Newsletter | May 2014
Key Club
Paschal High School Volume 3, Issue 2 | PHS | Key Club
Division 1S |1S Texas-Oklahoma District Division | Texas-Oklahoma District
May 2014
Table of Contents Meet the Board
page 4 Installation Dinner
Recyclers Rejoice
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page 8 Shutterbug
Veterans of Foreign War
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SERVICE
Colors: Blue, Gold, White
Location: 31 countries around the world
Established: 1925
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Braille Bibles 4:00pm
AGAPE 6:00pm
Ice Cream Social!
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AGAPE 6:00pm
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CARING
Braille Bibles 4:00pm
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AGAPE 6:00pm
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INCLUSIVENESS
MEET THE BOARD! Junsung Lee President Spirit animal: Turtle Favorite color: Green Favorite book: Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner Favorite season: Fall Favorite service project: Turkey Trot Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: Top 25 Hardest question I始ve ever been asked: "What始s your all time favorite song?"
Page Trotter Vice President Spirit animal: Dolphin Favorite color: Blue Favorite book: Divergent Favorite season: Winter Favorite service project: Great Strides run Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: A ton more members and more exciting events! Best road trip I've ever taken: Road trip to Colorado!
Janet Diaz Secretary
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Spirit animal: Bear Favorite color: Blue Favorite book: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Favorite season: Fall Favorite service project: Cowtown Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: I definitely want our club to be one of the best clubs in the T-O District! And to accomplish that we must find fun service projects for members. Coke or Pepsi? Sorry Junsung, but I have to go with Pepsi. Just kidding, I love Coke.
Diana Lee Treasurer
Sarika Sabnis Editor Spirit animal: Fox Favorite color: Appropriate Green Favorite book: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Favorite season: Spring, because flowers! Favorite service project: Relay for Life Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: Make some awesome newsletters, showcasing our beyond-awesome Key Club. But to do that, we will need incredibly awesome service projects! Jazz or classical? Too tough, but I'm into lindy-hopping.
Jillian Daugherty Parliamentarian
CHARACTER BUILDING
Spirit animal: Duck Favorite color: I can't say, because then the other colors will be sad. Favorite book: Books with pictures on them just because. Favorite season: Winter, because it's my birthday! Favorite service project: Great Strides run Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: Get more members and hopefully many of them can attend our meetings! Favorite least favorite color: Colors have feelings, y'all. Haters gonna hate.
Spirit animal: Elephant Favorite color: Light Green Favorite book: I have a lot of them, but one of them is Cress. Favorite season: Winter Favorite service project: Great Strides run Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: Get into the Top 25 at DCON and enter more contests for DCON. When does the walrus sing?
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LEADERSHIP
Members-at-Large! Moni Gunderson Spirit animal: Flamingo Favorite color: Pink Favorite book: I have many but I really like The Fault In Our Stars by John Greene Favorite season: Summer Favorite service project: Sear's Back To School Shopping Event Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: To increase membership and maintain high membership throughout the year! Favorite Disney Princess: Cinderella
Sue Youn Oh Spirit animal: An owl...? Maybe? (Not sure what a spirit animal is...) Favorite color: Turquoise Favorite book: One of my favorites is the Inheritance Cycle Favorite season: Fall Favorite service project: UCC Mobil Food Pantry Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: To help other members do their best in all activities! Favorite MMA fighter: Don't have one...too hard to choose.
Ali Thorburn
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Spirit animal: Turtle Favorite color: Pink Favorite book: Hunger Games, Twilight, Divergent, or The Selection Favorite season: The transition between summer and fall. Favorite service project: Braille bibles Goals for 2014-2015 in Key Club: To be in Top 25! When does the walrus sing? I have no earthly idea about the walrus thing.
