December 2014 Newsletter

DECEMBER 2014 VOL. 6 / ISSUE 8

THE OFFICIAL KEY CLUB NEWSLETTER OF BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL WE FEEL GOOD, WE FEEL MAD GOOD, AND WHAT?!

IN THIS ISSUE

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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THE EXECUTIVE BOARD & CABINET 2014-2015

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DECEMBER EVENTS

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FUN & GAMES

12

HOLIDAY CHALLENGES (MORE WAYS TO EARN POINTS!)

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KEY CLUBBER OF DECEMBER

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DEAR EXEC

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QUOTE OF DECEMBER/QUOTE OF NOVEMBER RESPONSES

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DIVISION, DISTRICT & INTERNATIONAL NEWS

19

KEY CLUB CHEERS

20

OUR CLUB’S VIPS

21

CONTACT INFORMATION

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

HEY BROOKLYN TECH KEY CLUBBERS, HOW DO YOU FEEL? Happy New Year! I really love the holiday season! I hope you are all enjoying a much needed winter break! I finished my college applications yesterday and have a few days to relax! :) Thank you to everyone who came to the Holiday Party! I hope you all had fun! I’m sorry for the lack of pizza that we had, but I hope everyone still enjoyed the festivities and desserts.

Our next big celebration will be Induction in June! If you didn’t come to the Holiday Party, I hope to see you at Induction!

For this month’s newsletter, I am not Sandy Mui, but rather, Sandy Claus (haha get it?)! In lieu of the holiday spirit, I added two fun ways in this newsletter for you to earn a few extra points! I know many of you need to catch up on points since there are few events in the winter, so this is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of! I hope to see many of you participate!

There are a few more days of the break to enjoy. Stay home, relax, and spend some time with your family. I will be working on my New Year’s resolutions and looking for scholarship opportunities. I hope everyone has been productive in their break thus far, and will continue to not let their break slip away, but at the same time, don’t let schoolwork be the only thing that you do! Enjoy a nice cup of hot cocoa while watching TV or something (always me)!

Yours in the spirit of service, Sandy Claus Bulletin Editor 2014-2015

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EXECUTIVE BOARD 2014-2015

DAVID JIN PRESIDENT

CYNTHIA JIANG SECRETARY

SANDY MUI BULLETIN EDITOR Photos by: CHRISTOPHER PERSAUD

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JORGE LEMA VICE PRESIDENT

KATE WONG TREASURER

CRYSTAL LIM WEBMASTER

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EXECUTIVE CABINET 2014-2015

NABIB AHMED

SHUSMITA ROY SCHOOL SERVICES

CARRIE ZHAO ADVOCACY

JOANNA ZHANG FUNDRAISING

CRYSTAL CHOI

JORGE ROBLES VISUAL MEDIA

Photos by: JORGE ROBLES

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SANTA’S HELPERS December 13, 2014

Services for the UnderServed (SUS) believes every New Yorker has the right to lead a life with purpose. They have been transforming this belief into reality for over 35 years. Through housing, employment, skillsbuilding, treatment and rehabilitation, and partnering with the people who come to them for services, they create pathways to a rich and productive life.

From the moment we walked into the building, there were so many other people there who were already diligently working. We were moving boxes around to place the presents in and sorting through the presents. It was a a lot of work to try and find the presents for the correct person, but it was great because these presents are going to those who really deserve them. Many people donated a lot of amazing stuff. American Eagle donated so many stockings to give to those in need, and many of the presents were donated by the employees at American Eagle. So many helped and pitched in to do something so great this holiday, and it would have been really hard to do it without all the help there was. Everyone there was very helpful and kind. We were all one big team participating in something even bigger. This was an amazing event and I am very proud to have been part of it.

—Nayana Shireff

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RELAY FOR LIFE DINNER December 18, 2014

Celebrate. Remember. Fight back.

At Relay For Life events across the world, people come together to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the deadly disease.

The funds you raise can really make a difference in the fight against cancer.

Photos by: RELAY FOR LIFE OF BROOKLYN TECH HS

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KEY CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE KEY CLUB EXECUTIVE BOARD! :) FUN & GAMES

Photos by: KEVIN JIANG

FOOD

Photos by: KEVIN JIANG

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KEY CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY December 22, 2014

PERFORMERS

Treasurer Kate Wong & Secretary Cynthia Jiang

Maria Lee Key Club Member

Photos by: KEVIN JIANG & TIFFANY TUNG

SPECIAL GUESTS: KEY CLUB ADVISERS (from left to right) Ms. Multari Mr. Morgan Mrs. McKinnon

Photo by: KEVIN JIANG

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FUN & GAMES

December Jigsaw Puzzle Put the puzzle pieces together and take a screenshot of the entire website with the completed puzzle and send it to editor.thetechkey@gmail.com with your name and OSIS number for +5 points! Happy solving!

