District 7, Division 1S Volume 2 // Issue 11
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EDITOR
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OFFICER ELECTIONS & MESSAGES
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DCON & PROJECTS
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PAST EVENTS
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UPCOMING
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CONTACT
Editor’s Corner Hey, Key Club! I hope those of you who are attending are looking forward to our upcoming District Convention and International Convention! Keep up the hard work! -Lexi Cepak, NCKC Editor
Hey Key Clubbers! Hey guys! I hope everyone has been keeping track of hours and attending as many events as possible. DCON is right around the corner, so please try to come help out with our projects that will be entering in the contests. We are extremely excited for this district convention and it is such a huge deal for many of us, so we need all the help we can get :) Although, key club is pretty slow with events right now, we are always open to new ideas for events members have for us. Also don’t forget that members have to have 80 hours by the end of the school year! If you are worried that you will not meet that standard, please come talk to me and we can always work something out, because I know a lot of us students have jobs and other duties to attend in other clubs. I hope you all had a great spring break and don’t forget that AP exams are coming up, so study and you will all do great :)
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VICE PRESIDENT
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Yours in service, Demi Carrion NCHS Key Club President
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EDITOR
TREAS
CRETARY
ETARY
SURER
DAISY DOAN
OLIVIA COURTNEY
JORDANPEYTON
HISTORIAN DANIELLE SCOTT
KAREN DUARTE
LEXI CEPAK
VICE PRESIDENT SARA AL-MIDANY
YERA DURAN
CRYSTAL PHAN
PARLIAMENTARIAN
If you’re excited about District Convention, don’t forget about International Convention! This year, the International Convention will be held in Indianapolis from June 24th to June 28th. You’ll get the opportunity to make friends, learn about leadership, and listen to amazing speakers! Over 1,600 Key Clubbers will attend, so don’t miss out!
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FINI
On Saturday, March 28th, 2015, North Crowley Key Club participated in the "Finish Strong" Community event to help encourage kids of all ages to be motivated into finishing their year off "Strong"! The Community event was located at the Greenbrier Community Center and Park in Fort Worth. It consisted of many games and activities such as basketball, carnival games, bounce houses, inflatable games, educational sessions, and music concerts. Key Clubbers arrived at noon that Saturday and were welcomed by a busy staff who were setting up for the event. Key Clubbers helped out by filling up the coolers with ice, water and fountain drink cans in order to have refreshments for the community. After they were done, the Key Clubbers carried bikes from inside the building out onto a stage outside in order to prepare for a prize contest that would take place later that day. Once that was done, NC Key Clubbers were assigned to accompany and watch the children at the inflatable games outside. This was such a fun task because the volunteers were able to engage with many kids of all ages, from a young toddler to even 12 year olds. The kids were so friendly and en-
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Article By: Daisy Doan
thusiastic. The volunteers talked to many of the older kids about school, asking how they are doing, how they feel, and if they are excited. They were all thrilled to find out that the kids were super excited and engaged, all thanks to this event. The Key Clubbers were able to encourage the kids about school while also having fun with them. Some Key Clubbers even went through the inflatable obstacles to help the younger kids, especially toddlers, through safely. Though hesitant at first, they were able to have a fun adventure! The Key Clubbers also helped guide parents and encourage families to be engaged into the concerts and sessions. Many families were drawn in and had the opportunities to gain prizes just by participating. As the event came to an end, NC Key Clubbers helped clean up and break down the area. Through teamwork and hard work, they were able to make the task successful and finished! This event was so engaging, exciting and moving because Key Clubbers were able to be apart of helping kids be successful in school and finishing off their year STRONG!
