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Lamar High School Arlington TX Region 7 Division 39N
NEWSLETTER
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.
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TABLE TABLE OF OF CONTENTS CONTENTS
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Letter Letter from from the the President President Officer Officer Introductions Introductions Editor's Crossword Note Puzzle
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HOTO Major Emphasis by Programs Laith Nayfeh
Major Conclusion Emphasis program promotion Conclusion
Crossword District Puzzle Board District Lieutenant Governor Officers of District 39N Upcoming Upcoming Events Events Service Service Opportunities Opportunities Article byby Emily Wilson Article Sara Lim Tips forKey Balance How Club Influenced my Summer
Articleby bySara Haley Wehr Article Lim OurKey First Meeting How Club Influenced my Summer Article Articleby byHaley Moi Tungnung Wehr Post-pandemic New Member Involvement Expectations Article HOTO by by Moi Laith Tungnung Nayfeh New Member Involvement
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Hi, my name is Emily Wilson, and I’m your 2021-2022 Key Club President. What I’m most excited about this year is being back in person. I know last year was difficult for many of us, and our club had to quickly adapt to a completely virtual experience. Now that we can host in-person volunteering opportunities, we’re planning to have a mix of both in-person and virtual opportunities, so the ability to serve is accessible for everyone. We’ve already had our first meeting of the year, and it was fantastic getting to see everyone’s faces. Our biggest goal for this year is to increase general membership and remind everyone what Key Club is all about: selfless service. Along with this, I can’t wait for our officer team to organize new social events and implement volunteer opportunities that we haven’t seen before.
PRESIDENT EMILY WILSON CLASS OF 2022
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OFFICER OFFICER INTR INTR Vice President Samir Zaman - Class of 2022
kc.lamar.vicepresident@gmail.com "What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?" -George Eliot, Novelist
Secretary Ada Lian - Class of 2022
kc.lamar.secretary@gmail.com "If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path." -Buddha
Treasurer Zac Hattendorf - Class of 2023
kc.lamar.treasurer@gmail.com "Success isn't about how much money you make.It's about the difference you make in people's lives." -Michelle Obama
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ODUCTIONS RODUCTIONS Editor Sara Lim - Class of 2023
kc.lamar.editor@gmail.com No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." -Aesop
Webmaster Haley Wehr - Class of 2022
kc.lamar.webmaster@gmail.com "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and give his life as a ransom for many." -Matthew 20:28
Historian Layla Shalabi - Class of 2022
kc.lamar.historian@gmail.com "Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world." -Anonymous
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Class Representative Moi Tungnung - Class of 2022
kc.lamar.seniorrep@gmail.com "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." -Michael Jordan
Class Representative Khushi Patel - Class of 2022
kc.lamar.juniorrep@gmail.com "Great leaders never accept the world as it was but always work for the world as it should be." -Condoleezza Rice, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Lieutenant Governor: N/A
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r's Not o t i e Ed Hey Key Clubbers! My name is Sara and I am this year’s editor. I am a junior this year and am excited for the year ahead. I hope everyone had a restful and amazing summer. Thank you for joining Key Club so we can make our school a better place through service. I’m looking forward to meeting you all in the upcoming events that you can find throughout this newsletter. Keep on reading to get to know your officers, read up on events we offer this month and general information about Key Club. Check out this month’s crossword to get half a service hour! Don’t forget to log your hours as we go throughout this school year and don't hesitate to reach out to me or another officer/sponsor if you have any questions at all! Happy reading :) 07
CROSSWORD Try filling out the crossword puzzle to see how much you know about LHS KC. Complete for half a service hour! Send me a pic for proof that you completed it through my remind (Sara Lim) or email (kc.lamar.editor@gmail.com)! GOODLUCK :)
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Key 1. Blue 2. Emily 3. Connor
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click on their picture to learn more about them!
