Straight Talk Club Constitution Final Copy

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STRAIGHT TALK CLUB : THE NEW BEGINNING 30/032011

STRAIGHT TALK CLUB : THENEW BEGINNINGMOI HIGH SCHOOL KABARAK

I promise to abide by this constitution at all times.Failure to do so,Iam ready toface the Consequences.May God Guide My Foot Steps.

We Inspire,

Encourageand educate

1st Launchedin Term 2 theYear 2010 ByMr Bengi

Straight TalkClub

The NewVision,TheNewBeginning

30/032011

Straight Talk Club

30/032011

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MOI HIGH SCHOOL KABARAK

STRAIGHT TALK CLUB THE NEW BEGINNING: NEW VISION

CONSTITUTION

By Mr Bengi: Founder Patron1st Formed in Term 2 2010




Introduction:

In the year 2010 in the second term; Moi High School was invited by Straight Talk Club Patron of MaryMount Girls High School to participate in the Peace day. Mr. Bengi; a math’s physics teacher; MadamNamiinda; an English teacher and also overall Clubs Patron and Mr. Oscar Awuor; a Computer andPhysical education teacher took a group of 50 students to the Mary Mount Girls.

The 50 students participated in various activities e.g. a 6 km walk; discussions and in entertainment.The day was very successful. It was then that we felt eager to talk to the Mary Mount Straight Talk ClubPatron and we were eager to begin ours at Moi High School Kabarak.I borrowed very many ideas fromthe Patron and promised to work hand in hand with him once we begin ours.

The club mainly focuses on issues affecting the society and high schools. It talks straight about issueswithout beating around the bush. It calls a spade a spade but not a big spoon. The club is very optimisticabout the achievement of the objectives set.

Word from the Patron:

I thank the school administration for allowing me to begin this Club in Moi High School Kabarak. I have amission to achieve in Moi High School Kabarak. It is not just in vain that I have begun this Club. God has ahand in it and I believe that He will help me achieve all the objectives. Thanks also to Madam Namindafor supporting me in the launching of the Club. Thanks to all my colleague teachers for their support andstudents at large.

I do not believe in a dormant club but an active one; a club that brings change to the Society and ourschool. At least one trip per term and organizing for open forums and seminars that sometimes willinvolve the whole School. I will work hand in hand with the media; Nacada People and N.G.Os.




Word from Madam Justine S Namiinda;The Overall Clubs Patron.

Iam challenged at the speed and enthusiasm Mr. Bengi hasorganized his new Club Straight Talk. His dedication and skill is beyondreproach. I hope the members will take it up with the same zeal.’Straight –Talk’; Go for the number one position, Go go go. The Sky isthe limit. I support all the Clubs in Moi High School Kabarak and yours

is going to be one of the most active. Keep it up!

Word from Mr. Oscar: Computer and physical educationteacher.

I feel challenged for the new Club and I wish it well. I do believe that all thatbegins well ends well. The sky is your limit. Go for it I will always be ready tosupport you; Mr Bengi.

1st Executive Members Of Straight Talk Club:

Chairperson: Sande Sandra




Vicechairperson: Amy Chebet

Organizing Secretary: Angela Rono

Treasurer: Jackline Kalama




Vice Treasurer:Shakeela Ali

Secretary: Tom Mboya

Chief whips:

Collins Kigen




Waiganjo Barnabas

Famida Abdi

Brian Yegon




Class Representatives:

Form Two Class: Westley Ndunya

Form Two Class: Joan Langat

Form Four Class: Rwengo Kennedy




Form 3 ClassAustin Omondi

Class Representative:Form3:Rachel Achieng




OBJECTIVES:

The following are the major objectives for beginning this Club:

• To promote peace nationwide through sponsored activities.

• Help the needy people in the society through donations

• Acquaint the youth on dangers of drug abuse and earlysex,consequences of teenage pregnancies through open forumsand seminars

• To help the discouraged in the society through guidance andcounseling

• To promote student-student interaction and student teacherinteraction through discussions, games, debates etc.

• To fight pairing among the students in High schools i.e. throughawareness ,seminars ,posters and discussions.

• To correct vices in schools and the society at large.




MEMBERSHIP:

The minimum number of members is 40 and the maximum is 60.

