Photos by Chelsea Cao Article by Chelsea Cao In the workshop done on August 9, I learned a whole lot. Many tips from the presenters slides gave me a lot of insight on how to improve my education, especially the ones from incoming seniors. I also became more proficient in presenting. I usually hate doing things that but decided to step out of my comfort zone and in the end it was worth it because everyone made the environment fun and comfortable.
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Article by Joyce Tong The days leading up to Sunday, August 9, were my most stressful all summer. I was the event chair of a High School 101 workshop, hosted by Monte Vista Key Club. As I scrambled to find presenters, helpers, and most importantly, incoming Freshmen, to join this event, I also made seven presentations with speaker notes to ensure all Freshmen feel prepared for high school. After days and nights of making slideshows, presenter biographies, long emails, and numerous Google Forms, the event was finally ready to start. With my many helpers, I was able to lead an entire two-hour workshop and teach incoming Freshmen what I wish I knew before I entered high school. The topics included how to study for tests, finals, stay healthy with online school, relieve stress, manage time, and maintain a good social life. After two and a half hours of hard work, I thanked my helpers, fellow presenters, and students and parents for taking time out of their Sunday. We were given the opportunity to teach and bond with other high schoolers wanting to learn the same ideas. If possible, I would love to host any future workshops either on the club or division level and have this specific event become annual for Key Clubbers to attend again next year!
Article by Joyce Tong A day after our general meeting on July 31, I was on my way to a Boy Scout Service Event to help make a percussion cabinet and drawers for my middle school band teacher. In previous years, it was much easier to get service hours from attending service events. However, COVID has made it difficult to find and go to service events while staying safe. When I heard that Boy Scout Eston Kuwahara needed assistance for his Eagle Project, I made sure everyone knew at the meetings beforehand. After consulting with the LTG from Division 46 North, I learned that it was fine to receive service hours from this event. The only difficulty was the limited number of people that could attend. Although stores and restaurants have lightened up about safety protocol measures, we still wanted to stay safe and practiced proper social distancing (while wearing masks, of course). Because there were fewer people than normal, it took much longer than anticipated to finish the cabinet. On the first day, we painted and sanded down the wood in preparation for construction, which took place the next day. On Sunday, we began putting all of the pieces together and I learned how to use an electric saw and a power drill. Some were assigned to drill holes, while others were assigned to attach hinges to the cabinet. Overall, I enjoyed bonding with other Monte Vista Key Clubbers to help build something for a teacher I respect.
Article by Joyce Tong When I was chosen to be a judge for Region 9 Olympics, I was both excited and nervous; I had never been a judge for anything before. I'll admit I lost count of points for my team and I am proud of them for trying so hard to win each round. When we first started, the group leaders did a skit related to Inside out, we played emoji pictionary in the main room, and did some icebreakers. Then, we went into breakout rooms to learn a bit more about the participants in our team. My group leader was the one and only, Caroline Lobel, and I feel that she and the rest of the participants did a great job in collaborating. When we went back to the main room and did our first game (Taboo!), I noticed the Bing Bong team showed tons of spirit in the chat. It was a great reminder that we should always be showing spirit, even if we aren't at FRN. After playing Taboo!, we played a Kahoot! where we got to learn all about our group leaders. While I was at the leaderboard for a portion of it, I was disappointed when my Internet crashed and I was closer to the bottom. Nevertheless, I enjoyed learning about our Region LTGs, Kiwins LTG, and District Tech Editor. Then, we played Guess Who, where we were shown baby and toddler pictures of our group leaders and had to guess who was who. The Sadness representative, Alyssa, was exceptional at guessing who was who; I, on the other hand, was not. After Guess WHo, we went back into breakout rooms and bonded with our team again. One of the topics we were discussing was about getting the driver's license, and I had learned that very morning that the DMV website was open for appointments and made sure everyone knew; someone even scheduled their appointment during group bonding! For our last activity, we had an escape room, where we went through a Google Form to get to the end, and we were one of the first groups to finish, thanks to our collaboration. Sadly, my team didn't win any games but I was happy to meet everyone from different divisions in our region! I thank the LTGs for hosting this event on such short notice and I hope our next region event will be just as fun!
