Clark High School
KEY CLUB October 2012, Volume 2 I Issue 4
R T C 2 0 1 2 Superheroes of Service
What’s Inside?
Bulletin Editor’s Message
New Officers!
School Clean-up and First Meeting
School Clean-up and First Meeting
Kickball for Cancer
Kickball for Cancer
Region Training Conference
Region Training Conference
Region Training Conference
Region Training Conference
August and September Members of the Month
Looking Forward!
President’s Message Hey Key Clubbers! I can’t BEElieve it’s only been a month and a half since the school year started. Seeing all your BEEautiful faces again has been a pleasure. Through our first few events, I’ve been able to meet a lot of our new freshmen, and I must say that I am BEEyond impressed. Your enthusiasm and will to serve the club are definitely inspirational. With a club as large as ours, it’s not always easy to recognize your good deeds, but the Brownie Points should help out with that. I hope you all have enjoyed our fun events with service mixed in. Speaking of fun events, RTC!!! You guys KILLED it. All the compliments I got about you guys made me one happy president. Though RTC is over, we still have a lot planned to keep you guys active in Key Club! Keep attending meetings to stay updated with everything. ^^ — Ryan Lim
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President Ryan Lim
Historian Niki Wu
clark.kc.pres@gmail.com
clark.kc.hist@gmail.com
Vice President Deric Pang
Bulletin Editor Megan
clark.kc.vp@gmail.com
Solomon
Secretary Natalie Zhang
clark.kc.be@gmail.com
clark.kc.sec@gmail.com
Sergeant-At-Arms
Treasurer Anna Zhang
Michael Kwok
clark.kc.tr@gmail.com
clark.kc.saa@gmail.com
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Bulletin Editor’s Message Hey key clubbers! How have you all been? It’s a new school year, and I hope you’ve been having fun with us! I’ve been crazy busy so far with everything I’ve been doing (calculus is definitely a challenge), but I’ve never been more proud to be a Clark Charger or more excited for the future. I want to personally thank all of you all for the countless hours you’ve put in to helping the officers with our RTC preps, and thanks to you we’ve been able to come up with some amazing stuff. This year, we’ve also been implementing committees (shout out to VP Deric Pang!), and as the officer in charge of the art committee, thank you all for showing such enthusiasm and helping me with the shirt design templates and RTC signs. One of our biggest events, RTC, is finally over, and we definitely made it memorable. All the spirit gear, cheers we practiced, and seriously respectable kindness to the other clubs in the Key Club family has made me so happy to call myself a part of the Clark Key Club board. It was a great way to start the year, and I’m looking forward to the rest with all of you! - Megan Solomon
The website is also up and running at clarkkeyclub.wix.com/site!
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C LASS R EPRESENTATIVES Freshman Rep Aaron Quiamzon
Sophomore Rep Ellis Johnson
Junior Rep Rachel Santos
Senior Reps Lisa Chong & Kevin Ross
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SCHOOL CLEAN–UP & FIRST MEETING August , 2012
Pete Hernandez, Freshman Bottle caps, cigarette butts, plastic red film. These were a few things I found littered around. Today, we were cleaning up the outside of the school where many students commute, hang out and litter. We can’t rely on a single janitor cleaning the boundaries of the school; one man can't clean the school on their own. Instead, today we had the will of many generous and hard working teens who were willing to get their hands dirty. On September 1, 2012, many students, all part of Clark High School's Key Club, banded together to help properly dispose of the litter strewn around the school. Everyone split into teams and were given surgical gloves and trash bags. We were then instructed to
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scout out the entire exterior of the school and throw away any piece of trash we cauld find. The team that collected the most trash also won a prize. And while we were wondering what said prize was, we were in for more surprises as we were cleaning up, in all the different things we found. In the end, the winning team was announced. They were able to fill up not one, but TWO bags of trash. Their prize was ice cream, but the important thing was that we all, more or less, made the outside of the school cleaner. Before going home, we said goodbye with a cheer. I wonder how long the school will stay clean.
