SOARING HAWKS: VOLUME 1 ISSUE 5

NWCTA | Region 5 | D28W K E Y C L U B

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Dearest Key club, I hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as I am! Wow July has been really fun, with 4th of July and all the service opportunities there were. I hope you are all still motivated to do service even though it’s summer. It feels like summer has been flying by so fast and school is going to start soon. You know what that means Key Clubbers! RTC and Fall Rally will be here soon! That means we all got to get it into gear and pay our dues on time. Also I hope all of you are writing cheers and turn them into your SAA’s. Gear up on your spirit gear! ICON has passed and our LTG, Johansen Pico, went. I hope he en-joyed himself! I’m actually happy that

Sincerely,

Krysta Phoumiphat Bulletin editor

school is coming soon. As much as I am enjoying my summer I cant wait to see all of my friends. I especially cant wait to see all you Key Clubbers. Summer is ending soon, as I men-tioned before. I hope all of you get motivated and go out and participate in some community service. I have a favor to ask of all of you! When the school year starts I would like all of you to try to contribute to the newsletter. Whether it is asking a question about the officers, suggesting new segments to be featured in the newsletter or writing articles and tak-ing pictures. It would be a big help and I would be so grateful. For any article you write you will get hours for it. But the amount of hours will be determined by the length. I think this is a easy way to get hours and you are still contributing to the community by sharing your experience. I would like to say I’m going to miss all the graduated seniors! You all will stay in my heart. Talk to you all in the next issue. Here comes August!

CONGRATULATIONS

Before the graduation ceremony, NWCTA volunteers stood by the New Orle-

ans Arena entrance passing pamphlets to friends, families, and other guests. We

all wore smiles greeting everyone, but it hasn’t hit me about the fact that our

seniors were graduating - especially our Key Club seniors. With the ceremony

staring soon, volunteers took my spot and I reported to the stage. My job was to

hand the graduate’s name card to the reader (Mrs. Adamson) in order to create

a smooth transition between announcements. It was honestly one of the coolest

volunteer opportunities I’ve encountered, being on glimpses of camera shots

and being seen by all graduates and the audience. Though, it was one of the

saddest. I’ve passed the cards of most of the Key Club seniors and seen them

pass me to acquire their diploma, especially my Immediate Past President Carlos

Fernandez. In other words, I take this volunteer opportunity as a transition into

a new frame of mind; people will have their reputations with Key Club member-

ship as they come and go through the present, but the Core Values and morals

are forever instilled and embedded in their hearts. Farewell Class of 2012 – I

wish you the best and thank you for being role models for the returning class.

We’ll definitely continue the legacy!

JordanAfaga

President

When I overheard my Key Club advisor saying that they are in need

of volunteers for the class of 2012 graduation ceremony of NWCTA, I quickly

volunteered myself. Since I was going to the graduation ceremony anyway,

might as well just use that time to also help out in any way I can. At first, my

job was just to hand out programs to the friends and family as they were walk-

ing in. As it turns out, the event coordinator also needed help on stage as the

graduation ceremony was going on. I was much honored to do help out on

stage. My job on stage was to hand the index card from the student to the

reader. My experience at the graduation ceremony was very heartwarming

and exciting all at the same time. Since I’m going to be a senior this coming

school year, it made me a bit sad thinking that I’m almost done with high

school, but it also made me super excited because in the next year, I will be

able to experience the same thing.

Yasmin Quimpo Wise

Senior

2012

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Man the Solarbration Hydration Sta-tion, the Sun’s a-coming! The Solarbra-tion Festival was held on the Summer Solstice, June 21st, at the City of Hen-derson City Hall Amphitheater. The event comprised of “a collection of art, technology, outreach to promote renew-able energy, inspire conservation, and support sustainable communities.” With attendees about, I held a booth that exchanged purchased tickets for water. The heat wasn’t to the point of attendees desperate for water, but I managed to get a lot of sales. I admired the atmosphere of the event: the live music, the advocacy of energy, and the volunteer booths. I look forward to the second annual event with expectations that will shine throughout the Las Ve-gas community.

JordanAfaga

President

Celebrate

Solarbration was a really fun

service opportunity. It was hot

outside so I took the later shift,

when I got there I thought it

looked so fun. There were food

booths lined up, the funnel cake

booth caught my eye, and there

were also solar panels on the

opposite side of the food booths.

There were activities for adults

and children. For the children

they had to have tickets to go to

booths. Jordan Afaga along with

some others worked at the Solar-

bration Hydration Station while I

worked at Solar Beauty Salon,

where I painted children's faces or painted their nails with a color changing

nail polish, it changes in the sun! Overall Solarbration was fun!

Krysta Phoumiphat

Bulletin Editor

Solarbration

lebrate So

larbrate

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This summer our club volunteered with the Las Vegas PBS station at the National Latino Family Expo and it was really a great time. Since the PBS station was based around kids, they are the ones we had to work with most of the day. One of the biggest shows on PBS is Sid the Science Kid so the booth was themed around that show mainly. For the kids to entertain themselves we passed out stickers, posters, coloring pages, you name it. The most exciting thing we had for the kids though was the new Vinci tablet for kids and it is a basically a more durable and kid friendly iPad. This Vinci came loaded with games that the kids, volunteers and even the parents en-joyed to play. I liked volunteering there mainly because we got to interact with kids and teach them how to work the technology they would soon be using. After volunteering we were allowed to roam free around the expo and visit all of the different booths. There were games, snacks, tomato paste and even Zumba dancing. It was a great place to volunteer at and hopefully we can volunteer and more expos like this in the future.

