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Dear Key Clubbers, Hopefully you have all no- ticed that this is the 1st issue in the past two months. No, it’s definitely not because I don’t like being the editor and I’ve decided I’m not going to do my job anymore, just that activities during the November and De- cember months were few and sparse. With the new year comes resolutions and promises to ourselves and to each other. I can already say that one of my many resolutions already in- volves Key Club and is probably the most important resolution I’ve made. I’ve promised myself to make a difference in the lives of other people, and al- though that has already been so with my activities with Key Club, I still have made that promise to give myself to those who need it the most. And so we are leaving 2007 and stepping right into 2008 with a lot of activities and fund- raisers ready including the Vol- leyball Marathon, Coffee House, and Miles of Dimes event. Keep serving that service! Your editor, Dave Rodrigues BLOOMFIELD HIGH KEY CLUB JANUARY EDITION VOLUME XXIV, ISSUE VI KEY WORDS INSIDE KEY WORDS MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR 1 MEMBERS OF THE MONTH 1 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 2 ADVISOR’S COMMENTS 2 CIRCLE K CENTER 3 KIWANIS COR- NER/HAUNTED HOUSE 4 SPOTLIGHT ON…/ THANKSGIVING 5 FALL RALLY/ WAFFLE WARS/ READ & LEAD 6 DID I MESS UP?/ BIRTHDAYS 7 NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER CAL- ENDARS 8- 9 EXECUTIVE BOARD CONTACT INFO. 10 A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Each month the executive board assesses which member (s) of the Key Club have been the most active throughout the previous month. This is ulti- mately determined through the calculation of hours each mem- ber of the club has completed. Once reviewing the candi- dates for Member of the Month and finalizing our decision, the individual member(s) will re- ceive a certificate explaining their achievement of service during the year. A member may only be Member of the Month once per year and at the con- clusion of the year, the execu- tive board will determine the amount of hours each Member of the Month has accumulated throughout the year. Once this has been com- pleted, a Member of the Year will be determined and shall be awarded a prize that has yet to be announced. The December Members of the Month are: Amanda Jiminez & Alicia McElhone Congratulations to our winners! MEMBERS OF THE MONTH TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1 A Message From Your Editor PAGE 2 Presidential Message Kiwanis Bulletin PAGE 3 K-Kids Fun Night PAGE 4 Scrapbook Want You! PAGE 5 Do You Have What It Takes To be an Officer? PAGE 6 District Convention Tutoring at the Elementary School

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Page 1: Key Words February Edition

Dear Key Clubbers,

Hopefully you have all no-

ticed that this is the 1st issue in

the past two months. No, it’s

definitely not because I don’t

like being the editor and I’ve

decided I’m not going to do my

job anymore, just that activities

during the November and De-

cember months were few and

sparse.

With the new year comes

resolutions and promises to

ourselves and to each other. I

can already say that one of my

many resolutions already in-

volves Key Club and is probably

the most important resolution

I’ve made. I’ve promised myself

to make a difference in the

lives of other people, and al-

though that has already been

so with my activities with Key

Club, I still have made that

promise to give myself to those

who need it the most.

And so we are leaving 2007

and stepping right into 2008

with a lot of activities and fund-

raisers ready including the Vol-

leyball Marathon, Coffee House,

and Miles of Dimes event. Keep

serving that service!

Your editor,

Dave Rodrigues

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A M E S S A G E F R O M T H E E D I T O R

Each month the executive

board assesses which member

(s) of the Key Club have been

the most active throughout the

previous month. This is ulti-

mately determined through the

calculation of hours each mem-

ber of the club has completed.

Once reviewing the candi-

dates for Member of the Month

and finalizing our decision, the

individual member(s) will re-

ceive a certificate explaining

their achievement of service

during the year. A member may

only be Member of the Month

once per year and at the con-

clusion of the year, the execu-

tive board will determine the

amount of hours each Member

of the Month has accumulated

throughout the year.

Once this has been com-

pleted, a Member of the Year

will be determined and shall be

awarded a prize that has yet to

be announced.