Lilian Thai phone: (469) 910-4076 email: governor@tokeyclub.com remind: @tokey22 Ginna Galindo Gomez phone: (580) 235-6537 email: secretary@tokeyclub.com remind: @tosecs22 Makayla Hsieh phone: (682) 248-7258 email: treasurer@tokeyclub.com remind: @totreas22 Anushka Ranjan phone: (713) 859-6064 email: editor@tokeyclub.com remind: @toeditor22 Val Hennessee phone: (682) 320-0347 email: cl@tokeyclub.com remind: @tocl22 Noah Obuya phone: (682) 313-9269 email: techproducer@tokeyclub.com remind: @towebs22 Melissa Greene email: region7@tokeyclub.com TO-Key Website: tokeyclub.com Division 39N Website: https://sites.google.com/view/39nkc/home
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1st: Viking fest, 6-8pm, teacher parking lot, come check out Lamar's clubs! 6th: Labor Day 8th: Monthly meeting, 3:15pm, room 284, get a preview for what we're doing this month 20th/22nd: APL Event, 3:30-5:30pm, Arlington Public Library- Young Adult Area (2nd floor), we will be working on Books on Wheels projects. Our September one will be cards for fall and bookmarks. 30th: HOTO due, by 11:59pm
Help raise money for charity by tracking your exercise!
Become our featured HOTO member of the month! Write 400450 words about your key club experience, and include a picture of yourself.
Volunteer at DoSomething.org for the cause that you're interested in. For example, making no-sew masks, reading books, or collecting clothing! Upload photos that you will submit as proof and the certification as proof of volunteering.
UN World Food Program. Max 5 hours, so 2500 grains of rice! Join our Group: 29JTX24F
Become a master classifier and contribute to areesearch. Come to the Arlington Public Library every month to work on crafts for the Books on Wheels projects! Sponsored service hours :) Contact an officer (Page 4-5) or DM us @lamarkeyclub
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TIPS FOR BALANCE
In order from left to right: Samir, Sara, Emily
Photo Caption: a picture at vikingfest, an event where we recruit new members and promote key club.
A LITTLE ABOUT EMILY Emily is vice president this year, and it's her second year being a key club officer. She is fun, outgoing, smart, and always full of new ideas. From my perspective, I cannot wait to see what she will bring. Go to page 5 to see more about Moi!
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School and its related extracurriculars have always taken up a bit of my time. Y’know just maybe 9 hours spent inside the building itself, along with 3 hours of homework, and that’s not counting the possibility of an afterschool tennis match. While I participate in activities such as orchestra, tennis, and Key Club, keeping a delicate balance has not always been easy, but implementing certain habits can make it more manageable. Use a planner, and create a to-do list every day. Whenever I wake up in the morning I organize my to-do list using an app on my phone. I add tasks and specify if they need to be finished today or at a later date. Planning is also key in time management and prioritizing. If I have a fundraising event I could begin planning a month in advance or a meeting presentation that has to be finished in 3 days, I can plan with my task list and ensure that I get the presentation done.
Don’t be afraid to delegate. As the Key Club president, I get flooded with requests and tasks I can do for my team. From ordering t-shirts to
Multi-tasking and balancing a large todo list isn’t something that comes naturally for us. It’s very easy to feel swamped with the looming due dates of
organizing dues payments, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed with the many
tomorrow, next week, and even in the months to come. However, with some
simple yet meticulous tasks throughout the year. If my to-do list is becoming too
planning, teamwork, and proper rest, I believe the task of balancing can
big, I have to remind myself that I can delegate. Although these 3 tasks may
become much easier. At the end of the day, I find it’s most important to
be too big for me, it becomes much more manageable when I can give 1 to my secretary, vice president, and treasurer. It’s not always easy to do this if you're comfortable with being in control, but in Key Club and life, it’s important to trust your team to help you out.
remember that no matter what you will make mistakes, and that’s okay because you’re only human. Photo Caption: Emily holding up our shirt for this year.
