Clark Key Club May/June Newsletter

CLARK KEY CLUB MAY / JUNE NEWSLETTER

Hey guys! This is Megan Solomon, your bulle-

tin editor for the 2012—2013 school year. This

is my first official newsletter, and I have to

thank all of you who continue to support me

in Key Club. I am excited for the months to

come, and I hope you are too! I hope that

you all are up to sending me articles and

pictures for my newsletters throughout the

upcoming school year, they are always

greatly appreciated! This newsletter exists for

the members, so if you have any opinions on

it for improve-

ment or other-

wise I would

love to hear

K E Y C L U B

In This Issue:

Introduction

Bulletin Editor’s Message……………1

The New Board……………………..2-3

Looking Back

Blood Drive…………………………….4

Relay For Life……………………….….4

Playing Music for Senior Citizens…..5

Park Social……………………………..5

Looking Forward

Upcoming Events…………………….6

Conclusion

President’s Message………………...6

Contact Info…………………………..6

Clark High School—Division 28 West—Region 5—Cali-Nev-Ha District—KEY Club

Volume 1 l Issue 1

May—June 2012 Edition

Ed W. Clark High School

4291 Pennwood Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89102

Wix.com/clarkhs/clarkkeyclub

Bulletin Editor’s Message!

Ryan Lim

President

The New Board

Deric Pang

Vice President

Natalie Zhang

Secretary

Anna Zhang

Treasurer

2

Megan Solomon

Bulletin Editor

The New Board

Niki Wu

Historian

Michael Kwok

Sergeant At Arms

3

Looking Back...

On May 23rd, I participated in the United Blood Ser-

vices Blood Drive along with many of my friends. This event

was a spectacular success!

Throughout this event, many things were happening

simultaneously such as making grape jelly sandwiches,

gathering people from classes, or doing paperwork out-

side with the Blood Drive coordinator.

This event was awesome because in the end, I had

this satisfying feeling of helping a lot of people. People

gave blood, and Clark Key Club gave their time to help

both the donators and the coordinators of the event. I will

continue to help the United Blood Services in the future,

and possibly donate my own blood. — Ethan Nihipali

Clark High School Blood Drive

Before the blood drive, I helped sign people up in

the cafeteria. It was pretty interesting to see how many

students were willing to donate blood just for the Band-

Aids that were distributed afterward.

During the blood drive itself, I helped make peanut

butter and jelly sandwiches...it was pretty nice to see the

donors' reactions to receiving them! When pulling the do-

nors out of class, everyone's reactions were funny too.

—Niki Wu, Historian

4

Looking Back...

This year was my first time going to Re-

lay for Life, and I’m so happy I went! It was

held at Spring Val- ley High School, and I

stayed overnight. This event was a great ex-

perience, and I had a lot of fun with my friends

while serving the community.

I spent a lot of the night selling food

for our club, and I was happy to do it. We had milk tea with boba, cupcakes, and chicken bakes. The

milk tea sold out before midnight, while the chicken bakes became more successful in the morning

when it was cold and everyone wanted something warm to eat.

For a few hours during the event I was able to take a break and have some fun, during which

time I tried out the giant hamster—wheel game they had. That was a great experience. Definitely worth

the extra money for an all-night pass!

The performances were fun too, and it was cool seeing some talented people from Clark up on

stage. The Miss Relay contest was like nothing I’d ever seen, but I say that in the most positive way possi-

ble! Ellis from our very own club did so well! Overall, everything was so much fun and so rewarding, and

the event was so successful, as we ended up raising tons of money for Relay for Life through our food

sales. Definitely going to this event again next year.

— Shailey Patel

Relay for Life

4

Looking Back...

We went to my grandmother's retirement home, the Life Care Center of Las Vegas, to play music for the senior citizens residing there. My grandmother actually attended the perfor-mance so it was really fun for her too. At the event we had six performers: Deric, Michael, and Gail were playing violin; Miriam was playing Viola; Kevin was playing bass; and Geewoo was playing cello. This was enough for a whole orchestra, and they were able to play many pieces ranging from simple Disney tunes to complete symphonies. The senior citizens were overjoyed from the performances and enjoyed them thor- oughly. That was definitely the best part of the whole experience. Seeing the satisfied smiles on their faces. This is one of my favorite events that we do in Key Club as we learn to be in front of audi-ences as well as bring joy and entertain- ment to our respected elders. This event is fairly new and we haven’t done it too many times, but every time we’ve gone the seniors are happy about us be- ing there. I hope that we will be able to do it again soon! —Anna Zhang, Treasurer

Playing Music for Senior Citizens

5

Spring Banquet and Induction Ceremony

For this year’s Key Club banquet,

there were a lof of things that were dif-

ferent from last year. Members were

given the choice to pay five dollars to

attend, rather than what we did be-

fore, which was just bring food. I

brought a dessert. Everyone’s five dol-

lars went to some pasta dishes, so that

the only food there wasn’t the usual

chips, candy, or snacks. The pasta was

delicious! There were even vegetarian

options (a nice touch).