The December Members of

the Month are:

Amanda Jiminez

&

Alicia McElhone

Congratulations to our winners!

M E M B E R S O F T H E M O N T H

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE 1

A Message From Your Editor

PAGE 2

Presidential Message

Kiwanis Bulletin

PAGE 3

K-Kids Fun Night

PAGE 4

Scrapbook Want You!

PAGE 5

Do You Have What It Takes To be

an Officer?

PAGE 6

District Convention

Tutoring at the Elementary School

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P R E S I D E N T I A L A D D R E S S

its way and is a fun-filled

night of club bonding that I’m

sure will help bond all of our

members.

For years, the Volleyball

Marathon was an honored

and anticipated event for the

entire student body. This

year, we want to reestablish

the marathon as a fun event

for the whole school. But it is

going to take a lot of work for

us to reach our goal. So I look

forward to working with all of

you to achieve that goal.

Right after Volleyball

Marathon, we’ll have to start

preparing for the 62nd An-

nual New Jersey District Con-

vention in King of Prussia,

Pennsylvania. This is when

all the Key Clubs in New Jer-

sey gather and we get a

With the Thanksgiving

Dinner, Stall Day, and Kara-

oke Night, the past few

months have been absolutely

wonderful. I am continually

impressed and delighted with

the dedication and devotion

to service within our club and

school. I know that our club

will continue to amaze me as

the year goes on.

With the come of the New

Year you have all been intro-

duced to activities that are all

but new to the BHS Key Club,

such as Read with Me and

Cosmic Bowling. Read With

Me was a great opportunity

for us to get out and not only

help community, but also to

show all of Bloomfield what

an excellent organization Key

Club is. Cosmic Bowling is on

chance to be recognized for

all our hard work. Anyone

within our Key Club can come

to convention, so I hope that

you’re interested in joining

us.

I hope you all had great

vacations, because now, we

have our work cut out for us!

We have to prepare for Vol-

leyball Marathon, MEP Day,

and get ready for District

Convention. So I hope to see

all of you lending a hand to

help out.

Your President

Alex Gibson

This holiday season our

Key Club worked on a wide

array of service projects,

beginning with a long-awaited

return of the Senior Citizens

Thanksgiving Dinner. The

day before Thanksgiving over

100 Key Club members

served food to almost 200

senior citizens from our com-

munity.

With the school construc-

tion finally completed, after

four years of dust and noise,

the seniors were presented

with a remodeled cafeteria,

many new key club members,

and most importantly food

that was edible thanks to our

friends from Bella Casa Ca-

terers in Belleville. It was an

enjoyable experience for

everyone involved and the

seniors were elated that this

event made a return appear-

ance.

As you all know that was

just the start to a holiday

season of giving. Upon our

return from Thanksgiving, we

promoted one of the best

fundraising projects ever

developed at BHS…Stall Day!

Thanks to the generous stu-

dents in this school we were

able to raise almost $3900

for the Ronald McDonald

House Charities.

Of course we continued

on with our holiday season of

service by collecting food and

toys for local families in need.

We also helped our Kiwanis

club by collecting coats for

the New Jersey Cares Coat

Drive in early December. You

should all be truly proud of

collecting these items for

people who are less fortunate

in our area. We played a

small part in making the holi-

days a little more enjoyable…

way to go!!

Of course I can’t forget to

mention some fun events

such as Karaoke Night.

While the attendance was a

little sparse, we managed to

have a killer time watching

many people (including my-

A D V I S O R ’ S C O M M E N T S

self) make complete fools of

themselves! If you missed

this event have no fear be-

cause the karaoke machine

will be around again during

the Volleyball Marathon!

The service never stops in

Key Club at Bloomfield High

School and that is why we are

top shelf!!