For one to qualify to be a member; the following are the conditions;

• He or she should be a regular student of Moi High School Kabarak

• Should be ready to support the club in whatever decisions itmakes

• Should be disciplined and hard working

REGISTRATION:

• For one to be a full member; he or she should register with ksh50.

• This amount is non-refundable.

Subscription fee:

• A continuing member will have to pay a subscription fee of kshs30 every term in the first meeting.

• This amount is non-refundable.

Discipline:

All members should practice very high standards of discipline.Anymember who isindisciplined will be de-registered from the Club and




the patron will take care of him or her.All members who come to themeetings should not make noise but participate actively in thediscussions.Good relations towards each other highly recommended.

MEETINGS:

There will always be meetings every Wednesday as from 4:10pm to5:00 pm. An action will be taken against any member who comes lateto the meeting place or fails to appear without any apology.

ROLES OF THE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS:

(a) Chairperson:

• Shall chair the all the meetings.

• Shall notify the Patron of indiscipline cases of some members.

• Shall work hand in hand with the Patron.

• Shall liase with the Patron and inform him accordingly about theClub activities.

(b)Vice-Chairperson;

• Shall chair the meetings in the absence of the Chair person.

(c)Secretary:

• Shall write the minutes of every meeting and put them intorecord.

• Shall be in charge of the registration of new members.




• Shall record the attendance of each member in the meetings andnotify the Patron of irregularity of some members.

(d)Organizing Secretary:

• Shall work hand in hand with the Patron and notify the membersabout new meetings and their venues.

• Shall organize seminars, open forums and topics to be discussedin every meeting with the patron.

• Shall make sure members are informed about meetings throughthe notice boards.

(e)Treasurer:

• Shall keep records of all finances.

• Shall be in charge of the collection of the registration andsubscription fee and forward the money to the patron forbanking.

• Shall give receipts to members after any transaction has takenplace.

(f) Vice-Treasurer:

• Shall assist the Treasurer incase of his or her absence.

(g)Class Representatives:

• Shall represent their classes in every Executive meeting andinform their classes of any information.




• Shall encourage their classes: commitment and regularity in themeetings.

(h) Chief whips:

The club shall have four Chief whips: 2 girls and 2 boys.

• Shall maintain law and order in the meeting.

• Shall discipline noise makers by throwing them out of themeetings and hand over the names to the Chair person who willthen inform the Patron for further action.

Executive Meetings:

The officials shall meet once per week; every Tuesday in the evening for30 minutes with the Patron.

De-registration From The Club:

A member shall be de-registered from the Club if he or she;

• Consistently misses more than 4 meetings per term withoutapology.

• Faces indiscipline cases; one that has been suspended by theAdministration from school. When he or she comes back fromhome will also be suspended from the Club; his or her behaviormonitored. If it is promising; then he or she shall be allowed toreturn.




Certification:

• All the senior members shall get a certificate of participation before they sitfor their final examinations.

• All the Executive members shall get certificates of service after their termhas expired and are out of office.

• A handing over party shall be organized to thank the out going officials fortheir work well done and usher in the new officials.

Elections:• Elections shall be done to choose the new officials; Secret ballot.

• In case of any tie; the voting shall be repeated until a winner is identified.The Patron shall announce the winners to members.

Qualities of the Officials to be Chosen:

• Should be of high integrity

• high moral standards

• be transparent and honest

• be responsible

• be hardworking

• be committed in their work

• be God fearing

• be able to run the weekly Club meetings with or without the Patron.

N.B:

Any official who will not have attained a mean grade of B- and above will beforced to resign from the office but will continue being a member.

This is to ensure that all the officials participate in all the activities outside theschool.




The Patron:

• Shall be the final decision maker in conjunction with the Chairperson.

• In case of a dormant Patron; members shall make a final decision ofchoosing for themselves another new Patron. A Patron should hence becommitted and ready to sacrifice a lot for the Club.

• Shall be an over seer.

TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES:

• The Club Shall have atleast one trip and an activity every term.

• Only committed and disciplined members will go for the trips.

• Shall always invite other schools for discussions and also visit other schoolsfor the same.

N.B:

Only members who will have attained a mean grade of B- and above will go fortripsi.e will be allowed to participate in activities outside school.Those who willnot have attained the grade will only participate in internal activities.The poorperformers should not withdraw from the club because of this but should workharder so as not to be affected.

