August Newsletter | Volume 11 | Issue 1

Division 34 North | Region 17 |

Hello Aqua Apes!

I’m Catharine Nightingale, please call me Cat and my pronouns are they/them. I’m so happy to serve as D34N’s DNE for this term and I am so excited to meet you all this term! I am going to be a senior at Westmoor High School or I might already be a senior depending on when you are reading this. It’s August and you know what that means…, school is back in session. I hope the school year starts smoothly for all of you and good luck to seniors who are starting on their college applications. I’m nervous about finding out where I get into but I hope it willallworkoutintheend.

ThankyoutothosewhoattendedKeyClubTrainingConference(KCTC).Ihada lot of fun meeting key clubbers from R17. Taking a few hours off of camp volunteering(TBSA)toattendKCTCwasdefinitelyworthit.

On top of KCTC, there are many events that we get to look forward to this fall. RegionTrainingConference(RTC)andFallRallyNorth(FRN)arerightaroundthe corner. It’s never too late to start advertising for those events. More information about future events will be released soon and once they are released, I’ll be sure to update you all. I hope we all have a great 2023-2024 term and school year. Let’s make this term a great one. I hope you all enjoy reading The Aqua Ape Magazine <3.

Hello Aqua Apes!

My name is Rea Angela Vera Cruz, please call me Angela or Angie, and I am proud to say that I serve you all as your Lieutenant Governor for the 2023-2024 term! I am a rising senior at Jefferson High School, at the time you may read this, I might already be a senior at Jefferson! I hope you guys all love this August Newsletter, please applaud our Division Newsletter Editor, Cat, for this piece of work. When you think of August, you probably think of school being back in session. Just know you are valuable and you got it this school year! I hope this school year will be the best for you all, and honestly contact me if you guys ever need to, it can range from Key Club questions to just talking to me about general things!

As the school year approaches, I hope you guys are also excited about future Key Club events as well. In the upcoming months, we have things like club rush, September dares, and even big events like RTC (Region Training Conference) -- which will take place on October 14-15 -- and FRN (Fall Rally North) -- which will take place on October 21. Please look through this newsletter for more information, and stay tuned for future newsletters when it comes to more important information to retain! For all clubs reading this, I recommend hosting minimum of about 5 service events per month if we want to reach out goal! Remember that service events do not have to fully be through other organizations, you can host some of your own during club meetings or over zoom. Secretaries, remember to turn in the MRF!

I'm glad I was chosen to be your Lieutenant Governor, I hope we all have a fun term. Please let me know if anything is ever needed!

Hey Aqua Apes!!

I’m Melody Chen, and I’m so excited to serve as one of your EAs for this term! I am a rising junior at Aragon, and am also the Vice President at Aragon’s key club. I hope all of your summers have been well, and that you have a restful couple of weeks before school starts again. I loved seeing you all at Officer Training Conference and Key Club Training Conference this past month (especially all the secretaries)! I’m looking forward to working withyouallthisterm

NatalieNG

Executive Assistant ricolanicole@gmail.com

Hello KEY clubbers!

It's August and school is starting up soon. That means more exciting events to come this year. Thank you for coming out to KCTC if you made it last month! I wasn’t able to but it sounded great! This is my first EA message of many to come! You’re always welcome to contact me whenever! I’m so excited for the rest of the year! Take care and stay safe!

Byeeeee!!

Executive Assistant

MelodyChen Love,

It'sAugustandKCTCduringJulywassofun.It was so nice seeing all my fellow officers and getting to talk and meet with them. I had such a blast although the drive was a little far away. I also had such a great time at the SF Marathon run hosted by Jefferson, Westmoor, and Galileo. I hope to see you all soon and I hope you're enjoying your summer.Catchyoulater.

I hope everyone is having an amazing summer break so far. My name is Julia Tsuei and I am a rising senior and co-president at El Camino. I have been in Key Club since freshman year and it's been such an honor being able to serve my community while meeting fellow key clubbers from all over CNH! I am also looking forward to working with everyone and growing as a leader. On another note, during my free time, I love playing and listening to music (I mostly play piano, guitar, and trumpet), gaming, and cooking. I'm also a pretty chill person so if you ever have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate reach out to me :> I am beyond thrilled to serve this division,let'smakethebestoutofthisterm!