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Florence Kong, Junior Today's Key Club School Cleanup at Clark High School was very different from the other times I went to the School Cleanup. The event only lasted for an hour which I thought was really short! However, I saw many new faces at the cleanup! The first thing we did was to cheer. We had a competition between the girls and guys to see who got more spirit and the girls lost. ): It's not our fault our voices are high pitch. haha Then, everyone was to split off into little groups. My group was Lisa, Simon, and Winnie. Let me tell you, if you want to experience anything extreme, go with Lisa! She ac-
tually climbed the fence to the basketball court. Reluctantly, Winnie and I followed. Winnie had sandals on so she didn't really want to climb the fence. Well, let's say I did not quite land on my feet. At least, the school is now cleaner than it was before! We filled up one whole trash bag! Apparently there was a competition to see who would pick up the most trash! The winner actually picked up two trash bag full of trash, but their group had nine people. I thought it was unfair, but at least we had fun picking up trash today :D I can't wait until RTC when we cheer even more!
Louie Gonzales, Junior The first Key Club meeting was nothing less than extraordinary. Yes there were a few hiccups, but nonetheless it was still the old Key Club we all know and love. The first meeting of the year was jam-packed with new faces and old faces, all with the same goal: to have fun while serving their community. Probably the best part to all the first meetings of Key Club is when we cheered and you could just look around to see the new Key Club-
bers’ faces of shock because most of them are weirded out by a large group of people spinning and grunting for they’ve never seen it before. As a junior this year, I’m excited for our all-junior board and the fun events that they have in store for all of us. By the end of the year, I hope that we all get to know each other and at the same time help to improve our community with our friends while having fun.
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KICKBALL FOR CANCER September 15th, 2012
Kevin Tungcab, Junior Kickball for Cancer was one of the best moments of my week. It cheered me up to be surrounded by my fellow key clubbers and to cheer, and watch/play some good ole fashioned kickball. Being on the Yellow Isopods reminded me of good times last year and we made it to the finals! After such an “intense” game between us and the blue team, we just called it a tie. Both teams played really well. I was lucky enough to be nominated
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as an MVP, and I gained a total of 100 Brownie Points. Kickball has to be one of my favorite events! It’s really fun to have some competition among key clubbers. Also, it was just great to get around, show good sportsmanship (I did at least, hopefully the rest of my team did too), and meet new people.
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Pete Hernandez, Freshman There are some children out there that are less fortunate than we are. Some children may get into accidents. Others may come down with some crazy disease that we can not even imagine feeling. And sadly enough, sometimes, hospitals aren’t equipped to suit those children’s needs. And with us going through a replay of the Great Depression, who’s there to fund the hospitals? There are three aspects in life that many should value; faith, hope, and charity. And if faith and hope are already taken care of, what’s left? Charity. And how are we going to get charity? We decided to take care of that in a sport that has been long forgotten since elementary school: Kickball. Our event was dubbed, “Kickball for Cancer.” Basically, all of the funds that have been collected are going to the Pediatric Trauma Centers in the state. This will help pay for the medical equipment, medicines, and supplies that hospitals otherwise can’t afford. Judging from the amount of Key Club members that showed up, I’d say that we raised a lot of money and at the same time, we enjoyed ourselves. We were split into four teams: Blue, Purple, Yellow, and Red. The Blue team challenged the Purple team while the Yellow team chal-
lenged the Red. After those two duels, the winners were the Blue team and the Yellow team. Then, the losers of those matches, Purple and Red, challenged each other for third place. The red team won. Then the Blue team and the Yellow team challenged each other. The outcome was unexpected; it was a constant tie. So both the Blue team and the Yellow team received the same number of points at the end. In the end, our goal was accomplished for trying to raise money. Both the Blue team and the Yellow team won, followed by the Red team, and the Purple team. In any case, I am proud of everyone. We gave a few hours of our time and money to help out a good cause.
