March Newsletter | Volume 9 | Issue 11

Volume 9 | Issue 11

Division 34 North | Region 17 | Cali-Nev-Ha

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Table of Contents DLT Messages Articles and Visuals Amazing Apes Division Goals Banana Points Banana Leaders Club Summaries Challenge Participants Birthdays Upcoming Events District Newsletter D34N Club List Contact Information

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A Message From Your

Happy March, Key-uties <3 !

Welcome to the spring season~ I hope you all had a wonderful February! With the start of March comes new and exciting things, yet also new challenges. My fellow seniors will be dealing with the whole college decisions shenanigans throughout the month, so please encourage and uplift them on their journey!

As for updates, please keep in mind that elections for club officers will be ending soon, and a new term is on the way! Our new LTG, John Hillyard, has already been chosen! March is full of really fun events and social mixers, so please encourage your fellow key clubbers to participate.

In this issue of The Banana Chronicles, there features new articles and visuals, division board messages, division goal updates, banana points updates, amazing apes, club summaries, March birthdays, upcoming events, etc. I hope you enjoy! <3 xoxo

Cheers,

Kaelyn Fung

Kaelyn Fung Division Newsletter Editor d34n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

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A Message From Your

What’s Up, Aqua Apes!

I can't believe it's one of my last LTG messages already. Our division has been able to do so much this term and I couldn't be prouder. You've all worked hard as officers and members and I can't wait to see you all recognized at DCON! It'll be a very exciting event and I hope everyone who goes makes unforgettable memories :)) As it's club election season too, don't forget to pay your dues to vote or run for a position (it's never too late to pay!)

Congratulations to anyone who has been elected, and good luck to those who still have elections coming up.

Even with the term coming to a close, we still have many fun events to look forward to - including a member favorite Mr. Key Club! Don't be afraid to continue breaking out of your shell and attending these events: try to make new friends! We also have our end-of-the-year banquet coming up, a great time to reflect on the great term and recognize everyone's hard work with awards and food. I hope to see you all at these events and more as the term comes to a close.

Thanks,

Courtney Tai

Courtney Tai D34N Lieutenant Governor d34n.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org

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Hey, Aqua Apes!

I can't believe the first two months of 2022 are already over! This past month, there were many events going on like the service weekend and DCM, so thank you guys for coming.

There will be more opportunities coming up, so stay on the lookout for that. Also at this point, many clubs have already finished their elections, so congratulation to all the officer elects and I am sure that they will carry on an amazing legacy for the upcoming term.

DCON is around the corner, meaning the term is coming to a close, so let's make sure we do our best to end strong. There is always time to plan new things for your clubs until the term ends, so if you need help with something feel free to ask me or anyone from the DLT and we can help everyone reach their goals. As always, feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or just want to talk!

Thanks!

Sean Sygaco Executive Assistant 122017ss@gmail.com

What’s Up Everyone!

If your school had a mid-winter break, I hope you all were able to enjoy it! The weather is getting warm quickly and I'm so excited for summer, going to the beach, and having tons of Key Club events ;) I know that burnout can be a common feeling that's arising (trust me, I am 1000% feeling it) so it is important for us to find a good balance between school and personal time. Take some time for yourself and go try that new brunch place with your friend instead of cramming for that math test! Also, let's talk about our new LTG— I am so excited to see my fellow EA, John, as our LTG next year and I have full confidence that he will do great things for our division. I hope you all show him tons of support and are excited as I am for him!

Thanks!

Kristi Xia Executive Assistant kxia23@ndhsb.org

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Hey, Aqua Apes!

Happy March! I hope you're all doing well and have been enjoying the service events from the past month. I can't believe my final newsletter message is approaching... But that also means that elections are coming up! If you're hesitating on running, all I can say is that you should take the chance and go for it before regretting anything. If you ever need any help, or want any advice on different roles in the club (or even early planning for when DLT applications are released) feel free to contact me! Along with other service projects planned for the next while, Banquet and DCON are coming up so I hope you're all super hyped for these incredible events as well :)

Thank You! Jasmine Bao Division Secretary jasbao777@gmail.com

Hey, Aqua Apes!