Division Secretary

JuliaTsuei

Photo provided by Carlmont Key CLub

I attended the Writing Letters to People in Need event and it was very easygoing. I wrote uplifting messages for people struggling with mental health. Overall I would recommend it to anyone who wants to make someone’s day.

Kathleen Lin | Carlmont

In the Writing Letters to People In Need event, we had the opportunity to unleash our creativity through thoughtful and artistic cards. The cards had encouraging messages written within them that we hope will uplift those who struggle with mental health. We drew fun and lighthearted images to create a sense of joy for whoever reads it. All cards will be sent to "Letters Against Depression" in Florida.

Daniela Cuadros | Carlmont

During the Ocean Beach Cleanup, I worked individually to clean the coast as I could not find the other Key Clubbers. Using my plastic bag and gloves, I started by picking up trash along the pathways people were crossing. I wasn't able to find much litter at the beginning other than some plastic wrappers and cigarettes. When I searched in a more isolated location; however, I found tons of trash that were likely left there for a long time. I was able to fill my bag with a large quantity of garbage after some time. It was interesting to me how there were various typesofmaterialleftonthebeachandhowtheolderageofthe garbage makes it blend more with its surroundings. I eventually found our club members and group up with them at the end of theserviceeventtodiscardthepileIhavecollected.

Lucas Wen |Jefferson

During the ocean beach clean up i think there was a confusion in dates. however, we showed up with buckets and grabbers and started walking along the beach, picking up trash. i mostly picked up plastic, socks, and cans. there weren’t many people at the beach which made it easier to roam around and grab things. we walked a long distance and then camebackandcalleditaday.

Haydee Villanueva | Jefferson

During the ocean beach cleanup, we as a group walked along the beach to pick up trash. I brought my own bucket and grabber for the event and I got gloves from one of the key club members. Most of the trashed I picked up included chip bags, cap bottles, a croc and a sandal. We started walking back near 11:30 and got back to where we started at 12. The sun wasn’t out and it was really windy on that day.

Yinai Deng | Jefferson

During the ocean beach cleanup, we worked to collect trash around the beach! Though it was not an official event, we brought our own buckets, gloves, and trash bags. We found many wrappers, plastic items, and tins. We continued to volunteer despite the fog and wind. We helped create a better ecosystem for the beach!

Amy Guan | Jefferson

OnSaturday,June24th,theD34NDCMandOfficerTraining Conference took place at Burton Park in San Carlos. There were seven people in attendance: six Carlmont Key ClubbersandourKiwanisadvisor,RosieJimenez.Wemetup with clubs from other high schools such as El Camino, Sequoia, and more. After we updated each other on currentevents,wesplitoffintoofficergroupstolearnmore about our duties. I, as secretary for the incoming term, listened to a presentation summarizing the roles and responsibilities that come along with being Carlmont Key

At KCTC, members from Region 17 were given the opportunity to participate in many workshops and meet key clubbers from across the region. The workshops were very fun and interactive as many ice breakers were provided! There was also a service opportunity provided in which key clubbers were given the task to make origami creatures. Aside from the workshops and service events, we enjoyed listening to our keynote speaker. At KCTC, we also had our July DCM which went well. The ltgs presented us with a competition to which we got a prize for completing all the tasks on the checklist. On top of that, we had the opportunity to ride the train, carousel and buy snow cones! Other than the heat, KCTC was a memorable event. Thank you to those who attended KCTC and we hope to have more Aqua Ape representatives at RTC and FRN.

Lieutenant Governor:

Rea Angela Vera Cruz | Jefferson

Executive Assistants:

Melody Chen | Aragon

Natalie Ng | Lowell

Lucas Nguyen | Aragon

Division Newsletter Editor:

Catharine Nightingale | Westmoor

Division Secretary:

Julia Tsuei | El Camino

Spirit Coordinators:

Carlos Menendez | Jefferson

Serene Li | Hillsdale

Service Coordinators:

Ting Ting Wang | Burlingame

Fundraising Coordinator:

Charis Hsieh | Aragon

Public Relations Coordinator:

Jernee Evangelista | South San Francisco

Spirit Committee:

Chloejane Velasquez | Jefferson

Angelo Sta Cruz | Balboa

Service and Fundraising Committee:

Liana Myvett | Jefferson

Yaqeen Khalil | Jefferson

Amy Guan | Jefferson

Public Relations Committee:

Ryan Chung | El Camino

Brianna Khuu | Jefferson

Safiyah Ahmad | Lowell

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The Spotlight on Service Program is a CNH program designed to promote the service goals of the CNH District. By focusing on different themes each month, clubs are able to host a variety of service, social, and fundraising events that all go towards important causes in the community.