STRAIGHT TALK CLUB AND THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT:

Shall always work hand in hand with the department to ensure that all theobjectives that go hand in hand with the department are achieved.

N.B:

We will always be ready to work with everyone that is ready to help us achieve all

our objectives.




CHANGE:

Chapter1:

I walk down a street and there’s a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in it. It takesforever to get out. It’s my fault.

Chapter2:

I walk down the same street. I fall in the hole again. It still takes a long time toget out. It’s not my fault.

Chapter3:

I walk down the street.I fall in the hole again. It’s becoming a habit. It is my fault. Iget out immediately.

Chapter4:

I walk down the same street and see the deep hole in the sidewalk. I walkaround it.

Chapter 5:

I walk down a different street.

N.B:

Change is like rest. Let us always be ready to change our bad habits for thebetter.




KEEP SWIMMING:

Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl. One was an optimistic soul. But theother took a gloomy view.”we’ll drown,” he lamented without much ado, andwith a last despairing cry, he flung up his legs and said”Goodbye.”

Quote the other frog with a steadfast grin,” I can’t get out but I won’t give in. I’lljust swim around till my strength is spent, then I’ll die the more content.”

Bravely, he swam to work his scheme, and his struggles began to churn thecream.

The more he swam his legs a flutter, the more the cream turned into butter. Ontop of the butter at last, he stopped,and out of the bowl,he gaily hopped.

What is the moral? It’s easily found…..

If you can’t hop out,keep swimming around.

We should never give up. Let us always be determined and focused till weachieve what we want in our lives. Let us keep swimming.

MY GOAL:

My goal is God Himself,not joy nor peace;

Nor even Blessing,but Himself,my God.

‘Tis His to lead me there,not mine but His……

At any cost, dear Lord, by any road.

So faith bounds forward to its goal in God,

And love can trust her Lord to lead her there.




Upheld by Him, my soul is foll’wing hard,

Till God hath fulfilled my deepest prayer.

No matter if the way be sometimes dark,

No matter though the cost be oft-times great,

He knoweth how I best shall reach the mark,

The way that leads to Him is seldom straight.

One thing I know,I cannot say Him nay;

One thing I do,I press on towards my Lord.

My God, my Glory here from day to day, and in the glory there, my GreatReward.

11 TIPS FOR MAKING RESOLUTIONS REALITIES:

1.Make a list of your goals:

……..and select the top three to five that are the most important to you. Pray forGod’s guidance in the process.He knows Best.

2. Be Realistic:

Reaching for a goal stretch you but it should also be doable.Decide on areasonable frame for reaching each goal.

3.Don’t try to do everything at once.

Focus on your top goal for a set period of time.Then move to goal no. 2 ,whilemaintaining the progress made towards reaching the firstone and so on.




4.Pray:

Prayer brings into play the spiritual help you need to reach your goal.

5.Work with God:

Change involves overcoming the past thought and behavioral patterns.This isnever easy but change for the better is possible if you ask God to help and followHis lead.

‘’With God,nothing will be impossible” (luke1:37)

6.Chart your progress:

Keep track of how far you’ve come using a journal or chart.Keeping records andreviewing them periodically can also help to identify weak spots.

7.Get Help From Others:

Share your plan with a friend and ask for his or her help.Being accountable tosomeone will give you added incentive to stick to your resolutions even when it istough.

8.Don’t be discouraged by your mistakes:

You will have some setbacks and “off” days. Take these lows as a reminder thatyou can’t do it on your own.Draw closer to God and depend more on His help.

Tomorrow is a fresh chance to do better!

9.Be in it for the long Haul:

If you are truly serious about making a change………………, you will be willing to seeit through,no matter how long it takes.

10. Visualize Victory;

Periodically visualize what your life will be like once your goal is reached.




Practice the advantages you will gain and how much happier,healthier or moreproductive you will be.

11. Reward yourself for each goal you reach:

The real reward will be the feeling of accomplishment and the benefits you’llexperience from the change you’ve made,but having a physical treat attached toa specific goal can make it more enjoyable.

“ Nobody can go back and start a new beginning but anyone can start todayand make a new ending.”

Also;

“Never say die till death proclaims you are dead”. Keep on fighting till youachieve your goal in life.

AN ENCOURAGING AND INSPIRING STORY:

In december of 1992, I was a happy husband and father of two youngchildren. A month later, I was diagnosed with Acute LymphoplasticLUEkemia.