Your Advisor

Mr. Cappello

Presidential Message

The Bloomfield Kiwanis club has been busy planning a variety of fundraisers for the up-coming spring! On Wednesday, March 20th we will be sponsoring a restaurant night at the Town Pub. We will receive 20% of the total bill for everyone who eats from 5pm – 10pm. All you have to do is bring the flier or just mention the Bloomfield Kiwanis club. Please tell everyone you know to come eat and raise some money for our club. Our next big fund-raiser will be an iPad raffle starting from the end of March and running through the end of April. Tickets will be $5 each and we hope to raise a lot of money! On Sunday, April 14th, we will be holding our annual Pancake Breakfast from 8am – 1pm at the high school. The cost will be $5 per person which includes unlimited pancakes, sausage, and coffee. Raffle tickets for the iPad will be sold during this event so it will be a good time to ask your par-ents to buy a ticket for you!

Our club is looking to expand so if your parents are interested in coming to one of our meetings, please tell them to email me at [email protected]. We hope to see all of you participate in our fundraisers over the next two months!

Kiwanis Bulletin

This month in Key Club we have a new event I am very excited for! Its called K-kids

fun night! K-kids fun night is aimed at teaching the K-Kids in Bloomfield how to

lead healthy lifestyles through healthy eating and active play. At the event we will

have relay races, an obstacle course, and a Just Dance competition. We will also

have an array of fresh fruits and vegetables for the K-kids to eat rather than junk

food. I hope this event will bring our key club closer to our fellow k-kids.

Also this month, we are focusing on the major emphasis project. The motto for

MEP is "children: their future, our focus." The BHS Key Club will be babysitting at

Carteret elementary school every Tuesday while parents attend free community

classes. We also will be beginning tutoring at Demarest and Brookdale elementary

schools. By interacting with the children in our community, Key Club hopes that

will we have a positive impact on their lives. From academics to physical fitness, it is

important that we act as role models to the younger generation. After all, the chil-

dren we influence today will become the future Key clubbers of Bloomfield High

School!

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C I R C L E K C E N T E R : M A K E T H E M H E A R Y O U !

UPCK: Just recently our over

25 official members gathered

together to make fleece blan-

kets for Project Linus, one of

our most popular events. It

was really fun making the

blankets while chatting with

everyone in the club. And the

blankets all had the cutest

patterns. (My personal favor-

ite was the pink one with

flowers!)

CK: What a wonderful pro-

ject! And 25 members,

sounds like you’ve come so

far from where you started

last year with only 4 mem-

bers!

UPCK: Thank goodness! I

may not be big, blonde and

beautiful but I know where

I’ve been in the past and this

year has been way better so

far. (I hope we never go back

to before!) We have a lot of

great new members who are

getting along and becoming

really good friends even out-

side Circle K. The club is

much more fun this year and

even more productive than

last year!

CK: Do you have any fun

events coming up to look

forward to?

UPCK: Yes! Even though this

semester is coming to a close

(I can hear the bells?), we’ve

still got a lot of events

planned for the beginning of

December. In fact, this com-

ing Friday we’ll be making

holiday cards for the kids at

the Children’s Hospital. We

even get people from the

entire university to help out!

We may even have one day

more of fleece blanket mak-

ing.

CK: Sounds like you’re doing

a great job of service so far

this year. Do you have any

advice for the kids out there

watching the show today?

UPCK: Of course! Kids, make

sure you journey on through

service. Even when times get

tough, as it did for our club

when we only had a few

members, just keep pushing

through because things will

Good morning BHS (-ore)!!

Every day’s like an open

door…

Welcome to the Corny

Kristin Show! I’m your host

Corny Kristin! The show to-

day will include an exclusive

from some of the nicest kids

in town—those members of

the Kiwanis family!

Corny Kristin: Now I’d like to

welcome our first guest, the

University of Pennsylvania

Circle K club! UPenn Circle K,

what have you been up to

lately?

UPenn Circle K: Well Corny

Kristin, at the beginning of

November we sold Penn

Mom and Penn Dad t-shirts

to benefit the Children’s Mira-

cle Network. It’s a great way

to say Mama, I’m a big girl

now! The project was a huge

success making over $1700!

CK: That’s great! You should

run and tell that to everyone!

What else have you guys

been up to?

always get better. Service

can make you feel as though

you are defying gravity and

even though times are stress-

ful, nothing is stressful once

you see the smiling faces of

the people you have helped.