OMG GUYS I’m your 2021-2022 LTG elect, but for the rest of the term I am still one of your EAs! I saw all of you guys at the weekend of service and I'm glad we all really wanted all of those valuable service hours in order to reach our next goals in membership. The February dcm was so fun and I hope all of you guys sent me goodie bags with valentine's day candies. Are you guys excited for DCON??? I am so excited to see all of you guys in Reno too, but before we get too excited we need to get excited about what we have left in the term. Mr. Key Club is coming around the corner and I know just a few people that I know can win it all with their amazing talents, looks, and personality.

But don't lose hope girls, even though you guys unfortunately cannot become Mr. Key Club, you can steal our hearts with your amazing talents in the talent show! I'm so excited so see all the amazing energy you guys will bring in the last few months of the term.

Bye Guys! <3 John Hillyard Executive Assistant jshihillyard@gmail.com

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SSF

clean - up The South San Francisco Softball field was recently built just last year and is the pride and joy of the softball program. However, a lack of maintenance over the summer months left the field riddled with weeds and other plants growing on the dirt of the field. SSFHS Key club teamed up with the SSFHS Earth Club and the SSFHS Softball team to clear the field of weeds and trash so that it can be played on soon.

NASH PARI-CANDIA

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january dcm

HANNAH NEBRES NOTRE DAME

ltg elect : john hillyard !

Conclave 2022 was a huge success, and it was great to see so many people interested in meeting the candidates. Since the event was with D34N and D34S, there were many familiar faces and new faces. I enjoyed hearing our candidates’ speeches and seeing how passionate they were for Key Club and their hard work to pay off. Everyone came prepared to answer questions, and it was not easy to vote for only one person. Congratulations to our newly elected LTG!

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Conclave was an exciting event where all of the clubs in Region 17 got the chance to meet each other, and our division, D34N, elected the Lieutenant Governor for next year. As a club member, I got to listen to each of the candidates' speeches and plans for next year and share my opinion with our two delegates. The final two LTG elects, John Hillyard and Sean Sygaco, were both very passionate and well-qualified candidates.

After two rounds of speeches in which they described their goals for next year if they were to become LTG, the division's club delegates elected John Hillyard as our next LTG. Conclave was a very valuable experience for me, as I got to learn more about Key Club's organizational structure, gain a big-picture view of Key Club, and meet fellow passionate Key Clubbers.

GEORGIE RAULS CARLMONT Conclave 2022 was hosted online this year due to COVID safety. Conclave is hosted to elect our divisions next LTG for the upcoming term. At this year's Conclave we had three really strong candidates going up against each other.

There needed to be two delegates from each home club to cast votes. As votes were getting counted we had presentations on what DCON is going to look like this year, and we also had our monthly DCM but this time for the month of January. I really liked this event because I got to learn more about Key Club as a whole.

NASH PARI-CANDIA LOWELL

This month, the January DCM was combined with D34 Conclave, an annual event where Key Clubbers from D34S and D34N have the opportunity to elect their next LTG. I served as one of Carlmont Key Club's delegates, which means that I compiled all of the votes that our club members submitted and made my final decision based on the majority. I had a great time hearing the three candidates give their speeches and explain their goals for the new term. In addition to this, we also help our normal January DCM with division updates and upcoming service events. After a short DCON presentation, the winners for both divisions were announced!

KATARINA POVINEC CARLMONT

Conclave was an exciting event to be at. There were 3 candidates running for the position of LTG. It was interesting to hear their aspirations and goals for the future of Key Club. It was tough to figure out who to vote for, as all three candidates presented very creative topics. Afterwards, we went into the DCM portion of the event to go over club and division updates. Finally, the LTG for the next term was announced, which was very exciting to hear.

Overall, Conclave was an event that I enjoyed a lot.