Try your best to get 8 hours of sleep. I know many of us teenagers struggle even achieving 6 hours sometimes, but sleep impacts your ability to perform and manage time effectively. It’s proven that a sleep deficiency or drastic change in sleep schedule can affect you for multiple days after the initial night. A lack of sleep can affect your ability to focus and make decisions. These are both crucial aspects of being efficient inside and outside the classroom. A lack of sleep may cause you to make many small mistakes, which become a laborious task to fix and correct over time.
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Throughout the school year, Key Club offers multiple volunteer opportunities every month. But, during the summer, there aren’t as many volunteer opportunities offered through Key Club. It’s on yourself to find places to volunteer and help better the community. With more free time in the summer I wanted to help out around the community as much as I could. Some events that I participated in were volunteering at Mission Arlington and a vacation bible school program at my church. Key Club has motivated me and taught me how to be able to volunteer on my own outside of Key Club.
Due to the pandemic, our school has been either virtual or hybrid for the whole of last school year. Because of this, the service events that we offered were very limited; they mostly consisted of online opportunities to serve. So, when summer came around, I was eager to look around for places I could volunteer in-person. My church for example offered a couple opportunities over the summer. Helping out at Mission Arlington and volunteering at our church vacation bible school were two of the main ones.
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At Mission Arlington, my youth group put on a
My church camp was quite similar to the above
Rainbow Express program for children in
paragraph. I had self-volunteered at my church
apartment complexes. We were able to reach
to help out with a kids’ vacation bible school for
four complexes a day! Each program consisted
the week. It was an incredibly fun experience as
of knocking on each door and asking if their kids
I got to know kids from my church that I don’t
wanted to join us in a program for an hour or
normally talk to very often. Helping out with
two. With the kids we had we would put on
worship camp songs, arts and crafts, and
puppet shows, play games, share the gospel,
cooking pancakes consisted of each day at
and do arts and crafts all centered around
camp. I had so much fun volunteering and giving
Jesus. By doing this, we were able to spread the
back to my church.
gospel as well as provide these childrens’ parents a period of rest or a time they could run
Key Club has provided me with ample
errands without having to worry about their
experience that I can apply to all events outside
children. Using my serving, leading and social
of Key Club. Key Club doesn’t just prepare you
skills that I have picked up over the past two
for service events; it also benefits your skills of
years in Key Club, I was able to organize and
leadership, learning how to be social, and even
lead with the help of my youth group throughout
organizational goals. The events I participated in
the week.
over the summer wouldn’t have gone as smoothly without the amazing experience and skills I had learned due to Key Club events.
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BY HALEY WEHR
POST-PANDEMIC EXPECTATION
Photo Caption: our table where new members joined key club at viking fest
As summer finally came to a close and students began to pour into the halls of Lamar High School after what felt like an eternity of anticipation, everything began going back to normal. The
CARING OUR WAY OF LIFE Key Club motto
familiar school bells rang at their regularly scheduled times, teachers opened their classrooms with welcoming smiles, and the cafeteria bustled with life once more. But perhaps most excitingly, clubs began recruiting students as they once did. Posters, QR codes, Remind links, and more were flying about as different student organizations and teams eagerly tried to catch the attention of students. For Key Club, this meant passing out dum-dums at orientation and showing love to
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everyone who came across our table.
