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TEXAS-OKLAHOMA
IN THIS ISSUE... 01
COVER
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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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