Children’s Education

It’s August and that means school is starting up again. Education is a very crucial aspect for children and unfortunately, not everyone has access to it. August is the perfect month for us to collect school supplies anddonateittothoseinneed!Wecan also help by hosting tutoring sessions toelementaryandmiddleschoolers!

For more information on the monthly SOSP: please visit cnhkeyclub.org > Projects > Spotlight on Service Program.

During the month of June, key clubbers were encouraged to host and or participate in service events that helped our community stay safe and healthy. Carlmont Key Club participated in the annual Kidney Walk which helped to raise awareness for Kidney Diseases. They also wrote letters to people in need to help raise awareness towards peoplewhoarestrugglingwithmentalhealth.

Planning a service/social/fundraising project for February’s SOSP (The Children’s Fund) & submitting it to the district can get your club 15 banana points!

Some project ideas include:

● Book Drive

● Schoolhouse Tutoring

● Self-cafe packages

● Doll Houses from Upcycled Boxes

ARTICLES & VISUALS

ForyourSOSPprojecttobefeaturedinthenext newsletter,makesuretosubmitarticles&visuals fromyourprojecttoeithertheearly-bird(10th @6pm)oron-time(15th@6pm)deadline.

Plan a service, social, or fundraising event based on the SOSP theme for the month.

After the event, complete the form under cnhkeyclub.org > Projects > Spotlight on Service Program before the 5th of the following month.

Submit any additional visuals to SP Chair Annabel Lee (sp.chair@cnhkeyclub.org).

Email d34n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com to let our DSEC know that you submitted the form.

Earn BANANA POINTS for your club by submitting your SOSP projects to the CNH District!

Everymonth,wewouldlike to acknowledge the hard work that we put in to servingourcommunityand our division. Some of our members went above and beyond and we would like to award them. We would like to acknowledge our club officers and advisors who went above and beyond each month by awarding them with the ApeoftheMonth.

RTC (Region Training Conference)

2023 will take place from October 14th-15th at Camp Jones Gulch. This year's theme is the Hunger Games.AtRTCthisyearyouallwill be competing in the name on service while making once in a lifetime memories and learning very important leadership skills. PleasejoinyourfellowAquaApes, region 17 royals and region 9 waves at Camp Jones Gulch for RTC 2023. We hope to see you all there and may the odds be ever inyourfavor

District Goals can be found on cnhkeyclub.org

For the month of July, Aragon Key Club has been focusing on preparing our officers and members for the school year! Most officers and a few members attended KCTC, and we had lots of fun! Aragon hasn’t hosted any events for the summer yet but we are preparing for club rush as well as coming up with new ideas to encompassanamazingnewterm.

As the start of the term begins, El Camino has been working hard adjusting to the new board and planning club rush once school begins.Wearealsodiscussingwhetherornotto have future committees in our club to offer more leadership opportunities for our members. With our plans, we also have been keeping a constant number of service hours and had attendance at KCTC and OTC to further train our officers/members. Currently, we are ending our summer with a Kiwanis garage sale at SSF and forming new group chats for the next term to keep in touch with our key clubbers. We are excitedtostartanewterm!

Recently,ourclubwasinvitedtoaninterclubwith westmoor and galileo at sunday streets to volunteer! With the school year approaching we are preparing to promote membership at freshmenorientationandclubrush!

In July, we are preparing for the new school year! WealsoattendedtheOfficerTrainingConference and helped train our officers who couldn't attend. Wehopetohaveagreat2023-24term!