At that moment, I knew that our year as a club would be a success. Throughout the As a senior and veteran officer, I had many concerns regarding our club at the beginning of the year. For instance, I feared that Key Club would face a drastic decline in membership due to the oddity of our previous year together. Because the majority of Lamar High School’s students attended school strictly online the past year, there were almost two entire classes (nearly 1,600 people) who had never even heard of Key Club before! To add on to our predicament, the majority of our previous officer team graduated in May of 2021, meaning almost everyone on our new officer team had never held a leadership position in Key Club before. Furthermore, we even introduced a new sponsor to the team! However, despite all of the challenges stacked against us, Key Club came back stronger than ever! Membership was just as high as it was in the years before the pandemic, and our officer
meeting, all of our prospective members were fully immersed in the information on the screen, and I could see the spark igniting as many realized that they had found a safe space that they could call home at Lamar. In the face of changes coming from every direction and stepping out of a strictly virtual school environment for the first time in over a year, our officer team stepped up to make sure that Key Club could still provide a community for people to share their love for service. Following our first meeting, all my anxieties were cast away as I realized that our club had the passion it would need to survive. Come pandemic or shine, this organization will continue to grow at Lamar as long as we continue to uphold the Key Club motto: “Caring- our way of life.”
team stepped up to the plate with a new strategy for communicating. Excited for our first meeting, our officers got to work right away, creating an informative slideshow that
Photo Caption: a picture of three key club officers during viking fest
explained the purpose and history of Key Club, provided information on how to sign up, and described each of the different service opportunities (both in-person and digital) that would be offered during the fall semester. At last, after several officer meetings and the creation of a carefully planned agenda, the day of our first Key Club meeting finally arrived. Initially, I feared that very few people would show up to the meeting or that students unfamiliar with the school building would give up on finding the meeting room and just go home. But as I stepped into Room 284, I was completely shocked! Nearly every desk was already full, and I saw faces from all different grade levels, both returning and new.
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NEW MEMBER INVOLVEMENT
Moi is a class representative this year, and it's her first year being a key club officer. She is unique, outgoing, smart, and funny. I cannot wait to see what she will bring this year. Go to page 6 to see more about Moi!
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High school is a phase of life in which an individual gains many of their life experiences and memories. Many do this by joining various clubs provided to them by their school. Among the plethora of school clubs is Key Club, known for its community service based activities. Every year, our Key Club program is gaining new members as new students flood into the school. However, it is important to note that the new members can always have a change of mind and leave the club at their will. In order to prevent this, there has to be plans that encourage the members to continue in the club.
An essential need in a club is the factors that pull in the members. Based on the purpose of Key Club, new members can be retained by the resources the officers provide to them. In order for the club to function and the members to have a purpose, service opportunities are a must. New joining members are much more likely to stay if they are provided with opportunities to serve as well as encouragement. Therefore, the officers of the club should be responsible for the planning and organizing of different services. However, a club should also be able to incorporate other forms of entertainment, such as team building activities or socials. Through this, the members won’t feel the club is time consuming and simply work based. Instead, they’ll be able to enjoy their time in the club while gaining many experiences.
Additionally, in a club, there has to be communication, not only within the officers but also within the club itself. If the activities done in the club were only based on officers and what was fun, easy or convenient for them, the initial interest of the newly joining members would easily disappear. Furthermore, the whole purpose of the club is defeated when members are not participating or given the choice to do so. Therefore, it is crucial for the club to give its members the ability to share their own thoughts and suggest ideas. This will allow the members to feel that they have a place within the club and the grand scheme of the group. It also creates a sense of assurance so that they can vocalize their opinions in a place they learn to become comfortable in. It’s known that to run a club, it needs members to sustain it. To keep the members interested in the club, the officers have to ensure their involvement in the club. This is done by giving the joining members the needed means that allows them to function in the club. Another method is to ensure that their voices and suggestions are heard. In this way, the members feel reassured and comfortable, ultimately creating a fun and successful Key Club experience.
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HUMANS OF TEXAS OKLAHOMA By
Laith
Nayfeh
Greeting! My name is Laith. I am a Junior at Lamar High School. I tend to avoid being in after school or during school activities in general because I don't really enjoy any of the organizations they have. But there was one organization that got my interest. This is why I am a proud member of the Key Club Organization. Key Club is run by the great Lamar High School students.