Remember even a group of

kids can make big changes if

they stand up for what they

believe in!

CK: Thanks a lot for joining

us UPenn Circle K! Remem-

ber kids, without love this

world can’t go round! So

keep on serving and helping

out others! Stress may bring

you down and times may get

rough, but you can’t stop the

beat!

Yours in Service,

Kristin Szuhany

Kristin Szuhany

UPENN Circle K President

P.S. As you can see I love musi-

cals! In fact I’m even taking a

class this semester called

American Musical Theater!

Hopefully, many of you un-

derstood the main show that

I alluded to throughout this

article. But if you were pay-

ing attention I threw in

songs from 3 more musicals,

some of my favorites! If you

can find them you’ll gain 4

extra points for the did I

mess up? Contest. Good luck!

K-Kids Fun Night

Our Key Club wanted to

be more involved with our

K-Kids. It was time to create

a stronger relationship. The

best way to was to create an

event that included relay

races, obstacle courses, Just

Dance, and feed them

healthy foods . Which goes

along with our Major Em-

phasis Project. We will

break the kids into groups

where the kids will go to

different stations and switch

off after a certain amount of

time.

This will take place at

7:00pm, so all members

should arrive around

6:00pm to help set up for

the event.

I hope you’re just as ex-

cited as I am! It will be

fun racing against the kids

and teaching them ways to

eat more healthy. Mark

this event on your calen-

dar because you surely

don’t want to miss it.

Ivan Hernandez

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K I W A N I S C O R N E R

Do you ever wonder what’s

new with Kiwanis or what

events they’re up to? With eve-

ryone’s schedules being how

they are, its easy to not know

what’s going on.

For those of you who have

no idea what Kiwanis is, it is the

all grown-up version of Key Club

(the last step up the K-Family

tree after Circle-K) and spon-

sors our Key Club at the high

school. Essentially, without the

Bloomfield Kiwanis Club, our

club along with many other

clubs would not and could not

exist.

If you’ve all been going to

our morning meetings :-) , you

should know of Kiwanis’s

latest project: Read With Me.

This project is the very es-

sence of Key Club Interna-

tional’s Winter Season of

Service, Read and Lead.

If you are a fan of kids

and like interacting with peo-

ple, then this is the perfect

activity for you. On Tuesdays

at 7:00pm, children and their

parents go to Oakside Manor

to have a fun night of scho-

lastic activities and reading.

Key Clubbers have the pleas-

ure of interacting one-on-one

with the kids once they have

been separated into different

rooms where the Key Club-

“Without

Bloomfield

Kiwanis Club, our

club along with

many other clubs

would not and

could not exist.”

-Dave Rodrigues

bers take the lead of their

group and read a story to

them along with playing an

activity.

It’s an awesome activity

and teaches kids so much.

Plus, it’s a fun and easy way

to gain membership hours!

To be posted on more Ki-

wanis activities, refer to this

part of the Key Words each

month.

Thanks!

Dave Rodrigues

members are asked to mentor a child

by donating an hour or so weekly to

read stories to elementary school

students who are struggling with

books. By reading books together and

becoming the child’s friend, the Key

Club member becomes a positive role

model and mentor. Why not spice it

up? You can make the experience

more fun by dressing up as a charac-

ter in a book! Do not be afraid to get

creative and show children that read-

ing can be fun. For more information

on how to start a Read and Lead pro-

gram at an elementary school near

you, please visit http://keyclub.org/

keyclub/lit/download.asp?id=252.

This information has been derived

from the NJ Key Club website. Please

visit www.njkeyclub.org for more infor-

mation

Did you know that 20 percent

of adults in the United States are

illiterate? This is a fact, and unfor-

tunately the number is growing.

These adults cannot even read to

their own children. Read and Lead

is Key Club International’s Winter

Season of Service. It is a one-on-

one reading improvement pro-

gram conducted by high school

students to teach young children

to love and enjoy books. Key Club

W I N T E R S E A S O N O F S E R V I C E : R E A D & L E A D

Scrapbook Wants You!

