Itzel Huerta | ’20-’21 Director of Publicity
Hello key-uties!!! Hopefully everyone has been having a good month of school so far, and just like this school year has been a new and different experience for all of us, we recently had our first events for this school year : New Student Orientation and Movie night online edition! Just like new beginnings, we were super excited to get the chance to see some new and old faces at both events and although it might of been under certain circumstances, both were still really fun and successful! •
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New Student Orientation With new incoming students taking their first steps into highschool, it is important to help guide them into a completely new experience that can be life changing within the next 4 years, it can be the same thing with Key Club. Many people don’t know what to expect at first especially since it provides many people with endless possibilities of volunteering and creating new bonds. In reality, it can be pretty scary or over whelming for a small 9th grader, and that’s okay, the best thing we can do is welcome them with open arms and help lead the way for them so they can eventually find their own path in their key club journey. To start off the orientation, we had a KaHoot icebreaker based on some facts about key club which everyone enjoyed, it gave people a chance to ease up a bit more after since this activity was super fun. After that, we talked a bit more about what key club is all about, from the Four Core Values which we know as LICC, to the hours requirement, the key club structure and this very Newsletter. Then we got into our Origami Butterfly Activity which everyone enjoyed doing since it was a nice and simple project that resulted in a very cute butterfly and their very first service activity experience. Right after we were done with that, we got a chance to talk a bit more about Key Club’s preferred charities, more projects like Lock-in and Operation Christmas, some upcoming fundraisers, and then cabinet members shared what Key Club meant to them and what experience new members could expect overall. Nearing the end of the meeting, we had one final round of KaHoot based on the information we went over during the meeting which was also more fun for our new members, and the two winners will be receiving a sun plushie! Finally, to top off the meeting, we watch some video recaps of the 2019-2020 term. I personally think these videos captured and showed really well what the true feeling and experience of being in Key Club is and how amazing it will be for our new members as well. Movie Night
For our movie night, this was really just a great opportunity to relax, do a fun service activity and enjoy a Friday afternoon with a movie once everyone had finished their classes for the week. Online school has hit people differently and it is especially important to take care of ourselves and take breaks. Once people joined the zoom call, we got the chance to talk a bit among our members and then we moved to Kast so we could all watch the movie. One of our directors of fundraising, Anika Kasula, was able to screen the movie Spider-man: Into the Spider Verse, and while watching the movie, everyone could grab a snack, chat with each other in the chat room, do the card making service we had, and overall just unwind after a busy day of work. It all ran really smoothly and everyone had a really fun time and we will be looking forward to more future interactions with everyone else, until next time! Stay safe bees <3
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