CLICK HERE FOR THE PUZZLE!

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FUN & GAMES

Exotic Puzzle #4: Christmas Riddle Can you solve this Christmas riddle? Hint: The answer to the riddle is the title of a popular Christmas song! Send your answer to editor.thetechkey@gmail.com with your name and OSIS number for +5 points! Happy solving!

On Christmas Eve, Frosty left work extremely late. He ran home as fast as he could. Why was Frosty so scared?

Have any suggestions for newsletter columns or Exotic Puzzles? Fill out the suggestion form here!

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HOLIDAY CHALLENGE #1

Hey Key Clubbers!

In lieu of the holiday spirit, I have two creative ways for you to earn a few extra points! I hope to receive a lot of submissions and that many of you will participate! You may participate in both challenges, but you can only win one of the challenges.

The Twelve Days of Key Club As you probably guessed, this challenge is to create a parody of the song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Anyone who sends a submission will receive +5 points. The Key Clubber who creates the best, most creative parody will receive +10 points. Email your submission to me at editor.thetechkey@gmail.com! Best of luck! Here, I’ll start you off…

On the first day of Key Club The executives sent to me…

Deadline: January 25th

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HOLIDAY CHALLENGE #2

New Year’s Resolution This challenge is to create a Key Club-related New Year’s resolution. How would you like to grow as a Key Clubber? What would you like to contribute to the club in the year of 2015? Anyone who sends a submission will receive +5 points. The Key Clubber who submits the best, most thoughtful New Year’s resolution will receive +10 points. Email your submission to me at editor.thetechkey@gmail.com! Best of luck!

Deadline: January 25th

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KEY CLUBBER OF DECEMBER

What does it mean to be “Key Clubber of the Month?”

Each month, we award a specific Key Clubber(s) who has made the most impact on our club for that month. To receive this award, a Key Clubber must not only attend most events that month but also actively participate and contribute to Key Club and their community. We want a Key Clubber(s) who is fit to represent Brooklyn Tech and serve as a role model to others.

The Key Clubber of December is...

Ji Yeun Cha “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

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DEAR EXEC

Are you overwhelmed by the problems you are facing? Struggling with school? Balancing schoolwork along with all your extracurricular activities? Dealing with family problems? Worried about losing a friend?

DO YOU NEED SOME ADVICE? If you do, you’ve come to the right place! The newsletter’s column, “Dear Exec,” is where you can ask any executive member for help with your problem(s). Our advice to your problems will be featured in the next newsletter. Don’t worry, your responses will be anonymous!

Click here for the Dear Exec Response Form!

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QUOTE OF DECEMBER

Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to develop leadership. Leadership is an important quality to possess and is not an easy quality to achieve.

To help develop your leadership skills, we will be holding monthly leadership workshops a couple of weeks prior to Key Club executive board elections. If you wish to attend these workshops, it will be in your best interest to respond to Quote of the Month! This column is where you can comment on your past leadership experiences (or anything, really) based on the given quote. We will be discussing each quote at the leadership workshops and at the end of the year, you will be able to reflect on your responses to these quotes and see how you have grown as a leader. Your responses may be featured in the next newsletter (if you don’t want your response shown publicly, mention that in the email and/or mention whether I can show your response as anonymous).

This Month’s Focus: Quality of a Leader #3 This Month’s Quote: “No legacy is so rich as honesty.”

—William Shakespeare Email your response to editor.thetechkey@gmail.com with your name and OSIS number for +5 points!

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QUOTE OF NOVEMBER RESPONSES

Last Month’s Focus: Quality of a Leader #2 Last Month’s Quote: “Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt In order to be a good leader you must have confidence and you have to have honesty. Liars will feel guilty for what they did. If you don't believe in yourself then you can't expect others to believe in you. So you must have honor. A good leader will have responsibilities over their people and that would motivate them. As a leader you have to have faithful protection toward your people. As you do unselfish performance then others will too.

—Anonymous Confidence is defined by the Merrian-Webster’s dictionary as faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper or effective way. Confidence in someone relies on complete faith in that person. Being a leader is partially defined when those below are confident in their leader. A leader must be honest and truthful. The thought of telling a lie must be quickly pushed away from the mind of the leader. Leaders must also follow his or her obligations. It’s simple really, do what you say you are going to do. Leaders must perform the obligations that was specified, if not, he is a liar. Confidence also comes from a leader’s willingness to perform.