Are you good at cutting out

pictures? Are you creative? Do

you enjoy scrapbooking? Can

you at least type up short cap-

tions? Then, this is just for

you! Jenny Villanueva, your

BHS Key Club Scrapbook

Editor, is in need of a scrap-

book committee. It requires

hours of energy and creativity,

but it is sure worth your time!

The theme for this year's

DCON is the 1920's, some-

thing I'm sure all of you will

find fun to work with. Even if

you could only lend an hour

or two of your time, or if you

are simply remotely inter-

ested, your help will be greatly

appreciated! (and rewarded

with food) So, if any of the

above applies to you, please

do not hesitate to email

Jenny at:

villanueva.jenny317@gmail.

com , or friend her on

Facebook with a message

about your interest in the

scrapbook. :)

Jenny Villanueva

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S P O T L I G H T O N … A L Y S S A L A N C A S T E R

D I S T R I C T C O N V E N T I O N : C O M I N G U P !

So, if you’ve been to any of

Key Club’s recent meetings,

there’s a slight chance that

you’ve heard of this thing called

District Convention. To some of

us the thought of DCON brings

back so many great memories

and anticipation for the next

one, but others are probably at

a lost at what DCON means.

This is the second largest

New Jersey District event (next

to Fall Rally for those of you

who had the pleasure of going)

and a time of celebration.

In April, Key Clubs from all

over New Jersey go to King of

Prussia, Pennsylvania (and

please don’t ask why NJ District

Convention is held in PA— just

go with it :-) ) for a fun and

eventful weekend.

We will be leaving school on

Friday morning and getting

to our destination within a

few hours, giving everyone

time to shop for a good few

hours at one of the east

coast’s biggest malls, King of

Prussia Mall. Once all of your

money has been spent (just

kidding—don’t really do that!),

you will go up to your hotel

rooms, get situation (unpack,

get comfortable, etc.) and

then get spiffed up for the

1st night’s event: caucusing.

This is one of the most im-

portant nights during DCON

since speeches are taken place

by candidates running for dis-

trict office. After caucusing, the

rest of the night is devoted to a

non-formal dance and then

bedtime until the morning’s

festivities. From there, things

ranging from presentations, the

Service Fair, elections, work-

shops, and Awards are held

throughout the rest of the day

into the night, wrapping it up

with another, but formal dance.

The trip wraps up with the

retirement of the old board and

the installation of the new

board. It’s a great thing to ex-

perience. Not only will our very

own Joanna Maruca be in-

stalled as our LTG, but David

Rodrigues will be running for

District Secretary! It promises to

be an exciting night.

Hey Key Clubbers! Just

recently I had the pleasure of

talking with yet another Key

Club senior who has helped

make this club what it is to-

day. Meet Alyssa Lancaster!

Dave: Hey Alyssa! Tell me,

what’s your position on the

Extended Board and what is

required of you?

Alyssa: Hey Dave! Well, I’m

the club’s membership direc-

tor and have the fairly large

task of keeping record of all

club member hours through-

out the year.

Dave: Wow, that’s a pretty big

job! Well, what event do you

think will/has attract(ed) the

most membership active-

ness?

Alyssa: Well, that’s a tough

one. I’d have to say the

Haunted House.

Dave: Cool, that’s what I

would have guessed. Now,

what’s the one activity that

you looked forward/looking

forward to this year?

Alyssa: Again, that’s a tough

question because we have so

many great activities. But, I

think the one I’m most look-

ing forward to is District Con-

vention. I can’t wait for all the

recognition after all of our

hard work.

Dave: Awesome! So, one last

question. What advice would

you give to those members

who wish to grow in Key

Club?

Alyssa: BE ACTIVE! Haha!

Show up to as many events

as possible and show your

Key Club spirit!

