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First, I would like to introduce myself for the last time of being your Key Club President. My name is Maria Manalastas and I proudly and currently serve as your Presient for the 22-23 term.

It is finally but sadly the month of April already. This is the month where we will be sharing our goodbyes to our current seniors and officers, and hello to the newly installed officers after DCON. It was truly a privilege being given the opportunity to lead this amazing club for the 2223 term. This organization has truly shaped the person I am today. For example, I have learned how to lead others, communicate with adults/higher ups (professionally), (confidently) public speaking, organization, and working on a time crunch or under pressure. Not only that I was able to create the most wholesome and heartwarming bonds with my officers and the members inside or outside our Division, and cherish each one. I was able to create so many amazing memories with so many of you at each event or meeting, and gain so many crucial skills throughout my time as serving as your President. I hope that throughout my time as being an officer for this term during your Key Club journey, I was able to provide the same for all of you as well!

As mentioned before, this organization has helped me create one of the most wholesome and heartwarming bonds with my officers, and for this part of my message, I would like to dedicate it to each one of them. Caleb, Teddy, Joni, Renee, and Hasvita, you all were one of the best officers and friends I have ever had and am truly grateful for meeting you all my sophomore year. You all make me so happy and am so proud of each and every one of us for putting in such hard work and dedication into keeping our club stable and established. As for Hasvita, I know I can trust her to build new heights for our club and create even more and better memories for our future members. As for the seniors leaving this year, it really shatters my heart knowing you guys won’t be present in our club or school in general anymore. You guys helped shape my high school journey with all of your guys’ amazing advice and accomplishments throughout my time of getting to know you all. It will be SO different without all of you, and I would like to apologize in advance if I cry at your guys’ graduation. :’) Jokes aside, I am truly grateful for my upperclassmen, and will miss them so much.

To conclude my message, I would like to introduce myself again as being your next Lieutenant Governor. My name is Maria Manalastas and I will be proudly and serving as your next Lieutenant Governor. I can’t wait to spend another year you with you all, and hope to see you all at my future events. I hope you guys all stay tuned for what I have in store for you all!! All of the members in this club make me so happy and can’t wait to create more memories for my last year being in high school!

For those of you who don’t know me, I am Teddy Yang, Vice President and Co-Founder of AOC Key Club. Over the past two years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with so many amazing people across Division 16 North, and although I haven’t been around as long as many of you here, the experiences and lessons I’ve learned through serving our communitywithmyfellowunicornsareonesthatIwillcarrywithmefor years to come. At this time, I’d like to thank everyone who has given me, and so many other people across our division the opportunity to becomeactiveparticipantsinthisgreatorganization:ourlocalKiwanis Advisor Mr. Ridnor, the Division 16 North IP Division Leadership Team, and especially our IP Executive Assistant Terra Lee and IP Lieutenant Governor Katy Shin, who guided AOC Club through its long chartering process this year. THE AOC KEY CLUB OFFICERS would now like me to say that they ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST…THEY’RE SO MUCH BETTER THAN ME SO I’D LIKE TO THANK THEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND SOUL but they actually suck wendy’s (if you know you know lol) Lastly, I want to thank our retiring Division 16 North Lieutenant Governor Caleb Kim.

Caleb offered me the opportunity to join his endeavor in starting a Key Club at our school, and through the past years I’ve seen him grow from a sleepy, furryhaired kid who never talked in class and always did his homework at the last second, into an organized and confident leader. Even though he has a habit of falling asleep in class and forgetting his pencil every day, I am so proud of my pookie bear for being such a sexy hot fire oppar.