Another new thing was that be-

cause our president from the 2010—

2011 year was home from college, she

was able to attend and make speeches and take part in some of our traditions. It was pretty

cool seeing her again!

A pretty good amount of people were inducted too, which was nice to see. The awards

ceremony was fun and I got an award I liked. I hadn’t heard anything about the senior gifts be-

forehand, but when they were given I thought they were cute. They were all given personalized

Pokemon cards, a special senior pin, and other things. The Pokemon cards were super funny

and cute!

— Alex Dumitru

Looking Back...

June 9th was the traditional bi-annual park

social. There was a great turnout! Lots of people

came. Though the event only spanned two hours,

there were tons of things to do. The night before,

we encouraged all of our members who planned

on attending the social to make water balloons.

We officers made about 1000 (some popped over-

night, aw) and we put them all together to have a

huge water balloon fight. Of course, as Key Club

members, we made sure we cleaned up every-

thing afterward! Members brought their own water

guns too, and despite the Las Vegas heat, we

were all keeping pretty cool. I

In order to fundraise a bit, we gave our

members the opportunity to pie the officer of their

choice right in the face. It was put up to a vote

which officers would be pie’d, and the top three

stood in front of our crowd. Each pie cost a dollar,

and our members were more than enthusiastic to

buy them. The whole thing was super cute. For

many of our seniors this would be their last event,

and we made sure it would be a memorable one.

— Ellis Johnson, Freshman Representative

Park Social

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Looking forward and conclusion

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any definite times or

dates for summer events right now, but

keep an eye out for our Fireworks Booth

and Summer General Meeting! They will

be announced.

Contact Information

Advisor MeiMei Wong Email: [email protected]

Co-Advisor Amy Evers Email: [email protected]

Ryan Lim Email: [email protected]

Deric Pang Email: [email protected]

Natalie Zhang Email: [email protected]

Anna Zhang Email: [email protected]

Megan Solomon (send articles!) Email: [email protected]

Niki Wu (send pictures!) Email: [email protected]

Michael Kwok Email: [email protected]

There is also a contact page with this information

and submissions enabled on our website,

wix.com/clarkhs/clarkkeyclub!

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Looking forward and conclusion

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Happy summer everyone! I’m so excited that summer is finally here.

The last couple months, the first months of my term, have been excellent!

We’ve had some great events, successful fundraisers, and a couple of really

fun social gatherings! I hope you all enjoyed Relay for Life! It was my favorite

event as a freshman, and I had a great time again this year. (P.S. If you didn’t

get to do the hamster ball this year, don’t miss out next year!) I also really en-

joyed our end of the year banquet. From singing happy birthday to Shirley, to

giving out senior awards, eating all of the delicious food, and hearing the inspi-

rational words of IP President Brent Mayfield, it was a great evening! Lastly, the

park social was a huge hit! I was so elated to see all of key clubbers, old and

new, that came to our event! I wouldn’t have wanted to kick off my summer in

any other way. Thanks guys! :]

In a couple of weeks, the officers will be meeting up to plan the first half of

next year. I am so excited to bring new events, continue the best ones,

and make some money for Fall Rally and DCON! If you have any ideas,

now would be a good time to get yourself heard! Just message me or

any of the 2012-2013 officers.

I have one new thing that I would like to share with you. For now, it’s

called CKC Points. (Clark Key Club Points). The idea is simple: reward

members’ good actions with points! Yes, this is a spin-off of the house

points used in Harry Potter, haha. We have already begun the process. You

get points for attending events. You also got points for doing stuff like bring-

ing water balloons to the social, purchasing pies, and going above and be-

yond your duties at an event. At the end of each month, top-scoring mem-

bers will be rewarded for their efforts. I hope this new system will encourage

everyone to go out of their way for service, redefine the “service” aspect of

our club, and finally get some member recognition going! Your VP Deric Pang

and new class reps will be the people responsible for rewarding points, so be

sure to get on their good side!

Can’t wait to share new plans and opportunities later with you all. Hope you

all continue to have a wonderful summer and don’t be shy to message us with

any questions or suggestions. Take care guys!

President’s Message

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