What does it mean to be a treasurer for our very own Bloomfield High School Key Club? Lots of counting and time with the advisors, that’s for sure. The responsibilities of a treasurer include trust more than anything. As treasurer you are in charge of keeping track of the money collected from each event. A treasurer must then report it to the club advisor and secretary. The second most important attribute a treasurer must have is the ability to handle money. Basically, you have to be good at counting and keeping records. As treasurer you have to maintain accurate financial records, inform the board about club costs, and present a strong budget incase needed. Being present at events such as membership night and concessions is a must. Above all you have

Serving as the secretary for our Bloomfield High School Key Club has been an honor. I highly recommend taking on the position for anyone who is interested, and I would love to talk about my position, the importance of Key Club, or answer any questions you might have! As Secretary, my primary responsibility is handling all of our club's reports, records, and correspondence. Every month, I am responsible for sending out a monthly report (CMRF) which covers everything our club has done that month (events, fundraising, projects), what we've done with the district (meetings, district events), special events (ICON, DCON, Key Leader, etc) and when our club has had meetings, board meetings, and interactions with the LTG. These reports are very important because they go to the district board secretary, the LTG, and the adults in charge of the New Jersey District. Besides the CMRF, as Secretary, I am responsible for send-ing out letters to those who have worked with our club and who have helped us. Since the position of secretary is one on the executive board, like all board positions, there is another set of responsibilities. Those include: Secretary-specific duties like taking notes at board meetings; helping to plan all club events, organizing committees, running club meetings, and making sure that you are present at all events possible. Best of luck to all applying and I look forward to teaching you the ropes once elected!

Hey guys! The end of the year is quickly creeping up on us and that means it is time to elect Bloomfield Key Club’s new Executive board. One of the most important positions is the Vice-President. Being the vice-president can be a tough job so if you are thinking about taking this position, don’t treat it lightly. Your job as the VP is to essentially help the other board members with anything that they need assistance with. Also, you are going to have to be good with emails and speaking to others face to face. As VP, it is your job to send out emails quite frequently about when there are meetings, events, or just what was discussed at the previous/upcoming meeting. Don’t forget that you will probably be approached by a few members asking questions about events and meetings so make sure you know what is going on and that you are able to inform everyone who doesn’t know what is going on. To all of those who still wish to try going for this position, I wish you the best! It is a tough role, but it all pays off in the end when you make some great friends and are able to say that you gave back to the community as much as you could. Good luck!

The position as Editor calls for a monthly newsletter as well as working with all executive

board members. You required to be at all events working side by side with everyone.

Not only that, but e-mail all members to write articles and ask for feedback. It’s a great

position to release your inner creativity!

Do You Have What it Takes To Be an Officer?

As president, you are the big boss. Planning all events and making sure they are executed

well. You run the general meetings as well as board meetings. To be in constant contact

with the advisor and fellow general members. Keep in mind, this position requires hours

of hard work and planning because it is the hardest. Though it all pays off in the end with

successful events. Good luck to those running for the position of President!

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D I D I M E S S U P ? B Y D A V E R O D R I G U E S

Lat Summer, our previous edi-

tor, Eric Szuhany, started an inter-

esting game of correcting the Edi-

tor of the Key Words! Well, it

proved to be extremely successful

and got people interested in read-

ing the bulletin. So, I have chosen

to keep the contest as a part of the

Key Words in hopes of keeping

Eric’s legacy somewhat instilled in

the bulletin and try to grab some

readers’ attention by finding a few

of my mistakes.

How it works is basically, for

ever correction you make in the

Key Words and tell me about, you

get a point for each correction you

have made. That is, if no one else

has made that correction as well.

Each month, a leader board will be

posted and you will all get to see

who’s who in the contest.

Finally, once all of the correc-

tions have been tallied up in June,

a winner will be determine and will

be awarded a prize that has yet to

be determined.

As of now, the leader board

look like:

The Leaderboard

1. Anthony Couto - 3 points

2. Janine McElhone - 2 points

3. -EMPTY- (0 points)

4. -EMPTY- (0 points)

Looks like Anthony’s in the

lead, but it looks like it can go ei-

ther way if Janine snags a few

more mistakes in the next issue!

Last Month’s Mistakes

1. pg. 5— “If you’re knew”,

should be “if you’re new”

-Anthony Couto

2. Pg. 1— “at the conclusion of

the school year”, should be

“at the conclusion of the year”

-Anthony Couto

3. Issue number wrong

-Anthony Couto

4. Pg. 1— “almost every day in

Key Club.” Should be “almost

every day in Key Club?”