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Amber Yun, Sophomore What can I say? RTC 2012 was just simply AMAZING. To the informative workshops, learning divisional cheers, and of course, the spirit rally, each and every moment was memorable. It gave new incoming key clubbers some insight as to what key club is all about. Extending everyone's knowledge about what key club is as a school club and even more was fabulous. After attending DCON 2012 and seeing the newly active Lt. Gov, Alyssa Yocom, in action was also a great moment of my RTC experience. I think we can all agree that our spirits were sky high and everyone cheered their hearts out at the spirit rally, which truly showed! I think every club deserves a spirit stick for that. All in all, I am glad to say I attended RTC 2012 and it was truly great learning more about service projects/ working on actual projects, meeting new people, and showing our spirit together as a big family.
Shailey Patel, Junior RTC is always the most anticipated event of the year for Clark Key Club and this year’s conference didn't disappoint. The spirit gear was amazing and Clark had some great cheers! You could really tell that the officers and the members that went to the preps worked hard on everything that they made. I especially loved the capes! This year’s workshops were even more amazing than last year’s, I learned so much about everything, ranging from the different Kiwanis groups to our other big events, like DCON and ICON. I love our key club so much, and everyone was really on their best behavior, with such great improvements from last year. I can’t wait until next year!
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Victoria Gordon, Junior This year was my first RTC, and my first year in Key Club! When a few of my friends on the board persuaded me to attend this event, I didn’t at all expect all of the amazing things I experienced! I was able to learn so much through the workshops we all attended, and everyone else seemed to be interested in the information too. The service projects were fun, and while I don't usually make blankets, making them today was so fun! Especially with the knowledge that I was helping my community. When the spirit rally came around, and we were wearing our amazing spirit gear and cheering for our school, it would be hard not to be inspired! Every cheer we did reminded me that choosing to go to Clark and join this club was the right choice. I really feel like I’m part of a giant family! Even though Clark didn’t win, it would be hard to imagine any future RTC’s being better than this one!
“RTC was really fun and I’m sad I wasn’t a part of Key Club earlier on in high school.” — Nick Ziter, Senior
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Pete Hernandez, Freshman I am sure that everyone who is in Key Club knows its purpose; to give back to the community. But thereWhat are many be answered. For example: Key Club Start? What extent can questions I say? RTCto2012 was just simply, andWhere it truly did showed! I think every club does Key Club Go? What else is there for us to see? Most of the questions you may have about ly AMAZING. To the informative workdeserves a spirit stick for that. All in all, I Key Club have been answered in one gigantic event. A networking event known to everyone at shops, learning divisional cheers, and of am glad to say I attended RTC 2012 RTC, or Regional Training Conference. course, theatspirit rally, each andHigh every and it was trulyNevada. great learning moreKey RTC was held Cimarron Memorial School in Las Vegas, In this event, moment wasvalley all the most, memorable. about projects/working on schools acClubs from across the came together to see what Keyservice Club is all about. I have seen It gave clubbers an and tual projects, meeting new people, and ranging from ournew own incoming Clark High key School to career technical activities, and even some schools in Henderson. allkey dressed spirit gear ourspirit school -For Clark High insightWe onwere what club in is our all about. Ex-representing showing our together as a bigSchool, fam- it is a Batman T-Shirteveryone's with the letters “CHS” as about well as a cape tending knowledge ily. and a shield- as well as many other crazy fashions what otherskey decide After getting our ID Cards, tickets, and group ribbons, we entered clubtoiswear. as a school club and the door into the gym. The head officers and Sergeants At Arms introduced themselves to us. In even more was fabulous. After attendthat time frame, we had to prove our own spirit. How — doAmber we prove ourSophomore spirit besides outfits? Cheers Yun, ing DCON 2012 and seeing the newly of course! Each school had their own set of cheers to display as well as the universal cheer for eveactive Lt. Gov, Alyssa Yocom in action ryone. Let me say right now that I swear, it was a massive earthquake on the bleachers. Afterwards, was also great mention momentearlier. of myI RTC exwe split up into theagroups happened to be in the group that had lunch first. perience. I think we can all agree that After eating, I noticed that there were three service projects we can do while we wait for the our spirit's were high and other groups to finish theirsky seminars. The everyone three