Skyline's Orientation
LH, Skyline, D02N
On July 29th and July 30th, 2025, Skyline Key Club was given the opportunity to volunteer giving tours of the school to new students at Skyline’s orientation. New parents and students were shown around Skyline High School’s campus, while Key Club members explained what days would be like in the upcoming school year. Not only did members introduce new faces of their own community to the campus, but they also introduced them to Key Club. A table introducing Key Club, along with Key Club-related items, helped members share their experiences with new students. A photo garland that hung on the table visualized memorable moments in Key Club for our members, and excited students. Members informed them about Key Club events, the benefits of joining Key Club, and, most importantly, the importance of helping others and community service! Some students were newly introduced to clubs, and had never heard of Key Club. Others, however, already had an idea or interest in it. One group of new students explained that they transferred to Skyline High School because their own high school, Oakland Charter High School, shut down, leading their Key Club to shut down as well. Through the connection of Key Club, these new students were able to feel comfortable in a new environment, and meet new people with similar interests.
Cypress Key Club Rush
LA, Cypress, D30S
The last week of August was club rush season! Our board dedicated time in planning the most effective strategies to attract new members. What we did to lure in new members was that showed off our spirit, offered them pictures with our decorated picture frame, and sharing intriguing and fun facts about Key Club! This week turned out to be exceptionally successful for Cypress Key Club, as we achieved a total of 78 sign ups in joining our club! I am filled with excitement and anticipation for the future growth of our club, as we welcome more leadership-driven and passionate individuals who are eager to make a positive impact on our community and contribute to our rich history. During this month, we held our first two general meetings to introduce our potential new members to Key Club. We covered the basics of the club and its significance to the community. To encourage active participation, we organized service events. These events include assisting the Kiwanis with the pancake breakfast at our school and the annual Cypress Community Festival. Our second meeting focused on the dues, paid fees, and t-shirts. We were concerned that these expenses might discourage new members, so our board is actively working to subsidize the fees through fundraisers! Our first fundraiser of the school year will be held on Wednesday, the 24th, and we will be selling delicious cookies and snacks!
Irvington Key Club Maze Day
EF, Irvington, D12E
Maze Day, Irvington High School's orientation day, was an incredible success for our Key Club booth! We were thrilled to welcome so many enthusiastic new students who stopped by to learn about our club. We had collected 150 responses on our interest form—an amazing turnout that exceeded all our expectations. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors alike were interested in immersing themselves in our wonderful community, and we can’t wait to see them at our meetings and service events! This is the result of our entire board's hard work, and we couldn’t have done it without everyone’s spirited attitudes and enthusiasm. We are happy to see so many students showing interest in service and leadership! After 3 long days of hard wor and battling against the extreme summer heat, it all worked out in the end. We can’t wait to see what our club can achieve through this term, as we truly believe we can take our club to new heights!
Steam Night in Morgan Hill
NA, ASKC, D12S
The SVSEI Explore STEAM Fair was a great opportunity to get involved in the community. With my fellow ASKC members, I helped set up and run various activities related to STEAM. For instance, I helped kids create an optical illusion using paper and string and also demonstrated how pollutants can end up in our oceans by using a model. This service event helped me gain leadership and speaking skills as I had to communicate with children and my fellow Key CLub members. It was a delightful event and was a wonderful way to help the community while gaining hours.
Officer Bonding
JS, Murrieta Mesa, D37N
On July fifth, our Murrieta Mesa Key Club executive board hosted a fun and exciting Officer Snack Pack event. The purpose of this event is to help bond our club officers closer together all while we bake delicious cookies for firefighters in Murrieta. In attendance were our division treasurer and club president (Addison Minsch), club vice president (Talia Do), division head spirit coordinator and club treasurer (Nicholas Trinh), club secretary (Rebecca Song), and our club media editor (Sophia Sam). Our board decided to split our baking roles into two teams—one team for combining dry ingredients and another team for mixing the wet ingredients—to increase efficiency and productivity. After careful consideration and browsing over the endless cookie recipes in our cookbook, we ultimately settled on baking classic chocolate chip cookies; a widely considered fan favorite. Throughout the baking process, our team followed our cookbook’s recipe to a T. The completed result was the perfect chocolate chip cookies—crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. Later, our executive board drove to Murrieta Firefighter Station #2, and we hand-delivered the cookies to their firefighters. The firefighters were very appreciative of our gesture and they were very eager to share them amongst the rest of their staff. Our board had plenty of fun and laughter throughout this Officer Snack Pack event, and we hope to host another fun snack pack event sometime in the near future!!