-Janine McElhone

5. Pg. 2— “Bloomfield to come to

BHS cafeteria,” should be

“Bloomfield to come to the

BHS cafeteria”.

-Janine McElhone

Let’s wish the following people a

“Happy Birthday” on their birthdays

in January.

1. Jen Kelly—

January 14th.

2. Savannah Mitchell— January

11th.

3. Michelle Pulgarin— January

18th.

4. Shanice Morrison— January

12th.

5. Adliana Pittz— January 7th.

6. Lisa Santeramo— January 14th.

7. Emily Genser— January 30th.

8. Ashley Giallaretto— January 3rd.

9. Alexander Podkul— January

J A N U A R Y B I R T H D A Y S

11th.

10. Krystyn Margeotes—January

14th.

District Convention

Hey Key Clubbers! Do not forget money for the New Jersey District Con-

vention is due March 1st. You are not allowed to hand it in any later.

This is a great opportunity to see how well the club runs on a state level.

Also, you get to meet new people and learn great ideas for the next service

year. Not to forget, the theme is 1920s! So get your flapper dresses and

your Charleston on because we’re swinging our way into service!

Ryan Fucci

Tutoring at Elementary Schools

Every Tuesday and Thursday we will be going to the elementary

schools to tutor grades 5 through 6. Many kids may not understand

a certain subject, so it is our duty to make sure we can teach them

whatever it is they need help on. They will take place at 4:00pm–

5:00pm at Brookdale, Oakview, and Demarest. Please try your best

to be there as many times as you can!

Nick Porcelli

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S C H E D U L E O F E V E N T S

January 1st, 2008: New Years Day

January 3rd, 2008: General meeting in Media Center at 7:20 am.

January 10th, 2008: General meeting in Media Center at 7:20 am.

January 20th, 2008: Cosmic Bowling in Brunswick Zone at 9:00 pm.

January 21st, 2008: No School (Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday)

January 24th, 2008: General meeting in Media Center at 7:20 am.

January 31st, 2008: General meeting in Media Center at 7:20 am.

S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T

1 New Years 2 3 General

Meeting

4 5

6 7 8 9 10 General

Meeting

11 12

13 14 15 16 17 General

Meeting

18 19

20 Cosmic

Bowling

21 No School

22 23 24 General

Meeting

25 26

27 28 29 30 31 General

Meeting

J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 7

KEY CLUB FACTS

Key Club Interna-

tional is the oldest and

largest service program

for high school stu-

dents. It is a student-

led organization that

teaches leadership

through serving others.

Members of Key Club,

also part of the Ki-

wanis International

family, build them-

selves as they build

their schools and com-

munities.

The Key Club

colors consist of blue

for unwavering charac-

ter, gold for service,

and white for purity.

The core values of

If you’d like to submit an article, or just have any sug-

gestions or ideas for future issues of the Key Words, feel

free to e-mail me, Nick Acuna (the Editor) at

[email protected]. Even if you’re not on the

Key Words Staff, you can still have the ability to write

about a Key Club (or unrelated to Key Club but still

relates to service) project

or event, just feel free to

contact me by e-mail!

President

Katelyn Feliciano

[email protected]

Vice President

Nicholas Porcelli

[email protected]

Vice President

Zach Zayas

[email protected]

Secretary

Grace Fucci

[email protected]

Treasurer

Joel Shaji

[email protected]

Bulletin Editor

Nicholas Acuna

[email protected]

Lieutenant Gov. Division 17

Ashna Bhatia

[email protected]

Nicholas Acuna— “Message From Your Editor”

Katelyn Feliciano—“Presidential Message”

Lou Cappello—“Kiwanis Bulletin”

Ivan Hernandez—“K-Kids Fun Night”

Jenny Villanueva—“Scrapbook Wants You!”

Ryan Fucci—“District Convention”

Nick Porcelli—“Tutoring at the Elementary Schools”