December newsletter

The Beaver Tree

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

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A Note From The Editor

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Sponsor a Family

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Zimbabwe Packing

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Holiday Party!

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Upcoming Events

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International News

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Club VIPS

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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Why does Christmas have hope). I’ve heard that we had to be over? Why does school

the best holiday party out of

have to start? These are

all the clubs in the school!

questions that we, students,

Thank you guys for coming

ask all the time right after

and for your support.

midwinter break (at least

Moving on, it hurts a bit

most of us do).

to know that we can not take

December was a great

a break 24/7 as we’re nearing

month for Key Club. We’ve

the end of our midwinter

held a successful holiday

break, especially in Brooklyn

party and we’ve had so many Tech, however we have a few fun events, such as,

things to look forward to this

Zimbabwe Boxing and St.

coming month.

John’s soup kitchen. I hope

Key Club and our events!

you guys had fun at the

We have a nice frosty month

holiday party, especially with

coming ahead of us and we

me being the host. It was

have a few indoor events, so

only three dollars for games,

that you guys don’t freeze. I

drinks, and pizza and

hope you read through this

everyone had a blast (I

and enjoy it.

Yours in the Spirit of Service, Jasper Tangchitsumran A.k.a. “Jaspyy Tang” Bulletin Editor 2015-2016 3

Sponsor a Family

Key Clubbers went to St. John’s Bread and Life, which is both a church and soup kitchen, to participate in an event called, “Sponsor a Family,” on December 12 to 13 and December 19 to 20. At this event, they helped set up for the event and packed boxes of supplies for families the following day. On December 19 to 20, they distributed the boxes. It was a fun indoors event for the Key Clubbers. Thank you Annie Li, Bing Lan Huang, Wendy Wang and Allison Mai for taking pictures!

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Sponsor a Family

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Zimbabwe Packing

Twenty volunteers loaded boxes filled with supplies for kids in Zimbabwe. The amount of work was astonishing. We had to fill the back of an 18 wheeler truck on Saturday, December 5th! It was huge! It took us four hours of nonstop lifting to fill up the whole truck. Following that, was a nice little pizza party that Mr. Grashow, the organizer of the event, paid for. Thank you again, Mr. Grashow for it! Our amazing Key Clubber, Maria Dikler, was the project captain and she did an amazing job at it. Thank you to those who volunteered at this event because without you, this wouldn’t have happened in four hours. Photo credits to Mikayla Hutchinson, Sara Herrera, Maria Dikler, and Jasmine Freund.

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Zimbabwe Packing

The huge container is behind me.

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Zimbabwe Packing

I had to “fight” for this group picture.

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Zimbabwe Packing

Break time! #sotired #butsoFUN

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Zimbabwe Packing

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Zimbabwe Packing

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Holiday Party!

The very successful Key Club Holiday Party took place in the Library on Friday, December 18, 2015, in the Library. The ticket to get in was only three dollars and it included food, drinks, games and performances! What a bargain! After 10th period, the library started to fill up with over 50 Key Clubbers. Our very own president, Cynthia Jiang and past treasurer, Kate Wong, performed a song for us and Sandy Mui, past editor, and I performed a little improv impersonation skit for the Key Clubbers. There were also prizes given away, such as a ten dollar gift card to both Starbucks and Target and goodie bags filled with chocolate for the winning item of a game called, “Find that item.� Thank you to all who attended, and especially to those who took good pictures.

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Holiday Party!

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Holiday Party!

Alex Hwang also performed a song on the ukulele! <3

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Holiday Party!

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Holiday Party!

Nice pose Ilana and David!

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Upcoming events

ECAASU Holiday Benefit Concert (+15pts) Like good music? The ECAASU is holding a holiday benefit concert to showcase coming Asian American artists in the NYC area, and to encourage artistic expression among youth. Buying a ticket or raffle supports ECAASU's mission and programs, to inspire, educate and empower those interested in Asian American issues. *Along with buying a ticket be sure to sign up on the mysignup link as well!!!!* Date: Saturday, January 2, 2016 Location: Jebon Sushi, 15 St. Mark's Pl. New York, NY 10003 ,

to Broadway-Lafayette St

, to 8 St - NYU Time: 7P.M - 9P.M

January General Meeting (+10pts) *ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY* (We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had a meeting in a long time! Be sure to come!)

