event that has been organized by the Cy-Fair Kiwanis themselves! Signing up for this event won’t only help the athletes and organizers of the triathlon event, but it will also help the generate Photo provided by Anushua Mantrala. money for the Cy-Fair Kiwanis and they will use that money to help the Cy-Fair Key Clubs and to contribute to the Key Club scholarships that are awarded every year. This event is truly a win-win.

A splash from the past has also come to us! A couple of months ago, our Key Club helped out the Houston Premium Outlets with a Mother’s Day event. The people who organized the event were so delighted with our hard working Key Clubbers that they have asked us to help out with a Summer event for kids. This event will include a photo booth, a scavenger hunt, performers, face painting, and more! Volunteering for this will truly be a mix of the greatness of summer and service, the best combination!

Also this month, the presidents of the 3N division are meeting up for the first time!

This is exciting because this will enable us to form connections with the Key Clubs in our community. With these connections, we will be able to plan interclub and social with our surrounding Key Clubs. By going to social and interclub, we will be able to meet new people who have the same goal of serving the community as us!

A big task for us this month is to create an awesome shirt design for our club shirt this year. If you are creative, artistic, or just have an awesome idea in mind, please email cywoodskeyclub@gmail.com to share your interest and idea. Then you can start working on your design and at the end, when we get everybody’s design, we can vote on which design can ultimately be the face of our new Key Club year t-shirt!

I hope the rest of your summer is fantastic and I can’t wait to see you all soon!

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A letter from your

Club Editor D

ear Key Clubbers,

Thank you to those who turned in their articles.

It is incredible how much passion each of you have for the Key Club that you are a part of. Even during the summer time, you are voluteering and enjoying yourselves representing what this club stands for. Just a reminder that articles are due the 24th of the month as well as a picture of an event.

I hope you are all enjoying your summer soaking up the sun and preparing for a Key Club year unlike any other. At Cypress Woods High School, we only show 212 and that’s exactly what Key Club has done as well as continue to do what they do best... serve!

Photo by Jasmine Sandoval

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PHOTO

GUIDELINES IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PHOTO OF THE MONTH, PICTURES MUST: - BE GOOD QUALITY (NOT BLURRY IN ANY WAY) - HAVE A CAPTION AS WELL AS WHO IS PICTURED -RELATE TO KEY CLUB

CONTEST

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JULY Event Schedule

at a Glance

SUNDAY, JULY 24TH: Cypress Triathlon hosted by Kiwanis.

Volunteer and help support the competators. Information on Cy Woods Key Club FB page.

SUNDAY, JULY 31TH: Cypress Triathlon hosted by Kiwanis.

Volunteer and help support the competators. Information on Cy Woods Key Club FB page.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 20TH- JULY 24TH: Poodle Rescue Booth at the Houston Dog Show. Volunteers get to see the dog show with no charge however there is a parking fee of $12 dollars.

JULY REMINDERS

Events- Please make sure that you will not be out of town when you sign up for events.

Reps and Officers- Remember, articles are due on the 24th at 10PM to the gmail (cywoodskeyclub@gmail. com).

Members- Please try to get new events to officers if you can. Events are always welcomed and appreciated!

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Old and Wise

Key Club Representative expresses what he has learned with his last year of Key Club around the corner

This coming fall, my back will start aching, I will suddenly enjoy ten Matthew Trinh Representative thousand piece puzzles and spend the rest of my days on a rocking chair as I become a senior and experience my last year of Key Club. Gather around; gather around before it’s my 4 pm bed time, it is story time from this old timer!

The year was 2013, yes I know such a long time ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was young whippersnapper and joined Key Club as freshman. Boy, it was quite an adventure. The

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following two years, I gave my service to Key Club and became an officer. Some old timers will tell you elaborate stories and life advice from being an officer in the arm forces but I will tell you about something much more interesting, my time as an officer in Key Club.

Over the years as an awesome Key Club officer, I have learned much about leadership and service; however, the most important thing I have learned is the best leader is a friend. The best leader and the one I strive to be is one who is there for the Key Clubbers – there to serve alongside with them, there to build them up when they are down, and there to laugh along with them when they are smiling. I strive not to

dictate and order others, but to lead with my actions and to set an example. I am not a part of the Key Club members but rather a part of Key Club members. The most important thing I have learned from my past experience as an officer is that I am a friend to serve and build others - my fellow friends in Key Club.

Next year, as I retire into senior life with my last year as a Key Club officer, I hope to leave my mark in Key Club and the hearts of our Key Clubbers.

I will strive to be that one old timer the underclassmen remember who taught them the meaning of service and to love to serve. I will strive to be a friend to all, be it bird or fish or tiny mole. (Up reference!)

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KEY FACTS

CYPRESS WOODS HIGH SCHOOL JULY 2016