BARNES & NOBLE STOR was Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I immediately started drawing Belle with crayons on one of the coloring pages. The girl came and sat by me while I drew, handing me colors and telling me what color various parts of Belle were. When I finally finished drawing Belle, I handed her the drawing. I was immediately given a big hug that I will always remember. Barnes and Noble Storytime is a great event for Key Club members that love to work with children. It’s really rewarding to be able to entertain Analiese Claire, Victor Amajor and I had an especially great experience at Barnes & Noble Storytime on Saturday, March 28th. We arrived at 10
children and make them happy. I love attending Storytime as often as I can. Storytime also helps me conquer my fear of
a.m. and were given activities and a book to
speaking in front of others. I love getting to read
read to the children. Analiese and I drew exam-
stories to adorable children. Speaking in front of
ple pictures of the characters from the book while the children used to make me nervous. I used to hide behind my camera, but now I love reading Victor divided up the sheets of stickers. At 11, Victor and I took turns reading Duck and Goose by Tad Hills to the children while Anal-
them stories. Another great thing about Barnes & Noble
iese took pictures, since she forgot her glasses and Storytime is that I get to volunteer with my friends. Analiese has accompanied me to the majority of couldn’t read the book without them. After we finished reading the story, we directed the children over to the arts and crafts table where they completed mazes and coloring
the Storytime events this year. It’s fun to get to know the other members who share a love for making kids happy.
pages. A girl and a boy raced to see who could
I love Barnes and Noble Storytime. Helping
complete their maze first. We were impressed at
kids have fun always brightens my day, and I love
how quickly they solved their mazes!
working with other key club members. I can’t wait
One girl colored everything pink because it was her favorite color. While we watched the children draw, Analiese asked the girl who her favorite Disney princess was. Her favorite princess
to attend Storytime again on Saturday!
RYTIME
Article By: Lexi Cepak
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COWTOWN CLEAN-UP
I went to North Crowley High School on Saturday March 28 to help clean up my own school. The amount of people that showed up was awesome, and the event was great too. We had to be there by 8 in the morning, and we waited for other people to arrive so we could start. Big garbage bags were provided with gloves for each one of us besides a bag for recycling. It was really nice seeing a lot of people wearing the same shirt and doing the same thing. It made me feel that we were all engaged to what we were doing, no matter what club we came with (be it NHS or Key Club, since this was a shared event). I clearly saw how all of these people cared about their school and their city. We were also told to take pictures of unique stuff if found before putting them in the bag because they wanted to give prizes. We got into groups of 5 to 6 people and got assigned an area. I was in a group with Demi, Daisy, Danielle, Vincent and Christina. The weather was kind of nice, especially walking on grass with flowers around you; somehow, it took our minds off the usual idea that runs through people’s minds, "Picking up trash is nasty."
Article By: Sara Al-Midany
We got to meet new people from our own school, some of which I haven't seen before. It was a great opportunity to make new friends! We got to see how things started to dispose into the ground and that's pretty cool. Honestly, I was very proud of what I saw. There wasn't too much trash around, there wasn't any inappropriate stuff, and everything looked pretty clean, and that made me really proud. I enjoyed the sense of accomplishment I got from helping out my school and community. I feel like we really made a difference. I also loved getting the opportunity to take pictures of an event for the first time, since Jordan Peyton, North Crowley Key Club’s 2015-2016 vice-president (along with Olivia Courtney) and current Key Club historian, has been helping me prepare for my new position as Historian. Everyone had a great time posing for pictures and helping the community. It was a great event mostly because we bonded with other clubs, and I am really looking forward to doing it again next year.