The Convening of Elders: Installation Dinner by Isheta Kumar
COMMUNITY
Pizza. Friends. Fun. That's what went down at the Key Club Instillation Dinner, where our Key Club welcomed its new officers and said goodbye to its old ones. The "party" started when the upcoming and soon retiring officers arrived at Ms. Holland's house, where everyone hung out. After everyone had arrived, the instillation part of the Instillation Dinner started. After a representative from Kiwanis announced Junior Junsung Lee and Senior Katie Kroll the winners of the Key Club scholarships, An Bui, our division 1S lieutenant governor helped our club say good bye to our former president, Katie Kroll, and welcome our new officers, Junsung Lee (President),Page Trotter (VP), Janet Diaz (Secretary), Diana Lee (Treasurer), Sarika Sabnis (Editor), and Jillian Daugherty, Ashlie Devenney, Moni Gunderson, and Isheta Kumar (members-at-large). Soon after all of the new officers pledged to be dedicated to Key Club for the next year, the party began! Soon after all the serious stuff was over, Ms. Denton brought pizza for all of the officers, both old and new, and everyone ate outside and talked, played badminton, and just had fun! Before we knew it, it was time to cut the cookie cake and end our Installation Dinner fun. All our officers for the next school year left the dinner motivated to help our club grow into something even greater than it is (if that's possible)!
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Adventures in Recycling: Electronics Edition
LEADERSHIP
by Sue Youn Oh
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On Saturday May 17, 2014, the Sierra Club, Commodities Recycling, and Paschal High School joined forces to make the world a little cleaner, a little more sustainable by holding an electronic recycling event. All sorts of junk were brought out, such as broken fans, an ancient Macintosh, and even TVs. All the volunteers worked hard for three hours, greeting people that dropped off electronics, filling large boxes with electronic devices, and even learning how to use a jack. It was a great event that taught me more about how to live sustainably, and what we as individuals can do to make a change. Even something as little as using cloth bags for groceries instead of plastic bags can make a difference.
Shutterbug
by J端nsung Lee On May 24th, I went to Laural Land Cemetery to put down flags on veterans' graves. We were notified at the very last minute about this event so we weren't able to get many members to participate. However, there were several people from other key clubs and other organizations ,and janet and I worked very efficiently for several hours. Throughout this event, I was able to see that the veterans served overseas and fought in several major wars such as Korean War, WWI & WWII, and Vietnam War.It was an honor to come out and volunteer at Laural Land Cemetery, and I hope next year more key clubbers join this service project.
SELFLESSNESS
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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SERVING OTHERS
MORE INFORMATION
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WHAT IS KEY CLUB?
DISTRICT CONVENTION
Key Club is an international organzation with a mission to serve others. By being a part of Key Club at Paschal, you are given the opportunity to participate in service projects with friends and make a difference in your community. What could be better than helping others while having fun?
District Convention (DCON) is an event for the Tex-O-Key (Texas-Oklahoma District) to convene and learn more about Key Club, share experiences from the past year, and make more memories. From forums to banquets to caucuses and voting, DCON is an unforgettable experience. Sophomore Moni Gunderson revisits DCON from her freshman year, "DCON was an action-packed incredibly fun, unforgettable weekend experience. I had somuch fun learning more about Key Club and meeting new people. I am so happy that I went and I am planning on going every year!"
For more info, visit www.keyclub.org.
WHAT IS KIWANIS? Designed for adults, Kwianis is an organization made up of service leaders in communities all over the world. With several goals in mind, Kiwanis partners with other organizations to provide help to those in need. Go to www.kiwanis.org/kiwanis/about-kiwanis to learn more about the club. Kiwanis in Fort Worth helps support us in our endeavors, both financially and verbally. Be sure to attend one of their meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month. More info can be found in our meeting agendas!
MAJOR EMPHASIS PROGRAM Key The Major Emphasis Program we have chosen at Paschal is "It's Not Okay", a program with a goal to end bullying of all kinds. Teaming up with Paschal's very own Link Crew, we have worked to ensure that everyone knows the true meaning of It's Not Okay.
INTEGRITY
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