DARREN CHEN WESTMOOR

I went into this event kind of nervous, because I was going to take a big part in choosing our new LTG for the whole of the D34N division. This seemed like a lot of pressure at first, but the discussion with the other delegates and just being able to listen to the candidates was very fun. Everyone did such amazing jobs on their speeches that it was hard to choose.

However, after the results were announced, my only thoughts were "Congratulations!" and how I had this great honor of being a part of it.

ORIANNA AYE WESTMOOR

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arts for …

CARLMONT

At the Arts for Little Hearts event, we made heart and flower crafts for hospitalized children. There were a lot of options on what heart and flower crafts to make, so we had the freedom to be creative. People made origami flowers, hearts, cards, and poems. I made some origami tulips that were really easy and fun to put together. Overall, I really enjoyed the event and I hope the crafts will make someone’s day!

JOCELYN OWEN Arts for Little Hearts was a Valentine's Day themed origami Zoom service event organized by Alice Finkelstein. First, we talked about our favorite holiday (most of us like Christmas). Then, we began making Origami hearts and flowers while listening to the division safe - key playlist. The best part of the event was when I was following a heart box tutorial and I turned it over to find that there was an origami heart on the back of the box! I thought I had to separately glue on mini hearts, but it was actually the same paper that makes the little heart and the box. I hope our arts and crafts cheer up the hospitalized children they will be sent to!

MANYA KUMAR

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D34N

weekend of …

D34N Weekend of Service was a weekend that had 5 service events on Zoom that could get you up to 10 service hours in total. I went to the Crafts for Hospitalized Children/Send a Smile and the Origami Bookmark event. During Crafts for Hospitalized Children/Send a Smile, I was able to make many crafts and while it was difficult at times, it was something new for me and it was a lot of fun. During the origami bookmarks, I made a bunch of cute bookmarks and I was able to do it with my sister. I loved being able to make simple bookmarks into hearts, flowers, or even cute animals. Both of these events made me feel like I could be able to make a kid happy and hopefully make their day better.

SARA WILKINSON CARLMONT

The D34N Weekend of Service was a fantastic experience. Volunteers were given a selection of crafts to do, from coloring to making origami bookmarks.

These crafts were then mailed to military personnel and hospital patients. It was really nice having the opportunity to provide happiness to those in need of support. Seeing all the unique and colorful designs everyone made for their crafts was a delight!

COLIN ZHANG CARLMONT

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cards and bracelets for …

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Making Cards and Bracelets for Children's Miracle Network was a fun and relaxing service event over Zoom! We started with a fun ice breaker and then got our materials. We were given a lot of freedom for what we could make which inspired everyone to get creative. I tried making different-sized cards and decorating them in different ways with washi tape, markers, and brush pens. My favorite part of the event was when I got to see everyone hold up the cards they made for the group photo!

MANYA KUMAR

The Cards and Bracelets for Children's Miracle Network was an online event where participants made bracelets and cards. I enjoyed creating colorful cards with positive messages for hospitalized children. It was also nice to take a break from schoolwork and make cards at the event. I'm glad that we could make cards and bracelets to bring some joy to children in the Children's Miracle Network! I would definitely attend this event again.

JOCELYN OWEN

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library This event was a virtual bookmark making event that took place on zoom. During this service event, we made bookmarks for Liberation Library, an organization that delivers books to young, incarcerated youth. The bookmarks were made using a variety of supplies and the volunteers who participated in this event were given creative freedom, so there was a wide Bookmarks for Liberation Library, one of our first service events of the new year, variety of bookmarks took place online on January 19th. During the event, participants decorated made. The event lasted bookmarks to donate to Liberation Library, an organization that provides a total of one and a incarcerated youth with books and handmade bookmarks to go along with half hours. During that them. The event started off with a fun icebreaker, and afterwards we went into time, we not only breakout rooms to talk to our fellow participants while decorating. We were able created the bookmarks, to use any coloring materials and paper. Everyone's bookmarks turned out but we also did an creative and unique! At the end, we sealed all of the bookmarks in envelopes icebreaker and learned and mailed them off to their destination. Overall it was a super fun event and for about Liberation Library a great cause! and the upcoming service events. The volunteers that participated in this event were also encouraged to continue making SWARAALI SAVE bookmarks during their free time. When the bookmarks were finished, the volunteers individually mailed them to the Liberation Library.

