August 2020 Newsletter | The Key Points

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IN THIS ISSUE...

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CONTENTS

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EDITOR'S NOTE

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AUGUST / SEPTEMBER

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MEET THE OFFICERS

New year, new newsletter!

This month wrapped up in a bundle.

A little message from me to you.

What did the month of August bring and what lies in September?

Introducing... the new 2020-2021 officer team.

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QUOTE OF THE MONTH

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KEY CLUB GONE VIRTUAL

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THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERING

A little inspiration to keep you moving!

PESH Key Club's major changes to keep everyone safe and healthy!

What opportunities were available during this past summer!

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MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT

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SUGGESTIONS?

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VOLUNTEER EVENTS

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FAQS

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How we are increasing membership.

Where to submit your thoughts and feedback!

The required and extra volunteer opportunities.

Get your questions answered here!

IMPORTANT CONTACTS Socials for updates & announcements.

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PROMOTIONS Exceptional organizations providing much needed service to the world and supporting Key Club International.

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STAFF CONTACTS

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END COVER

The team of PESH and district Key Club.

That's a wrap for August, see you in September!

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EDITOR'S NOTE Last school year was cut short as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, nevertheless, Key Clubbers found multiple ways to help the community!

The school year of 2020-2021 has begun... and I am happy to say that I am here again this year to bring to the latest on PESH Key Club! It's been a wild ride during the first few weeks of school, but the officer team and sponsor hope to bring you bundles of joy and light at every meeting. With that said, please be patient with everyone during this time, including peers, teachers, and other staff members you may interact with; we are all on this journey together.

TIFFANY DOAN Editor

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THE MONTH OF AUGUST 12th (Wednesday)

First Day of School!

24th (Monday)

Student Holiday / Teacher Workday

Receive updates on Remind, Instagram, & Google Classroom (pg. 19)

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THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 4th (Friday)

First Key Club meeting of the year!

7th-8th (Mon-Tuesday)

Student Holiday

9th (Wednesday)

Face to Face / School @ Home begins

Upcoming Dates Oct. 9th (Fri.)

$15 dues are due!

Oct. 16th (Fri.)

Key Club meeting & monthly service activity due!

Receive updates on Remind, Instagram, & Google Classroom (pg. 19)

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PLANO EAST KEY CLUB

2020-2021 Officer Team Learn more about the people behind the scenes this year!

MEET YOUR PRESIDENT!

NAYVA MUTHYA PRESIDENT

Navya Muthya is a senior at PESH and she has been a part of Key Club since freshman year.

The last two years, she has served as the treasurer, but as president this year she monitors club meetings and goals while delegating tasks to the other officers to make sure everything runs smoothly. Navya enjoys singing and dancing; she is also a black belt in Kung Fu, so don't mess with her! Navya cherishes the diversity present in Key Club and she hopes to build bonds during her fourth year in Key Club.

MEET YOUR VICE PRESIDENT!

AISHA POLANI

VICE PRESIDENT

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Aisha Polani is a senior and this is her third year in Key Club and second year as an officer; last year, Aisha was the secretary. As vice president, Aisha oversees all operations and contribute to projects that the officer team is working on. She has recently spent time on college applications, baking, and TikTok. Aisha strives to be a listening ear to anyone in need and appreciates the group that Key Club brings together each year. She hopes to get to know everyone this year!

MEET YOUR TREASURER! Arman Ahmed is a senior and serving as this year's treasurer. As treasurer, Arman oversees all finances of the club and makes sure everything runs smoothly with payment dues. He is involved in Model UN, Quiz Bowl, and AcDec, but outside of school, he enjoys watching movies or sports and finding good reads at Half Price Books. Arman appreciates the strong community of Key Club and hopes to share that experience this year.

ARMAN AHMED TREASURER

MEET YOUR EDITOR! Tiffany Doan is a senior and this is her third year in Key Club. This year is her second year as the editor and every month, she sends out a newsletter to communicate announcements to the Key Clubbers. This past summer, Tiffany has worked on college applications, baking, embroidering, and playing the violin. She also enjoys reading books and watching movies and encourages everyone to give her recommendations. Tiffany looks forward to fostering a community in Key Club this year with members.

TIFFANY DOAN EDITOR

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MEET YOUR CO-SECRETARY!

ESHAL SYED

CO-SECRETARY

Eshal Syed is a junior and this year she is a cosecretary alongside Deaven Tran. Her job as secretary involves keeping track of service hours and sign-in sheets, taking meeting minutes, and writing reports. Eshal loves to paint, draw, watch anime, dance, bake, and play the cello. Being part of a community in Key Club last year was very valuable to her and she hopes to make wonderful memories with the Key Clubbers this year despite the current situation.

MEET YOUR CO-SECRETARY!

DEAVEN TRAN

C0-SECRETARY

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Deaven Tran is a junior in the International Baccalaureate program and is this year's cosecretary with Eshal Syed. Some of his duties this year include taking meeting minutes, tracking service hours, and other underlying aspects of the club. Deaven's hobbies are participating in sports, lion dance, and listening to crime podcasts. Over the past two years of being in Key Club, he has enjoyed being able to volunteer with his friends at several different events and wishes to share his love for volunteering with this year's members.