With the arrival of the month of July, also came our first volunteering events of the summer initiating two of our events we had planned before. One of them takes place at the SF Marin food bank where key clubbers are taking on the responsibility to help prep food that workers will be distributing towards our hungry communities. Our second event originates from the same organization "Sunday Streets" we helped last year, in which we carried out the same tasks of assisting with setting up tents, sandbags, chairs, and tables alongside schools Galileo and Jefferson. Despite the canceled Marathon event due to the lack of participants, we are much looking forward to making up for this event seeing the near start of the 2023-24 school year with so much to come!

Lieutenant Governor Rea Angela Vera Cruz d34n.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org

Executive Assistant Melody Chen ahskc.svp@gmail.com

Executive Assistant Natalie NG natnat911@icloud.com

Executive Assistant Lucas Nguyen lnguyen2050@gmail.com

Newsletter Editor Catharine Nightingale d34n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

Division Secretary Julia Tsuei 123tsueijulia@gmail.com

Abraham

Lincoln

Emma Li

Email: emli@s.sfusd.edu

Phone: (415) 530-6815

Aragon

Gaby Ejercito

Email: ahskc.pres@gmail.com

Phone: (415) 559-6594

Balboa

Angelo Sta Cruz

Email: anstacruz@s.sfusd.edu

Phone: (415) 846-8808

Burlingame

Harjyot Kaur

Email: 24kaurh85@stu.smuhsd.org

Phone: (781) 354-9504

Burton

Darius Ruazol

Email: daruazol@s.sfusd.edu

Phone: (415) 439-9959

Carlmont

Manya Kumar

Email: 811704@seq.org

Phone: (650) 850-9294

Julia Tsuei

El Camino

Email: 123tsueijulia@gmail.com

Phone: (650) 922-5209

Galileo

Rico TanChen

Email: yitanchen558@gmail.com

Phone: (628) 213-9675

Hillsdale

Serene Li

Email: sereneaudreyli@gmail.com

Phone: (860) 969-1688

Liana Myvett

Email:

president.jeffersonkeyclub@gmail.com

Phone: (415) 5354359

Tiffany Lum

Email: Tiffanylumsf@gmail.com

Phone: (415) 769-9663

Manal Faisal

Email: millskc.president@gmail.com

Phone: (650) 455-8385

Mallory Moore

Email: mmoore24@ndhsb.org

Phone: (650) 4436-7825

N/A

Adylene Moran Valverde

Email: 809519@seq.org

Phone: (209) 914-7445

Lauren Ta & Jernee Evangelista

Email: ssfhskc.president@gmail.com

Phone: (650) 733-3734 | (650) 219-8362

N/A

Austin Moe & Angelica Enriquez

Email: kc.president.whs@gmail.com

Phone: (650) 740-5368 | (650) 267-9300

Abraham Lincoln Aragon

2162 24th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94116 #: 415-759-2700

Balboa

1000 Cayuga Ave, San Francisco, CA 94112 #: 415-469-4090

900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, CA 94402 #: 650-558-2999

Burlingame

1 Mangini Way, Burlingame, CA 94010 #: 650-558-2999

Burton Carlmont

400 Mansell St, San Francisco, CA 94134 #: 415-469-4550

1400 Alameda de Las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002 #: 650-595-0210

El Camino Galileo

1320 Mission Road, South San Francisco, CA 94080 #: 650-877-8806

1150 Francisco Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 #: 415-749-3430

Hillsdale

Jefferson

3115 Del Monte Street, San 6996 Mission Street, Daly City, CA 94014

#: 650-550-7700

Lowell Mills

1101 Eucalyptus Dr, San Francisco, CA 94132 #: 415-759-2730

400 Murchison Dr, Millbrae, CA 94030 #: 650-558-2999

Notre Dame San Mateo

1540 Ralston Ave, Belmont, CA 94002

#: 650-595-1913

Sequoia

1201 Brewster Ave, Redwood City, CA 94062 #: 650-367-9780

506 N Delaware St, San Mateo, CA 94401 #: 650-558-2399

South San Francisco

400 B St, South San Francisco, CA 94080 #: 650-877-8754

St. Ignatius Westmoor

2001 37th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94116 #: 415-731-7500

131 Westmoor Ave, Daly City, CA 94015 #: 650-550-7400