>>TABLE OF C 4 President’s Letter 5 Service Partners 6 Calendar 8 Spooky Crossword!
KEY MOMENTS 10 Tag, You’re IT 12 Members of the Month!
16 Like A Baby’s First Step 19 Contact Info 22 Thirst Project 23 Editor’s Note
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letter Hi Key Clubbers!!
I cant believe we are halfway done with the 2018-2019 term! Its so bittersweet because I've absolutely loved everything we’ve done throughout the past 6 months, but I also know that DCON will be upon us before we know it! Now October was an extremely eventful month, packed with school carnivals, socials and lots of fun! We also started Members of the Month again and I'm proud to announce that Junior, Lalo Tovar and Sophomore, Kaliyah Milner were our most spooktacular members!! Thanks for all of your dedication to Key Club, we couldn’t do it without y’all :’))
In Love and Service,
Patricia Rojas
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Opportunities Everyday: Mission Arlington 7am – 7pm @ 210 W South St. Arlington, TX Volunteers are asked to do a variety of thing such as packing, organizing and shelving donations.
Sundays: Allies in Youth Development 2 pm - 4 pm @ 1315 FM 1187 Suite 107 Mansfield, TX Sort out donations , create toiletry kits and help pack boxes that will be sent over to orphanages in Eastern European countries.
Wednesdays: Kiwanis’ Feed the Kids 4:30 PM @ 150 South 6th Ave. Mansfield, TX Help unpack and bag food to help feed students within Mansfield ISD who live in economically disadvantaged households.
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• November 6,13,20, & 27: Green Team 3 pm– 4 pm @ Mrs. Cullen’s Room (E1) Volunteers will collect teacher’s recycling bins from around campus and take them to the recycling containers outside then return them back to their original classroom
November 10: DFW Undy Run/Walk 6:15 am @ Levitt Pavilion -100 W Abram St, Arlington, TX 76010 Need volunteers to help set up, clean up, oversee runners, take pictures, and more!
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You can’t have Spooky Month without a spooky crossword! ACROSS:
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3. Animal that symbolizes bad luck
1. It’s freaking ____. I love Halloween.
6. Top costume of 2018 2. Happens on October 31st 8. Favorite Halloween activity 9. Green and warty supernatural beings
4. Monster that goes boo!
5. I want to suck your 10. It’s the Great ______ blood! Charlie Brown! 7. Spooky spooky __________.
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TAG, YOU’RE IT Sharlene Garcia, Reporting Secretary
Spooky scary skeletons sends shivers down your spines, but members who don’t record their hours starts to get me a little more frightened. October was a busy month as people as getting ready for Halloween and dressing up in costumes ranging from Disney princesses or the clown from It. This month our major event was the Farr Best Theatre in which member volunteered their time to raise money for Mansfield Summit Key Club. A lot of members were expecting a ton of events during November, so in order to meet demanded we all worked hard for three days to raise enough for our club. Though fundraisers weren’t personally my kind of thing, it was one of my favorite memories because of who I’m doing it with. Webmaster Lacey Thomas, Service Coordinator Reem Saeed, Junior Class Representative, Key Clubber Lalo Trovar, and myself included were assigned to try and advertise the fundraiser throughout the local town of Mansfield Texas. The night was still young and many of the folks had some time to spare after taking a bite around the local restaurants. We roamed around the little venue and talking with a few people to come stop by. Every now and then we would all take photos as the heart of Mansfield had amazing sights and murals. We began to learn a little more
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about the community and eventually learn more about each other. Once we had enough time to go around town and advertise, we went back to the theatre to meet up with President Patricia Rojas, Vice President Gavin WIlson, and Senior Class Representative Bushra Khaliq. We all had enough time to sit back and watch the famous clown movie, It, and making jokes to avoid the inevitable jump scares. And as before the movie ended, I got to see my favorite Senior Class Representative Bushra Khaliq dress up as the clown from It and scare almost everybody in the room. After volunteering about half the day at the Farr Best Theatre, the movie, the popcorn, and the amazing people I was with was much needed. Life is not just the things we do, but who weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing them with. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been more happy to be part of a wonderful board who does their best not only to excel in their own accord, but grow the cub into a greater vision and a light for others to enjoy helping our community. October was by far my favorite month of service as the board and members grew a little closer together this month. We all worked together, made a bunch of jokes, and ultimately did our best to help the community and ourselves grow. As always, October is full of spooky surprises, like ghosts, ghouls, werewolves, financial aid, but things get a little less scary when you have amazing friends to get you by.