Marcus Castile

Vice President

National Latin Family Expo

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Marcus Castile

Vice President

Every year in the beginning of July our Kiwanis club always offers a volun-teer opportunity for us to sell fireworks for the upcoming 4th of July to raise money for the Kiwanis club. This year was my first year volunteering with them for this event and I am glad I got around to doing it. I volun-teered on July 4th which, from what I heard, was the busiest day they had for selling fireworks. At first when I arrived there didn’t seem to be much business, which I thought was because of the rainy weather. After an hour or so we started getting a few customers and I didn’t think we would get much more. Soon enough we had a lot of customers and we were running out of fireworks very fast. It was a bit hectic towards the end but it was a great day and we raised a lot of money. Doing events like this with our Kiwanis is good for strengthening our bond with them. We will have plenty more events in the future with them so look forward to it.

Kiwanis Firework Booth

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Officer Spotlight Ethan Haines

1. Who was your favorite superhero and why?

1) I think growing up I've always had a bit of a special spot in my heart for Spiderman. Peter Par-

ker is brilliant and all, but he was just this sort of awkward ,nerdy kid ( a lot like I was, or am, I

guess, depending on who you talk to) not really doing much with his life, and even if it was due

to unfortunate circumstances, he grew up a lot. He understood the need to act selflessly, and

contribute to the greater good, and even if it's corny that's definitely something I aspire to be.

Not to mention he's funny and Emma Stone plays his actual first love interest in the new movie,

and that's just too awesome.

2. Who is your role model and why?

2) Had to be my dad, he's a bit impersonal sometimes, and he's been through a lot, but I know he

still has a lot of love in his heart for the people around him and a lot of drive in the work he does.

3. What superpower would you want?

3) Forgive the lack of originality but I want to fly, end of discussion.

4. What is your favorite color?

4) Man, I'm so boring, but a nice shade of brown/tan/beige is probably my favorite.

5. What is your favorite genre? What is your favorite song from that genre?

5) Torn between Alternative and Hip Hop, but let's say alternative, and let's say my favorite song is

"Float" by Ko Ko

6. How would you describe your self in a paragraph to someone you just met?

6) I'm a bit of a spaz on occasion, but for the for most part I like to take it easy and relax

(sometimes too much.) I'm not much the type for grand aspirations or anything. I really like to

write, and I really like to read other people's writing, preferably a book, but too each their own. I'm

pretty soft spoken outside of Key Club things, I think, and like most people I'm shy until you get to

know me. Oh! I also really really enjoy a good movie and helping my friends with their cinematog-

raphy and photography projects.

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Junior Represntative 7. Why did you join Key Club?

7) I'm sad to say I didn't originally join Key Club for the social or the service aspect, but all my

friends were so hyped up about it and kept pestering me to look into it I had to at least give it a

try.

8. Why did you become Junior Rep?

8) I chose the position I'm in now mainly because I felt it was the best way for me to take a an-

other step forward in Key Club, and give back to the organization and people who had done so

much for me in the past year, that and I wanted to help streamline some things I found frustrating

during my year as a member. I genuinely just wanted everyone to have a better experience and

I thought I could help provide that.

9. What does Key Club mean to you in 10 words?

9) Key Club is family, in every sense of the word.

10. How has Key Club impacted your life?

10) Key Club has brought me out of my shell! I've met people I never would've met here at North-

west and throughout all of Vegas, even California, I've been to events I never would've been to

or had the opportunity to go to, it's inspired me to be brave (I rode my first rollercoaster because

of Key Club) and take up a position of leadership, I'm less shy and my petrifying fear of public

speaking has died down a little. I'm beyond grateful.

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Just so you know

Updates For More

Events next month are:

Volunteering for Las Vegas PBS booth: This will be taking place on August 7th.

Our First Key Club meeting will take place on August 29th!!

I hope all you hawks are as excited as I am! I can not wait!

Look forward to it! Tell all your friends!♥♥

For more information on these events please contact me by email or phone:

[email protected]

702-606-9437

Las vegas PBS booth

Freshman Orientation

KEY CLUB MEETING ♥

Senior Representative

Maribeth Maucesa

[email protected]

Treasurer

Kimberly Nguyen

[email protected]

Sergeant at Arms

John Sunga

Camille Corpus

[email protected]

Bulletin Editor

Krysta Phoumiphat

[email protected]

Faculty Advisor

Mr. Guerin

[email protected]

Faculty Advisor

Ms. Spiris

[email protected]

CONTACT US

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Email us :D

President

Jordan Afaga

[email protected]

Vice President

Paula Castro

[email protected]

Vice President

Marcus Castile

[email protected]

Secretary

Austin Madriaga

Britney Trieu

[email protected]

Sophomore Representative

Adrian Kim

[email protected]

Junior Representative

Ethan Haines

[email protected]

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