MEET YOUR MARKETER! Kayla Ngo is a junior at PESH and is this year's marketer. She has been a part of Key Club since her sophomore year and is excited to meet and help everyone this year. As the marketer, Kayla manages socials such as Instagram and encourages Key Clubbers to reach out! She has spent this past summer reading NCBI articles, dancing, watching anime, and studying. Her favorite moments in Key Club have been group volunteering events and hopes to somehow incorporate that into this year!

KAYLA NGO MARKETER

MEET YOUR WEBMASTER! Samara Amin is a junior and she is this year's webmaster. She manages the club website by updating service events, documents, and newsletters while meeting all the guidelines as given by the Texas-Oklahoma District Key Club.

She loves to be creative in her work on unique digital designs as well. Samara likes to spend her time cooking and baking as well as watching Netflix, playing viola and piano, photography, and calligraphy. Since her sophomore year, Key Club's monthly meetings have been a way to relax and make a difference by volunteering. She looks forward to making this year great for all the members!

SAMARA AMIN WEBMASTER

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"VOLUNTEERS DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE TIME; THEY HAVE THE HEART." -ELIZABETH ANDREW

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KEY CLUB GONE VIRTUAL what the virtual world of key club looks like

Plano East Senior High has decided to

the Plano East based Learning Cast

place many extracurricular activities either

program, and transcribing historical

on hold or virtually through Zoom or

collections through Smithsonian to name a

Google Meets. With these measures taken

few. Many organizations have switched to

into account, our sponsor and officer team

allowing virtual service opportunities and in

have decided to hold meetings and service

response to this, Key Club has decided to

activities online. After preparing since

lower the service requirement to 12 hours a

June, Plano East Key Club’s first meeting

semester. Every month, the informational

will be held on September 4th and monthly

meetings will provide 3-4 service

meetings will hopefully continue through an

opportunities for members to gain a

online format like Google Meets every 2nd

sufficient amount of hours.

Friday of each month.

An exciting addition to Plano East Key Club this year is a member of the month.

COMMUNICATION IS KEY, AND KEY CLUB HAS ADAPTED ACCORDINGLY FOR THEIR MEMBERS. Exploring the world of virtual

Each month, one member will be chosen

volunteering has been a hurdle, but our

based on the number of hours completed

team has found that there are many

during the month, attendance of meetings,

service opportunities that we can feature.

and general engagement in the club. At

Some opportunities include sending a

each meeting following the first, the officer

virtual note of hope to families and

team will recognize the member of the

healthcare workers through March of

month and send them a certificate via

Dimes, recording a podcast on a class that

email, as well as feature them in an article

you have or are currently taking through

of the newsletter.

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THE POWER OF

VOLUNT -EERING What key clubbers did during their summer season.

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Summer is primetime for volunteering and spending time with friends and family out in the warm sun.

But as the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across the world at an incomprehensible pace, it became evident that the summer of 2020 was not going to be anywhere close to typical. Even though the majority of people kept to their little bubble at home, Key Club was a key factor in motivating members of Plano East Senior High School to create and find ways to bring service into their community.

Participating in Key Club during the 20192020 school year has allowed many Key Clubbers to explore their interests in volunteering and give back to the community.

Many of our rising seniors took the opportunity to find charities such as The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s COVID-19 Relief Fund and Minnie’s Food Pantry.

“During the summer, I actively looked for ways to help such as donating money and also making gifts for people just to show my gratitude,” Megan Menendez says. Menendez has been a part of Plano East Key Club since her junior year and truly enjoys the unforgettable experiences of volunteering with a community like Key Club. But volunteering was not the only thing happening this summer; many students took it upon themselves to develop a system to create baked treats or goody bags to give to friends.

The Key Club experience during the past school year was able to build a strong service community and bond friends together despite the challenges of this summer. As we navigate through the next school year, Plano East Key Club hopes to tie everyone back together safely and excitingly through service.

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MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT The huge role that this year's marketer and members will have to play in increasing and maintaining Key Club at Plano East Senior High School.

Since 2019, Plano East Key Club

students 9th through 12th grade and

has incorporated a marketer spot on

also because of the easy accessibility

the officer team. The job

to information through this way.

responsibilities of the marketer include

Returning members of Plano East

designing and developing club

Key Club have found a family and

advertising, taking photos during

extending our family is a huge goal

meetings and volunteer events,

this year. At Plano East, Key Club is

helping design t-shirts, managing the

an underdog in terms of service clubs,

club’s Instagram account, and sending

but many members have expressed

out messages on Remind.

interest in spreading the word of Key

This year’s marketer is Kayla Ngo

Club to friends that are entering 11th

who already has some experience in

grade of the IB program in 9th grade.

graphic publishing and plans to be

Sanjana Pemmeraju has been a part

active on the Plano East Key Club

of Key Club for the past year and

Instagram Page by reaching out to

counting. Pemmeraju has plans to

followers and students from Plano

share Key Club to lowerclassmen and

East feeder schools such as McMillen

new students by “telling them about

High School and Williams High

the value of service.” In terms of

School. Social media is going to play a

numbers, last year’s membership

big part in recruiting new members this

count was about seventy students,

2020-2021 school year due to the

and this year we hope to see an

popularity of such platforms among

increase of about ten to twenty percent as the school year progresses into the Spring.