SAMANTHA BISHOP

Camryn Valenzuela

Even though soleil is a new member at carlmont key club, she received the gold sticker award for more than 8 hours of service in January.

She has been consistently attending club events and club meetings and it is a pleasure to see her at service events!

OFFICER OF THE MONTH

Soleil Dam

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

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This officer has gone above and beyond in their position.

Despite this past month being very busy, they were always willing to take on new tasks delegated to them with no problem.

Whenever another officer needed help, this person was always there to step in and take care of the issue. Additionally, they were always checking in with their club committee and continued to find new plan for their club when possible like their successful food drive. This person has done a lot for their club and it is certain that they will continue to do amazing things in the future. We would not know where we would be if it wasn't for their commitment.

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Burlingame

This advisor has done so much to help their club and our division.

They've attended all our division events and are volunteering as a chaperone for DCON. They've also generously offered to chaperone more Key Clubbers outside of their club, something they don't have to do as an advisor. Overall, this advisor has been very active and kind and deserves to be recognized for it.

CLUB OF THE MONTH

ADVISOR OF THE MONTH

Romie Shield

LTG CHALLENGE: What was a Key Club moment from this past term? (a favorite memory or something that made you stay with Key Club)

The club of the month not only put in effort to organize club events this past month, but also have been active in the division and regularly attend events.

Their officers maintain consistent communication, and all in all the club has improved a lot in the past months.

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$3,924.74

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We met our old goal of $3000!

Service Hours

Funds Raised

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Top 3 :

1. Carlmont

2,225 hrs

2. Jefferson

968 hrs

3. Aragon

886 hrs

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Banana

Banana 1. Carlmont9762 pts

3. Aragon3603 pts

2. Lowell5643 pts MILLS SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO WESTMOOR EL CAMINO NOTRE DAME HILLSDALE JEFFERSON BURLINGAME SEQUOIA GALILEO SAN MATEO SAINT IGNATIUS ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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CARLMONT Over the past month of January, Carlmont held 6 different service events virtually, which included Bookmarks for Liberation Library, our monthly school clean-up, and more. Given the surge in COVID cases, we decided to move all service events online unless it was outside. The board did an amazing job with this transition and hosted our weekly club meetings both online and in-person. We participated in the Weekend of Service as our members did the last stretch to complete their hours for the MRP. In February, we plan to continue with our hybrid events and even have some Valentine's Day-themed events. Additionally, Carlmont also hosted their officer elections and has elected their board for the 2022-2023 term! For the remainder of February, we are focusing on training our new officers and the application process to fill our committees and their members. We are super excited to finish this term off strong!

HILLSDALE In the month of January, we held an interclub with Aragon where we made origami hearts over zoom. We also attended Conclave where we got to elect our LTG for the next term. During the January DCM, we were very happy to see one of our co-presidents Camryn Low get officer of the month which was very well deserved. We have been preparing for DCON, club elections, as well as our spring club fair where we hope to recruit more members.

MILLS This month has been quite still. After winter break, many members have fallen out of participation, so we are trying to fix member retention techniques at the moment. Many officers have also been busy with senior activities and responsibilities, as most are high school seniors. Members have been notified about elections constantly throughout the month, so we believe we will be prepared to elect the next Mills Key Club board some time during March.

Unfortunately, no one from our club will be attending DCON, but we continue to have weekly meetings at school.

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DNE CHALLENGE: What are you looking forward to in March? College decisions? Spring? You can be excited for more than one thing!

