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CNH KEY CLUB
DIV 12E REGION 17
PIEDMONT HILLS KEY CLUB
in this issue Piedmont Hills High School 1377 Piedmont Rd., San Jose, CA 95132
3..................................................from the president 4.............................................member of the month 6...................................................................calendar 8.............................................executive-elects intro 12........................event recaps & upcoming events 15..............................................................club goals 16.......................................from the media director 17..........................................................connections
FROM THE
President
JUDY NG
Hello Piedmont Hills Key Club! Happy April — our last month of the term! First of all, I want to say that it was truly an honor to serve as your president for this past term; it’s an experience I will never forget. This month, as it is both the last month of the 2018-2019 term and the first one of the 2019-2020 term, I hope everyone tries to find some time over the weekend to attend a service event to both end & start the terms strong! Aside from Key Club, good luck to everyone taking AP exams in the next month — make sure to start studying early! There’s also less than two months left in the school year until summer. Keep pushing through all the stress of school! Additionally, to my fellow seniors, I hope each of you got into the college of your dreams, but if not, where you do end up going may be the dream you never knew about. Again, I’d like to say thank you for being a part of Key Club, and for making my last year in Key Club such a memorable one. Each of you hold a special place in my heart. Soaring with Service, Judy Ng Piedmont Hills Key Club President 2018-2019
STEVEN TRAN FEBRUARY MEMBER
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Steven Tran was chosen as this month’s member of the month because his dedication for Key Club was demonstrated through his activeness and amount of volunteering events he has attended. Additionally, he is an amiable person, as he’s shown at the various service events he has attended. He has also shown initiative by attending the division training DCM. At a recent event, Finders’ Keypers, he showed a lot of his Key Club spirit when performing the challenges set by officers!
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JADON TRAN MARCHÂ MEMBER
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Jadon Tran was chosen as this month’s member of the month because he has shown a lot of dedication in Key Club this past month. Not only did he attend Key to Success, he attended Pick Me Up and March DCM/MNT Olympics, and demonstrated genuine interest in learning more about Key Club. Jadon's also a friendly person, interacting with not just other members but with the officers as well!
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2 - Lunar New Year, Super Guadalupe Run 3 - 408K Race 8 - Finders Keypers 9 - Valentine Fun Run 22 - Martial Cottle Workday 24 - February DCM
2 - Carnevale Italia Celebration 3 - AYSO Soccer 8 - Interkey Movie Night 9 - Sacred Hearts Warehouse Workday 16 - Milpitas Park Cleanup 17 - Shamrock Run 5k &10k 23 - Heart & Soles, Lunada Familiar 24 - Racing Hearts, Key to Success 30 - Pick Me Up 31 - Hellyer Half Marathon
Featuring
PRESIDENT-ELECT KATHY TON FOR THE 2019-2020 TERM Hello, Heroes! My name is Kathy Ton and I am beyond thrilled to be serving all of you as your 2019-2020 Key Club President! If you had told me in my freshman year that I would one day take on such a huge role, I probably wouldn't have believed you, knowing how shy and not-confident I was. However, throughout my years as a general member, project director, and treasurer, I have been incredibly fortunate to learn and grow as a person with all of the incredible experiences Key Club has given me. From the many hours spent volunteering to all of the money I've counted out, I've found a passion for a club I consider my second family. I truly hope that for the rest of this term AND for the next term all of you find that Key Club passion within you and take these opportunities to grow as well. One of my favorite things about Key has been the welcoming-family vibe, and I can't wait to give you guys the support to become the amazing people I know you are! Finally, you're always welcome to talk to me! I love meeting new members, and I promise I'm not that scary. I'm honored to be able to work with all of you in this upcoming term, and I'm incredibly excited to see all of the amazing things we'll accomplish! (mucho love <3)
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THE EXECUTIVEELECTS BOARD FOR THE 2019-2020 TERM
VP of Service Hello lovely superheros!! I’m super duper honored to serve as your next vice president of service!! It’s been an absolute dream of mine to be a big part of your experience in Key Club. Though getting to here was a really rough trip, it was definitely worth all the potato shenanigans teehee :—) I look forward to guiding my fellow members through Key Club at service events and i hope that you’ll like my future agendas < 33 i hope to make the next term a bLAST for you all!! Yours truly, Nancy Duong (aka potato girl lol)
VP of administration Hello Piedmont Hills Key Club!! My name is Jerry Xu and I am proud to be once again serving you for a new term! As your new Vice President of Admin, I will make sure that all your hours will be accurate and help out Key Club be the best that it can. If you see me around, don’t be afraid to approach me or say hi! I promise I don’t bite One thing I do bite is food! My hobbies are eating snacks, eating meals, and eating food in general. Other than food, I enjoy playing games, doing math competitions, and procrastinating on homework! Key Club has been one of the highlights of high school for me so far, and I’m truly happy to have the opportunity to give back to it for another year. I can’t wait to see what Key Club has in store for all the members next term!