After two years of chemoterapy that helped me into remission,my body wasweak and lifeless. I felt as if I were a puppet who needed help to lift his arms orhold up his head.

I began to run. After six months,my strength had come back. On one of myruns,one where I felt I could run forever, I decided I was going to try to run amarathon.

After telling my Dad about my plan, he told me of a program that trains peopleto run a marathon,while raising funds for LUEkemia research at the same time.




So that summer,through the Luekemia society’s Team in Training program, Istarted to train for the Marine Corps Marathon.During mile after mile ofuncertainty, the day finally came tho run the marathon.

On October 27,1996,at 8a.m, the cannon went off and so did I.Along with19,000 other brave souls I started on a twenty-six and two tenths mile jouerneythat I will never forget.

I first saw my wife Patty at the six mile mark:she seemed happy that I was stilllooking as if I knew what I was doing, and having a good time doing it.At mile17,my mind was going back to those two horrible years that tried to bring myfamily and me down. I saw her againThe concern in her face told me she knew Iwas starting to struggle.I felt as if we were thinking the same,nine more miles andthese last few years will be behind us.

That thought alone pulled me forward. Mile 22,23 slowing but going,24,25then there it was. The Iwo Jima War Memorial.I have seen nothing so grand andinspiring in my life. At 3 hours and 41 minutes after I started, I crossed what Ithink has to be the most fitting finish line in all of road racing!

That night the Luekemia Society gave me a pin at a post race party thatvsimply says,”Luekemia 26.2”

If God wills and I relapse, my cancer may once again take away my hair andmy strength,may be even my life.But it can never take away my pin, or the factthat Iam a marathoner.

N.B:

We should never give up even if we reach a point of no return. Let us always befocused. Students be focused in your academics .Continue working as you prayand you will succeed.

Things Don’t Just Happen:

Things don’t just happen to us




Who love God;

They’re planned by His own dear

hand.

Then molded and shaped,and

timed by His clock.

Things don’t just happen;they’re

planned.

We don’t just guess on the issues of

life,

We Christians just rest in our Lord.

We are directed by His sovereign

Will

In the light of His holy word.

We who love Jesus are walking by

faith,

Not seeing one step that’s ahead,

Not doubting one moment what

our lot might be,

But looking to Jesus instead.




We praise our dear Saviour for

Loving us so,

For planning each care of our life,

Then giving us faith to trust Him

For all,

The blessings as well as the strife.

Things don’t just happen to us who

Love God,

To us who have taken our stand.

No matter the lot,the course,or

The price,

Things don’t just happen;they’re

Planned.

ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN TERM 3 ,THE YEAR 2010:

On 24th/07/2010,Straight Talk Club,Presidential Award Club and St. JohnAmbulance visited two Orphanage homes in Nakuru. These were ;BishopHannington Destitute Home and Nakuru Care Children home. We were not ableto visit Lugulu children home of Mr Walumbe but we send them money through

Mpesa for food




. A visit to Nakuru Careorphanage home. The kids were very happy.

Our students and theorphans.We prayed together and also encouraged the kids.




Straight Talk Club Patron and Rev Zipporah; theowner of Nakuru Care children home. She is happy to receive some cashalongside the food that we donated to her.

From Nakuru Care Children Home;we went to Bishop Hannington DestituteHome

The children also in this home were happy to see us. They received a lot ofencouragement from our students.They also played volley ball t6ogether.




We also donated food and some cash to them.

The Person in charge of Bishop Hannington Receiving some cash from StraightTalk Club Patron:Mr Bengi

We were not able to visit Lugulu Children Home.So;we just send them somecash.They were happy to receive it.

The last activity on that day was a visit to Menengai Crater where our studentslearnt a lot of Geography .




Menengai Crater

Menengai crater trip




At Menengai Crater;we also had some activities like games.The students reallyenjoyed to play the balloon game.

Mr Paul Chirchir; thePatron of Presidential Award Club. He was incharge of this game.




Straight Talk Club Symbosium held in Term 3 The Year 2010.

Mary mount Girls and Sacho High School are the only schools which turned up.

Students discussing Moral Issues in Education and the Society. Mary mount Girls(in blue ) and Sacho High School(in red)

The students had a nice time.

We shall always have such like symbosiums every year.


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