NOTRE DAME This month has been pretty uneventful for Notre Dame! We have been attending division-level events like conclave and had lots of fun seeing who our new LTG would be. We also had many members attend weekend service, and all of them really enjoyed the convenience of doing service events from home. We have been working towards elections for the new term and recognition for graduates/outstanding members. We hope that the term will end on a high note and that we will find excellent successors for the next term! On a club level, we continue to have our bi-weekly meetings with service opportunities.

WESTMOOR For the past month, we have started back up our weekly general meetings.

We have also completed our internship program. Currently, we have a school clean-up planned this month with two other clubs in our school. We are also focusing on club elections, where applications and interviews will take place this month.

DNE CHALLENGE: What is an artist/group’s concert that you’d want to go to if it was free and they were touring right now? (peep my fellow kpop stans)

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DNE & LTG CHALLENGE PARTICIPANTS: Evan Yang | Aragon

Chloe Gao | Mills

Britney Fong | Carlmont

Austin Nie | Lowell

Erica Tam | Carlmont

Isabelle Abulencia | Lowell

Grace Kimberg | Carlmont

Jeffrey Loo | Lowell

Joyce Chu | Carlmont

Lilya Ybona-Liu | Lowell

Lina Saleh | Carlmont

Matthew Chen | Lowell

Mandy Mah | Carlmont

Michelle Li | Lowell

Miriya Mayenkar | Carlmont

Sally Hong | Lowell

Sanjna Sood | Carlmont

Yenshen Marquez | Lowell

How to Submit a

CHALLENGE

1. Email your answers to d34n.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org

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To participate in a challenge, simply answer the DNE/LTG Challenges that appear throughout the newsletter! Answering them will get your club 5 banana points! Submissions are due by the last day of every month!

d34n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

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2. Subject Line: [Month] DNE/LTG Newsletter Challenges | [School] July Newsletter Example: July DNE/LTG Newsletter Challenges | Mills 3. Answer the prompts! They are scattered throughout the newsletter. Look out for my replies! If you have any questions, please email me at d34n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

...THANK YOU!

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COURTNEY TAI Aragon | @courtney_tai

LISA NGUYEN Carlmont | @magical.lisa

BAILEY WONG Aragon | @_baileywong

MAYA KORNYEYEVA Carlmont | @mayazcatlady09

WENDY WANG

NICKOLE CORTEZ

Hillsdale | @wendyy.wang

South San Francisco | @niickaii

RENEE CHEN Burlingame | @its_renee327

KATELYNN HOLLANDSWORTH Aragon | @k.m.h.2005

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Banquet + March DCM MAR 13th | 5 - 7P @ Leo J. Ryan Park Amphitheater, 650 Shell Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404 Celebrate end of the term and watch awards/speeches!

Paint n’ Picnic Social MAR 12th | 12:30 - 2:30 P @ Lindley Meadow (Golden Gate Park), 1000 John F. Kennedy Dr, San Francisco, CA, 94122 RSVP: bit.ly/d34npaintnpicnic Potluck signup: bit.ly/d34npotlucksignup

Coyote Park Clean Up MAR 26th | 9A - 12P @ 1701 Coyote Point Dr, San Mateo, CA Help pull weeds and beautify the park!

RSVP: bit.ly/d34ncoyotepoint22 (fill by 3/23)

Tote Bag Fundraiser ddddd Price: $15 each tote bag The design was from the tote bag design contest!

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Abraham Lincoln 2162 24th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94116 #: 415-759-2700

Burlingame 1 Mangini Way, Burlingame, CA 94010 #: 650-558-2999

El Camino 1320 Mission Road, South San Francisco, CA 94080 #: 650-877-8806

Hillsdale 3115 Del Monte Street, San Mateo, CA 94403 #: 650-558-2999

Aragon 900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, CA 94402 #: 650-558-2999

Carlmont 1400 Alameda de Las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002 #: 650-595-0210

Galileo 1150 Francisco Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 #: 415-749-3430

Jefferson 6996 Mission Street Daly City, CA 94014 #: 650-550-7700

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Caring...Our Way of Life!