—-Edward Huang Confidence is personified here, as they use the words "thrives" and "live". Personifying confidence is a way to explain the elements required for trait to be built. These elements: honesty, honor, sacredness of obligations, faithful protection, and unselfish performance are all parts that make up confidence. This quote suggests that these parts are necessities to confidence to exist like how humans require food and water to live. With only a couple of these parts achieved, confidence will be weak or be barely "surviving". Overall, this quote is listing the key elements that will help build confidence in one's self.

—Karyee Kang In order to have confidence, you must be truthful to yourself and others. If you are truthful, others will believe in you, which will spark the confidence inside of you. You cannot be selfish and greedy. If you are, that is not confidence but temptation and self promotion. To be a good leader, you must not work for just yourself, but for the good of all and all those counting on you. There is nothing in it for your fellow team members if you only work to better yourself. Your team will not believe in you, and soon, you would start to stop believing in yourself. A leader has to respect and honor his or her team and work together. You build more and more confidence if you know what you're doing, and your team knows what you are doing and believes in you.

—Nayana Shireff Confidence is something that everyone should have as a human being. We should all be proud of ourselves and the right decisions we make. There is a clear different between arrogance and confidence. To be a leader, you shouldn't be ashamed of yourself, instead you should stand up tall and show that you are comfortable in your own skin and that you have the confidence and ability to lead people.

—Annie Zhang

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DIVISION, DISTRICT & INTERNATIONAL NEWS

DIVISION NEWS www.cliffordyoungltg.wix.com/division9keyclub Click here for the Facebook Group The December Divisional took place on Thursday, December 18th at 6PM. This month’s divisional was online.

DISTRICT NEWS www.nydkc.org Click here for the Facebook Group The New York District has surpassed the original service goal of attaining 65,000 service hours. Overall, the combined efforts of every member in the district has reached 68,994 hours!

INTERNATIONAL NEWS www.keyclub.org Click here for the Facebook Page Here are the top 10 highlights of 2014 for Key Club! 2014 was a great year!

1) Started an inaugural Key Club Pen Pal program 2) Expanded membership from 250,000 members to 270,000 members 3) Celebrated in Anaheim, CA for the international convention 4) Made a combined nickname “Palabowlo” for Key Club international’s president (Maria Palazzolo) and vice president (Kevin Zhang) 5) Added China to the Key Club family 6) Started partnership with Project Happiness 7) Rang the NASDAQ bell 8) Hosted two Twitter chats with the Key Club International boards 9) Received more than 120 YOF grant requests 10)Gave out Key Club swag in fun giveaways

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KEY CLUB CHEERS

Our Chant Hey Key Club, how do you feel?!

We feel good. We feel MAD good.

AND WHAT?

New York District Key Club Chant Hey Key Club, how do you feel?!

We feel good! OH, we feel so good, OH! *pelvic thrust*

Key Club Pledge I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the Objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school and community; to serve my nation and God; and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

Meet Ben, the Beaver!

Beaver Call Beaver one, beaver all, let’s all do the beaver call!

Beaver two, beaver three, let’s all climb the beaver tree!

Beaver four, beaver five, let’s all do the beaver jive!

Beaver six, beaver seven, let’s all go to beaver heaven!

Beaver eight, beaver nine, STOP! IT’S BEAVER TIME! Go beaver! Go beaver! Go beaver!

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OUR CLUB’S VIPS

KIWANIS COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE MR. GIOIA

FROM THE MAPLETON KIWIANIS MRS. NEURINGER

MR. NEURINGER

BROOKLYN TECH KEY CLUB ADVISERS

MS. MULTARI

MR. MORGAN

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MS. MCKINNON

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Photo by: CHRISTOPHER PERSAUD

WEBSITE GENERAL EMAIL PRESIDENT DAVID JIN

http://webthetechkey.wix.com/thetechkey bths.kc@gmail.com pres.thetechkey@gmail.com

VICE PRESIDENT JORGE LEMA

vp.thetechkey@gmail.com

SECRETARY CYNTHIA JIANG

sec.thetechkey@gmail.com

TREASURER KATE WONG BULLETIN EDITOR SANDY MUI WEBMASTER CRYSTAL LIM

treas.thetechkey@gmail.com editor.techkey@gmail.com web.thetechkey@gmail.com

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