choices were making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the homeless, making blankets unfortunate children, and making greeting cards for cheered their hearts out at the for spirit ralsoldiers. I decided to make sandwiches for one half and make blankets for the other half. As I was working, other schools provoked each other into cheer duels as a warm-up for a cheering event that will happen at a later time. And to be honest, it seems like the other schools were just as serious about winning the cheer fest as we are. After lunch, we were called into the gym for the presentations about Key Club. The presentations were split into three categories: History, Laws, and Future Events. During the presentation, we learned many facts about Key Club that I, myself, did not now. I had no idea that Key Club dated back to 1925. I also did not know that Key Club was restricted to young, talented men at first. Today, both men and women can join. There are even divisions that extend to middle, and even elementary schools! Key Club is not even restricted to the US: Canada, Spain, Italy, Thai-
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land, The Philippines, South Korea, New Zealand, Colombia, and many more countries have this. Upon doing more research, I found many more facts that would be interesting for readers to know. For example: Did you know that Bill Clinton (Former President of the United States), Tom Cruise (Actor), Brad Pitt (Actor), Elvis Presley (King of Rock and Roll), and Howard Stern (America’s Got Talent Judge) all have participated in Key Club? And in the crowds of Key Club International, I see leaders, supporters, and other hard working people. Maybe someone in the crowd might write the next bestselling novel. Or maybe one of us might find a cure for a disease that will otherwise make humans extinct. And I won’t be surprised if any President of the United States in the future was a Key Clubber. Who knows? In any case, I see bright futures in all of us. What else distinguishes Key Club from any other service club? As said earlier, Spirit. For the weeks before, we have been training to become the best club at cheering out of the rest. The schools were divided into their corresponding regions: South, North, and West. The main goal was to out-cheer the other schools in their area. After Selecting the winners from each area, the winners will compete against each other to see who gets the regional award. Our group, Clark High School, was REALLY CLOSE to beating NWCTA (Northwest Career and Technical Academy), but NWCTA beat us for the west area. In the regional finals, the schools that competed were NWCTA for the West, Liberty High School for the North, and Rancho for the South (I do not know if this is correct, correct me if I’m wrong). In the end, Liberty High School took it. Liberty High School, NWCTA, I salute to all of you. As for the other schools, I salute to the rest of you too. And for my own school, Clark High School, I am proud of all of you. So what do we do once we are done with the seminar, service, and cheering? It is time to party! After being served an Italian Banquet, Courtesy of Romano’s Macaroni Grill, we danced all the night. Some of us hung out, some schools still even challenged each other to spirit duels. There you have it, folks! It does not matter whether we won the cheer fest, or lost the cheer fest. What is important is that we are united. We are a network of teens that are keys to the future (Hence the name, Key Club). Since 1925, we have been helping out our community and building the future for others. This is who we are. And we will never change.
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August — Andrew Aquino When Clark Key Club's board members wanted to make a fun introductory video for the first meeting, Andrew showed no hesitation in helping out. Due to Sergeant-at-arms Michael Kwok's absence, Andrew made and sported a mask of Michael's face, in turn making all the filming go smoothly. Even after the filming was done, he opted to edit the cuts of video into something coherent. Without his continued support, our first meeting would have been missing some of that flair. In addition to this, he was one of only two members (aside from officers) that performed at the Playing Music for Senior Citizens event. Thanks, Andrew!
September — Rachel Santos Over the past month, Rachel Santos has demonstrated admirable enthusiasm for our club. Having our weekly meetings in the lunchroom has been difficult, but Rachel lessens the load by helping the officers lay out chairs and wears her club shirt to show us support. Apart from small gestures like this, she recently helped the officers create RTC spirit gear and drove to buy supplies without hesitation. She is also running for a junior class representative position, and the spirit she has for Key Club is not only apparent, but contagious. Thanks, Rachel, and congratulations! Although this nomination was made before elections, Rachel is now not only a member of the month, but the Junior Representative!
Each member of the month gets their own personalized pin! We’re always on the lookout for new M.o.Ms, thank you guys for being such great members!
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