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS BAS derly. These activities made the special Olympics basketball competition last all day. The people that competed were really friendly and a bond was formed between the competitor and the judge as the day went on. After each group of competitors, awards were given out to those who performed the best and scored the most points for the activity. The reactions of those who won were priceless! It was satisfying to see a competitor that you This month, North Crowley Key Club helped out at the Special Olympics Basketball Competition. Crystal Phan, North Crowley’s
judged get an award, knowing that you helped them achieve their recognition. It warmed my heart when the boy I was paired up with won
an award. It filled me with joy to watch his face new 2015-2016 parliamentarian, Jordan Peyton, light up, plus I felt proud of him for winning. It our newly elected vice-president, and Destiny was nice to have friends at this event to volunSalcido helped keep track of everyone’s
scores. They helped them compete with each other in fun basketball games like HORSE in Bowler Junior High’s Gymnasium. This basketball tournament was held in order to help give the disabled a fun activity. They competed in various events for points, such as: dribbling various distances as quickly as they could, shooting a hoop from varying
teer with me because it was fun to experience the feelings of pride and joy this event gave me with someone that understood. This event was truly something special. I got to help the disable have a fun day where they could compete for awards. I loved getting to see the smiles on their faces and to know that I had helped with something truly great. I was inspired. I will definitely participate
distances , and passing a ball through a square in this event next year because it will forever on the wall. As volunteers for Key Club, memhave a special place in my heart, and so will
bers followed an individual around to each sta- my partner. Hopefully more members will voltion and recorded the points they earned from unteer at the special Olympics basketball comthe various activities.
There were also events for group activi-
petition next year so they can experience the joy and sense of accomplishment I felt along
ties. There were several groups and ages rang- with me. Giving back to the community is a truing from children’s events to events for the el-
ly amazing feeling. Article By: Crystal Phan & Lexi Cepak
SKETBALL COMPETITION
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BLOOD DRIVE
By: Lexi Cepak
On Thursday, March 25th, North Crowley Key Club held their final blood drive for the 2014 - 2015 school year. I had a great time helping out with the blood drive after lunch. I got to spend time with Ms. Laing, North Crowley Key Club’s sponsor, Karen, our vice-secretary, and Sara, our newly elected historian. I even got to spend time with Bernice and Demi, who will be graduating this year. I love getting to help with the blood drive because although I don’t weigh enough to donate, it makes me happy to see so many students that are willing to give their blood in order to help others. Helping with forms and paperwork makes me feel like I’m a part of the blood donation process, even though I don’t get to give my own blood. Karen always has a great time taking pictures of me when I’m busy. We have a great time together. I even got to know Sara a little better, which was great since she’s going to be part of our officer team for next year. I even got some silly pictures of Ms. Laing while she was telling students which bus they needed to go to in order to give blood.
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T ARRANT C OUNTY G ARDEN
By: Lexi Cepak
Sara Al-Midany, Dang Nguyen, Jordan Peyton, Destiny Salcido, and Julie Tran helped out at Tarrant County Garden this March. They helped the community by planting vegetables that could later be harvested. Destiny said, “The community garden was a great experience!” The first thing she saw when she arrived was an average church, but she was soon led to a small, beautiful garden. There were already a lot of volunteers from the community and other schools there, but they welcomed North Crowley Key Club to help them. They all grouped together and got to work. They planted vegetables and even got to water them. They learned how to garden, plant, and grow vegetables. “This gave me a sense of helping those in need and my community,” said Destiny. It was a rewarding experience to get to help out the community in a way that would have lasting impact. Most Key Club events focus on helping the community in short term ways like by picking up trash, volunteering at races, and attending food banks. This event was unique because if they continue to plant vegetables, volunteers will be able to impact the community in lasting ways.
UPCOMING EVENTS
PANTHER OLYMPICS May 22nd at the North Crowley High School Field from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
MAIN STREET ARTS–
SOUTHWEST MAGIC SHOW - April 2nd from 5
p.m. - 7 p.m. at Southwest High School
April 9th - April 12th
ONGOING EVENTS AGAPE MEAL: Every Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Broadway Baptist Church GROUP DAY TBA
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BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME:
Every Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble
CONTACT President, Demi Carrion: nckcpresident@gmail.com
Vice-President, Daisy Doan: daisy202@rocketmail.com
Editor, Lexi Cepak: nckc.editor@gmail.com
Historian, Jordan Peyton: nchs.keyclubhistorian@gmail.com
Secretary, Olivia Courtney: nckc.secretary@gmail.com
Vice-Secretary, Karen Duarte: nckc.vicesecretary@gmail.com
Treasurer, Elias Laura: nckc.treasurer@gmail.com
Parliamentarian, Bernice Ogbondah: nckc.parliamentarian@gmail.com