Article by Joyce Tong I've always wanted a pen pal, and I finally got one! Thanks to the Region 9 LTGs, I was able to find a pen pal that had similar interests as me, same Meyers-Briggs personality as me, and didn't live too far away. When we first started talking, we were very calm and polite towards each other. However, after only three days, we were sending each other cursed TikToks. I sent her TikToks that I would only send to my best friend, and she sent me TikToks that were obviously not for people whom she had only met. Overall, I'm thankful for the Region 9 LTGs for hosting and coordinating pen pals because otherwise, I probably never would have met mine.
Article by Joyce Tong At banquet, Key Clubbers from schools of Divisions 26 North and South joined together in a Zoom call to celebrate the achievements made in the past term. We started with awards presented by our IP LTGs, Ivan and Katherine; it makes me wish I was more active in the previous term, but gives me hope that we'll have an even better term in the coming months. Then, we watched videos of our past term, showing highlights submitted by other Key Clubbers. I was surprised to see my face in so many pictures, but enjoyed seeing everyone else's beautiful face. We separated and went into breakout rooms to have our July DCM. I was proud to have won Officer of the Month and see Monte Vista win Club of the Month! Hopefully, we are just as outstanding in August. To close off banquet, we had speeches from IP LTGs, current LTGs, and even members. Hearing everyone's stories about Key Club makes me hopeful for my future in the Key Club journey.
Article by Joyce Tong In our first-ever Division fundraiser, I was proud to learn that I contributed to 40% of the revenue; to be exact, I spent $4. Nevertheless, this fundraiser was one of the most clever ideas I had ever heard from any division or club, which is all accredited to our Fundraising Coordinator, Lois Hong. We had one week to pay our Region Advisor, Victor Chan, $2 or more to contribute to PTP in exchange for a raffle ticket. To boost my chances, I bought two tickets. Little did I know that my name would be drawn and I won free boba! The next week, I received my boba from our LTG, Caroline, who had walked almost 5 miles in the burning August weather just to deliver to my house. It made me think about how grateful I am for everyone's sacrifices made for our division, and I hope that we have another fundraiser like it!
Article by Joyce Tong Planned and coordinated by our Service Projects Coordinator, our division had another successful DWS! This month: walking. As an avid walker, I was beyond excited to hear about the July DWS and what it entailed. At the beginning, I only walked about an hour and a half every day but towards the end, I ended up walking over 4 hours per day; I'm sure my dog enjoyed this more than I did. I was shocked to learn that I walked for a total of 33 hours in less than one month, especially since I skipped so many days. It's an understatement to say I was disappointed when the DWS ended, but I made sure to use Charity Miles every day afterwards to continue supporting March of Dimes.
Photo by Joyce Tong Article by Joyce Tong Like all meetings, the Secretary is supposed to take meeting minutes. But, I have recently also taken upon the task of making presentations, agendas, promotional graphics, emails, and finally, leading the meetings. As I pile on more work, I wonder if it's necessary. But as soon as I see everyone at the meetings, I'm reminded of why I love being a part of Key Club: bonding with people who I don't share similar interests with. Growing a network of people is one of the keys (get it?) that I've learned how to do while in Key Club. I've become friends with people I wouldn't normally talk to, and bond through Skribbl.io. When I hear everyone laughing and talking at the meetings, I know that my work isn't going unnoticed and hope everyone learns the importance of meeting new people as well.
Article by Joyce Tong The June DWS was relaxing because I was able to creatively make make cards and digital cranes. I also got to see my friends over Zoom which although not as nice as seeing them in real life, filled the hole in my heart that came with human interaction. I made about 30 cranes and although there were some technical difficulties, this was a great opportunity to get service hours and I would even plan to do this on my own time.
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Editor - Chelsea CaoWelcome to the Monte Vista Key Club blog! I'm Chelsea Cao, and I'm your 2020-21 Monte Vista Key Club Editor. Stay tuned here for exciting updates! |