Featuring
THE EXECUTIVEELECTS BOARD FOR THE 2019-2020 TERM
secretary
Bonjour Superheros! My name is Chris Abe and I am very excited to have the opportunity to be serving you as your next secretary for the 2019-2020 term! Some quick things about me: I am an avid fan of the 49ers, I like anime (Your Lie in April probably being my favorite), I LOVE TO RUN, and I enjoy rap (Eminem!). I have grown immensely because of Key, whether that be leadership wise or confidence wise. I have seen a lot of what Key has to offer for everyone and I truly want to work hard so that you can get that same amazing experience out of being in Key. One of my favorite quotes of all time is that “The only thing that is in your control is effort; that is all and that is everything”. I promise to put 100% effort into this term and I am extremely grateful for all of you who have helped give me the chance to serve you. Together we can make this term truly special!
treasurer Hello Heroes!! My name’s Emily Vu and Ill be serving you as the Treasurer for the 2019-2020 term! Im super excited for the next term and I have a ton of things in store to make this year amazin!! This year we were able to reach and surpass both of our goals for PTP and MNT and I hope do the same for next year. Again I’d like to thank you all for giving me this opportunity to be able to serve all of you and I promise to put in 200% for you! If you ever see me around school or volunteering please don’t be shy and come say hello!! I’d love to meet you :3
Event Recap
HEART AND SOLES MARCH 23, 2019 In the month of March, I was able to attend Heart and Soles! I attended Heart and Soles last year and I had such a great time that I went again this year! Although I had to wake up very, very early for this event, I can safely say that it was definitely worth it in the end. Like last year, I was assigned to be a course monitor. I was to guide the runners in the right direction and make sure that they didn't get lost on the course. Many of the races that I've volunteered at before made the course monitors simply stand there and point directions, but in this race, I got to encourage the runners with a lot of clapping and a lot of cheering! Being with my friends on the course made the cheering part a lot less awkward and it was rewarding seeing the runners perk up whenever they heard us cheering them on. I think one of the things that makes me continue to be excited for races is that I am able to encourage the runners to run just a bit faster and to help them out on the race. It takes a lot to be able to run a 5k/10k so early in the morning and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy that I may have made it easier for some of the runners in the race! Annabelle Tran
Event Recap
KEY TO SUCCESS MARCH 24, 2019 In March, I got the opportunity to be able to lead a workshop at Key to Success 2019. The workshop I coled with Jerry Xu was Communications and Confidence. We worked together to make the slideshow presentation and tried to include as much information as we could to be able to teach interested members how they can learn to become more confident and then to communicate their ideas to others. I was excited to see so many members attend and be so willing to learn. The icebreakers, led by Nancy and Tony, were fun and allowed both officers and members to get to know each other better. After Jerry and I presented our slideshow, we gave members an opportunity to participate and practice the tips we had mentioned throughout the presentation with impromptu speeches. I was so glad to see so many step up to participate and everyone did very well! At the end of all the workshops, everyone came back together and learned the "How do you feel?" cheer, which was a great ending to the whole event because it was so unique to just Key Club and our little family. I hope to see everyone next year, even if you aren't planning on running for board, because it's a great way to learn and bond with others! Jasmine Nguyen
Upcoming Event
DISTRICT CONVENTION APRIL 12-14, 2019
District Convention is a large event in which Key Clubbers from California, Nevada, and Hawaii all come together to celebrate the end of the term in a span of three days! There will be workshops, cheers, dances, and more! What sets DCON apart from other Key Club events is how members spend three days and two nights away from home, spending time purely on Key Club!
Club Goals 6997/9500+ HOURS $4200.22/$4200 FOR PTP $1319.08/$1000 FOR MNT
FROM THE
Media Director Hello there, Superheroes! Happy Spring! Besides all the allergies and sickness going around, at least the weather is starting to get warmer. While there weren't as many big volunteer events in the past couple of months, I want to thank you all for continuing to attend volunteer events! Coming up is District Convention, a huge event that celebrates the end of the term and the start of the new one. Aside from all this, I hope you all are continuing to work hard in school. Seniors, don't let senioritis hit you too hard! Juniors, hopefully you're all satisfied with \your SAT score. If not, don't worry! You still got a few chances left. Those with AP classes, make sure to begin preparing for the exams because there's no such thing as starting to study too early! Happy volunteering :) Nicole Chen PHHS Key Club Media Director 2018-2019
Contacts + Social Media Judy Ng | President – judy3096@gmail.com Stacey Thai | VP of Service – staceythai19@gmail.com Joann Huynh | VP of Admin – joannhuynh111@gmail.com Jerry Xu | Secretary – jerryxukeyclub@gmail.com Kathy Ton | Treasurer – kathyton@tonthat.com
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