If you cannot attend, please email our secretary at sec.thetechkey@gmail.com with your reason.

Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Location: 1st Floor Auditorium Time: After 10th Period

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Holiday Party!

Mulchfest Gowanus (+10pts) Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the annual treecycling event! Volunteers will collect trees in the Gowanus neighborhood to chip at the Salt Lot. Gloves, snacks and drinks will be provided.

Date: Sunday, January 10, 2016 Meet-up Location: TBD Location: TBD Time: 10A.M - 2P.M

MLK Day in NYC (+10pts) Help restore Jamaica Bay with a grand-scale coastal cleanup! SCA will supply breakfast and lunch for volunteers as well as work gloves and all project supplies.

Wear long pants and sturdy shoes that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind getting dirty. Please bring a water bottle and extra layers as the event will take place in any weather!

Date: Saturday, January 16, 2016 Meet-Up Location: Registration and kick-off will take place at Ryan Visitor Center , to Brooklyn College / Flatbush Ave and transfer Q35 to Flatbush Ave / Ryan Visitor Center Check Google Maps Location: Floyd Bennett Field (Gateway National Recreation Area), Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234 Time: 9:30A.M - 2:30P.M

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Announcements

2015-2016 Committees Hello Key Clubbers!!!

Throughout the school year, if you participate in a committee, you will be able to earn up to +75pts TOWARDS the 200pts you need to earn 16 credits at the end of the school year. If you have any questions, please email President Cynthia at: pres.thetechkey@gmail.com

Little Sib & Big Sib You will be able to earn extra points on the events that you attend together!

If you want to choose a sibling, one of you MUST be a new member and one of you MUST be an old member. Age does not matter!

UNICEF Collections (1 point/$1) MAX $20 Remember the Trick-or-Treats boxes we gave out all the way back in September? Well, now it’s collection! Please put your name and osis along with your donations so we could record your points. If you didn’t get a box and you fundraised, make sure it’s in a zip-lock bag or envelope!

Where: In front of 3E20 When: Jan 6 - Jan 8 Jan 6th, 8th: 10 MIN AFTER PERIOD 9 ONLY Jan 7th: 10 MIN AFTER PERIOD 9 AND 10 If you can’t any of those days, please contact treas.thetechkey@gmail.com!

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International News

KEY CLUB: BEST OF 2015 1. We celebrated 100 years with Kiwanis Not many organizations make it to 100 years old and a lot has changed since 1915. We’re so proud of everything Kiwanis has accomplished.

We’re excited to see what year 101 brings for the entire Kiwanis family!

2. We tweeted some haikus again For the past three years in the month of May, we have hosted the annual #KeyClubHaikus day on Twitter where we tweet ONLY in haikus. Even in our responses. We also retweeted some of our favorites. It’s one of our favorite days of the year.

3. We turned 90 On May 7, we turned the ripe old age of 90 and it was pretty awesome.

Tbh, we look pretty good for our age. There were donuts and pizza and birthday cards, and we can proudly say our members are the most incredible in the universe.

4. We got on Snapchat For this past summer’s convention, we wanted to offer a great filter for snapchat. But we couldn’t stop there; we needed an account of our own! So that’s just what we did, and our story was full of behind-thescenes insight into convention. Follow us to keep up-to-date on fun, exclusive news at @KeyClubInt. Source: http://www.keyclub.org/kcn/15-12-14/Key_Club_Best_of_2015.aspx

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Club VIPS

KIWANIS COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

FROM THE MAPLETON KIWIANIS MRS. NEURINGER

MR. NEURINGER

MR. GIOIA

BROOKLYN TECH KEY CLUB ADVISERS

Ms. Multari

Mr. Morgan

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Ms. Mckinnon

Next Newsletter: February 1, 2016

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