Lowell 1101 Eucalyptus Dr, San Francisco, CA 94132 #: 415-759-2730

Notre Dame 1540 Ralston Ave, Belmont, CA 94002 #: 650-595-1913

Sequoia 1201 Brewster Ave, Redwood City, CA 94062 #: 650-367-9780

St. Ignatius 2001 37th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94116 #: 415-731-7500

Mills 400 Murchison Dr, Millbrae, CA 94030 #: 650-558-2999

San Mateo 506 N Delaware St, San Mateo, CA 94401 #: 650-558-2399

South San Francisco 400 B St, South San Francisco, CA 94080 #: 650-877-8754

Westmoor 131 Westmoor Ave, Daly City, CA 94015 #: 650-550-7400

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Lieutenant Governor

Courtney Tai Phone: (650) 740-9749 Email: d34n.ltg@cnhkeyclub.org

Executive Assistant

John Hillyard Phone: (650) 338-9944 Email: jshihillyard@gmail.com

Executive Assistant

Sean Sygaco Phone: (650) 892-3405 Email: 122017ss@gmail.com

Executive Assistant Newsletter Editor

Kristi Xia Phone: (650) 743-2990 Email: kxia23@ndhsb.org Kaelyn Fung Phone: (650) 201-8455 Email: d34n.cnhkc.dne@gmail.com

Division Secretary

Jasmine Bao Phone: (415) 629-1733 Email: jasbao777@gmail.com

Spirit Coordinator

Evan Yang Phone: (650) 889-9093 Email: scyang04@gmail.com

PR Coordinator

Maya Kornyeyeva Phone: (628) 254-4540 Email: d34n.cnhkc.mrc@gmail.com

Service Coordinator

Crystal Chu Phone: (650) 727-7603 Email: ahskc.pres@gmail.com

Fundraising Coordinator

Landon Lee Phone: (415) 830-6688 Email: landon.lee@gmail.com

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Abraham Lincoln

Elsa Li & Joanne Yen Phone: (415) 309-6286 | (415) 932-9791 Email: president.alhskeyclub@gmail.com

Aragon

Crystal Chu Phone: (650) 727-7603 Email: ahskc.pres@gmail.com

Burlingame

Harjyot Kaur Phone: (781) 354-9504 Email: 24kaurh85@stu.smuhsd.org

Carlmont

Claire Tseng Phone: (650) 743-8155 Email: carlmontkc.pres@gmail.com

El Camino

Alex Quemuel Phone: (415) 374-4945 Email: alexexqu5120@gmail.com

Galileo

Jennifer Lau & Jacob Leung Phone: (415) 619-9636 | (415) 909-0718 Email: jelau4@s.sfusd.edu | jaleung8@s.sfusd.edu

Hillsdale

Camryn Low & Emilia Schalch Phone: (408) 354-0555 | (650) 759-1011 Email: camrynlow@gmail.com

Jefferson

Elizabeth Wang Phone: (415) 503-7980 Email: president.jeffersonkeyclub@gmail.com

Lowell

Michelle Li Phone: (415) 638-3030 Email: michli0926@gmail.com

Mills

Kaelyn Fung Phone: (650) 201-8455 Email: millskc.president@gmail.com

Notre Dame

Kristi Xia Phone: (650) 743-2990 Email: kxia23@ndhsb.org

San Mateo

Danielle Richards Phone: (650)-437-4735 Email: danielle.r.258@gmail.com

Sequoia

Brian Khov Phone: (650) 660-0203 Email: 805467@seq.org

South San Francisco

Andrew Ta Phone: (650) 307-0898 Email: ssfhskc.president@gmail.com

St. Ignatius

Luke McFadden Phone: (415) 367-5670 Email: lmcfadden22@siprep.org

Westmoor

Darren Chen & Jason Kyauk Phone: (415) 994-8812 | (650) 922-7434 Email: kc.president.whs@gmail.com

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