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HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR US? This year, it is crucial to communicate with our members to ensure the Key Club 2020-2021 runs smoothly. If you have any suggestions for meetings, opportunities, or socials, please fill out the google form below!

TINYURL.COM/KCSUGGESTIONS

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REQUIRED SERVI C E A C TIVITY

SEMID FO HCRAM

SEND A NOTE OF HOPE March of Dimes supports the health of families through the process of having a baby.

YOUR JOB: Send a virtual note of encouragement to a family with a baby to take care of or to healthcare workers who are making sure families receive the best care. https://www.marchofdimes.org /volunteers/send-a-note.aspx

3 notes = 1 service hour Send proof through Google Form by NEXT MEETING: October 16

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AVAILABLE SERVI C E A C TIVITIES LEARNING C AST

SEPTEMBER PODCAST

LIBRIVOX READ & RECORD LITERATURE

Your job: Record a podcast for a class that you are currently taking or have already taken. You must join the Google Classroom and attend a mandatory meeting for the month you want a submit a podcast.

Join the Google Classroom if interested!

CODE: ev2h5741

Your job: Record chapters of book or other pieces of literature from the Public Domain. All you need is your voice, free software, a computer, and an inexpensive microphone!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go /4090f4ca4ae23aafe3-september

https://librivox.org/pages/volunte er-for-librivox/

1 podcast = 2 service hours

1 recording = 1 service hour

SMITHSONIAN TRANSCRIBE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

Your job: Visit the website below for detailed information on how to sign up and transcribe. With only an internet connection, you can volunteer by transcribing historic collections! https://transcription.si.edu/tips

Suggestions?

Fill out this Google Form @ tinyurl.com/kcsugg estions

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FAQS For those lingering questions. . .

What are service hour requirements?

12 hours are to be submitted via Google Form this Fall Semester, you can have a maximum of 3 donation hours.

How do I turn in service hours?

The link to submit service hours will be sent out monthly on Remind and Google Classroom. The Google Form will keep track of how many hours you have completed everytime you enter a new activity in.

Do summer hours count towards the 12 hours?

A maximum of 4 summer service hours count towards the fall semester.

When and where are meetings held?

Monthly meetings are held on the second Friday of each month @ 4:45pm during a Zoom meeting (links are sent out the day of on Remind, Google Classroom and the website).

If I miss a meeting, are there makeups?

There are no makeup meetings, but join the Google Classroom to view the slides for the meeting you missed and ask questions through Remind! Make sure you complete the required service activity as well.

Where can I get forms?

All forms are located on the Key Club website: http://www.tinyurl.com/peshkeyclub

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IMPORTANT CONTACTS Stay informed!

INSTAGRAM @pesh.keyclub

REMIND text @kcpesh to 81010

GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODE: 5v6g3ab

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PROMOTIONS THE AMAZING ORGANIZATION IN PARTNER WITH KEY CLUB

UNICEF IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT STRIVES TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF EVERY CHILD AND THEIR FAMILY IN OVER 190 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES.

CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TOWARD PROVIDING THE BEST CARE FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS BY FUNDING AND SUPPORTING.

MARCH OF DIMES IS A PROGRAM THAT STANDS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY TO PRIORITIZE HEALTH WELLNESS FOR MOTHERS AND THEIR BABIES.

THIRST PROJECT IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING TO END THE GLOBAL WATER CRIZIZ BY BUILDING FRESHWATER WELLS IN DEVELOPING REGIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH.

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STAFF Sponsor

Cynthia Tomotaki

cynthia.tomotaki@pisd.edu

President Navya Muthya navimuthya@gmail.com

Vice President Aisha Polani aishappolani12@gmail.com

Treasurer

Arman Ahmed

ahmedfamilytx@gmail.com

Editor Tiffany Doan tiff_tdoan@yahoo.com

Co-Secretary

Deaven Tran

deaven00tran@gmail.com

Co-Secretary

Eshal Syed

eshalsyed.16@gmail.com

Marketer Kayla Ngo kayjonngo@gmail.com

Webmaster

Samara Amin

samaraamin.1@gmail.com

Lt. Governor Jathin Desan ltg2n@tokeyclub.com

Region 8 Advisor Denis Hogan region8@tokeyclub.com

DISTRICT BOARD District Governor Kareena Patel governor@tokeyclub.com

District Secretary Vivian Thai secretary@tokeyclub.com

District Treasurer Raj Patel treasurer@tokeyclub.com

District Editor Katelyn Tran editor@tokeyclub.com

Convention Liaison Kaitlyn Roehr cl@tokeyclub.com

Tech Producer Alina Dam techproducer@tokeyclub.com

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