Firstly, what is Key Club? Key Club is an international, student-led organization providing its members with opportunities to perform service, build character, and develop leadership. This was a great way for students to perform service hours that can be counted as community service hours for key club while making sure you serve your community. This was a great way for me to get involved in serving the community while still getting credit hours.
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Secondly, experience is the main part
I am not trying to make you feel some type
about being involved in any type of
of way, or persuade you to do something by
community club. Because it allows the
any chance. I am trying to make you leave
person to build a connection with
your comfort zone and go out and do what
everything and everyone around them.
you love. A tip that I'll end my essay with
For instance, I made a lot of friends
today is: If you want to have the best Key
that had the same mindset as me to
Club year, all I can say is to get involved.
help the community and make some
Don't wait for the right opportunity because
extra hours. These helped us all by
it will never come. Just go out there and
working together as a group to help
make new friends, meet new people, help
each other and make the community a
others, but most of all have fun! Build
much better place for everyone. Key
different relationships and put yourself out
Club also helped build my leadership
there, start a fundraiser or a new service
skills and develop a healthy lifestyle.
project for your club.
For instance, I learned to stand up for what is wrong and what is right by taking full responsibility and leading the way. Honestly I never had instructions on how to succeed in these four years. All I was told is to make the most of it, but also not to let go of a successful future. I felt like I did not belong at the school. Therefore, by joining Key Club it made it seem like I had a place at my school. Being a part of Key Club is more than just the service and hours you get. It is about being a leader and taking responsibility, learning new things, and making everlasting relationships.Being part of a family, is such an overwhelmingly great experience. I learn new things about my friends, my peers, and the world around me through Key Club.
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HERE ARE KEY CLUB INTERNATION PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIVE P
Thirst Project is a nonprofit organization that works with the support of young people to END the global water crisis by building freshwater wells in developing communities that need safe, clean drinking water. By providing a community with safe drinking water, disease rates can drop by up to 88% virtually overnight! Child mortality rates can drop up to 90%overnight! Clean water also plays an incredibly critical role in effectively treating and managing HIV/AIDS in rural
For 80 years, March of Dimes has helped millions of babies survive and thrive. Now they’re building on that legacy to level the playing field for all moms and babies, no matter their age, socio-economic background or demographics. They advocate for policies that prioritize their health. They support radical improvements to the care they receive. And they pioneer research to find solutions to the biggest health threats to moms and babies.
communities.
TeleSquads provide Key Club members with affordable opportunities to complete community service hours while gaining hands-ons international
Nickelodeon currently presents two major campaigns year round that encourage
experience implementing projects that improve
action in kids globally. Worldwide Day of
health and education outcomes for in-need
Play reinforces Nickelodeon’s mission to
communities. Each TeleSquad is a customized 1-9
make the world a more playful place by
week online course for groups of 8 or more Key
leading Play events across the country.
Club members to build knowledge through skill-
Nickelodeon’s Get Dirty campaign seeks to
based volunteering, build cultural competency
educate kids, families, and teachers about
through virtual immersion, and deliver real impact
what they can do to help protect the planet
through our local team by participating in live
in a way that is mindful and fun.
community and professional exchanges.
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NAL'S SERVICE PARTNERS
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF began 69 years ago as a Children's Miracle Network Hospitals raises funds
way to help kids still affected by World War II.
and awareness for 170 member hospitals that
Since then, millions of children across the United
provide 32 million treatments each year to kids
States have gone door to door on Halloween with
across the U.S. and Canada.
UNICEF collection boxes, calling out, “Trick-orTreat for UNICEF!”.
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
Through The Eliminate Project, Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus—a deadly disease that steals Register for one month of fitness, reach your health goals, and change lives. Join individually or create a
the lives of nearly 31,000 innocent babies and a significant number of women each year
team. Your involvement creates community, and it helps Project Happiness educate youth and people of all ages—by providing proven tools for greater happiness and well-being.
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2021-2022 LHS Key Club
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