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Introducing our October members of the month: Kaliyah Milner and Lalo Tovar a!
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These two members have demonstrated their dedication to Key Club by not only coming to meetings and events, but also by turning in hours on time, every time, and because of that, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve earned themselves the honor of being the first two members of the month!
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LIKE A BABYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FIRST STEPS Nina Lien, Freshman Class Representative
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A new year, a new experience! This is my first year in this frightening environment they call high school, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad I stumbled on Key Club to help guide me. The activities are fun, and the people are extraordinary. Since Key Club is a volunteering organization it provides many opportunities for others and myself to not only gain experience in volunteering, but help others in the process. The events Key Club holds and participate in astonishes me since the majority of it is run by students. They plan things from simple get togethers to a entire banquets. It is a very organized group and the standard that these people hold themselves to is
something I deeply respect. At first I was confused as to what Key Club exactly was. Did they make keys? Was it just a group of people helping in soup kitchens? I had no idea. But the more time I spent there the more I realized what it was: a family. Like a family, they’re very flexible when it comes to dealing with problems and schedules. They listen to every side of a problem, and deal with it in a professional manner. But most importantly, they have fun together and act as one. Another great thing about Key Club is the sense of purpose you get from helping people, as cliche as that sounds. There’s a quote about this that really spoke to me: “Sooner or later, you realize that real fulfillment comes only from helping others. All the rest is temporary.” All my life I’ve done things for my own gain, and now that I’m in high school, I think I should start thinking about the big picture. I have to step out of my comfort zone to help the greater good. Overall, the little time I’ve spent with this wonderful group of people has been an amazing experience. It’s amazing to go to different events and seeing the joy on peoples faces when you help them, whether it
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President: Patricia Rojas president.shskc@gmail.com Secretary: Sharlene Garcia secretary.shskc@gmail.com
Webmaster: Lacey Thomas summitwebmaster.shskc@gmail.com
Service Coordinator: Reem Saeed servicecoordi.shskc@gmail.com
Freshman Class Rep: Nina Lien freshmanclassrep.shskc@gmail.com
Junior Class Rep: Chelsea Angwenyi juniorclassrep.shskc@gmail.com
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Vice President: Gavin Wilson vp.shskc@gmail.com Treasurer: Amy Tran treasurer.shskc@gmail.com
Editor: Alyssa Brown editor.shskc@gmail.com Historian: Nasim Muhammad historian,shskc@gmail.com
Sophomore Class Rep: Bushra Shoaib sophomoreclassrep.shskc@gmail.com
Senior Class Rep: Bushra Khaliq seniorclassrep.shskc@gmail.com
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District Governor: Addi Duerksen governor@tokeyclub.com District Treasurer: Addie Flores treasurer@tokeyclub.com
Convention Liaison: Nadia Rodriguez cl@tokeyclub.com International Trustee: Leslie Truong saulontiveros.keyclub@gmail.com
Division 39 South LTG: Brianna Dao ltg39s@tokeyclub.com
Faculty Advisor: Austin Reese austinreese@misdmail.org
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District Secretary: Bunsri Patel secretary@tokeyclub.com District Editor: Kyra Burke editor@tokeyclub.com
Technology Producer: Aina Sebastian ainasebatian@gmail.com Regional Advisor: Gretchen S. Warner docgretchen@gmail.com
Kiwanis Advisor: Phil Stover jphilstover@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor: Dahlia Berwise dahliaberwise@mansfieldisd.org
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Hey Key Clubbers! This month was spooky month, and it made me so happy! As you can see in my lovely newsletter, there’s lots of orange and black to represent Halloween. I promise I won’t use so much of one color on my newsletters like this again (until Christmas rolls around, but I swear after that I’m done). This month we introduced the idea of having two members of the month, and it turned out to be a huge success! The goal of this is to motivate our members more, and I know it will work. I even had one member come up to me after the meeting telling me that he’s determined to be the member of the month next month, and that made me smile! In Love and Service,
Alyssa Brown
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