Category: AHS Key Club Meeting
2021-2022 Ames High School Key Club Leadership Faculty Advisor – Cynthia Gillette Kiwanis Advisor – Randy Griffith President – Rishabh Swamy Vice President – Preksha Sarda Secretary – Michael Huang Treasurer – Sivani Manimaran Editor / Historian – Anna Nguyen NE-IA District Representatives: NE-IA District Key Club Governor – Sivani Manimaran NE-IA District Key Club Iowa At-Large Lt. Governor – Rishabh Swamy NE-IA District Key Club Area 5 Lt. Governor – Carissa Andorf Key Club International Representative: Key Club International Trustee – Ellie Nusbaum |
Ames High School Key Club Meeting – November 11, 2021
93 Official Ames HS Key Club members
Service activities: Leaf Raking, Highway Clean-up, Tutoring, Fall District Rally
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2019-2020 Ames High School Key Club Leadership
Faculty Advisor – Cynthia Gillette
Kiwanis Advisor – Randy Griffith
President – Hannah Huang
Vice President – Sarah Song
Secretary – Eddie Wei
Treasurer – Arunadee Fernando
Editor / Historian – Erik Hanson
NE-IA District Representatives:
NE-IA District Key Club Governor – Hannah Huang
NE-IA District Key Club Area 6 Lt. Governor – Connor Schroeder
NE-IA District Key Club Iowa At Large Lt. Governor – Eddie Wei
Key Club – 10/10/2019 Meeting
There was an Ames High School Key Club meeting today, Thursday, October 10th. All officers, the two advisors, and about 35 students were present. Key Club highway clean up will be October 19th. Dues of six dollars per member were collected from students who want to be official members. As in years past, the Ames Town & Country Kiwanis Club will pick up the other $7 of the $13 per member dues. We want to get our early bird patch this year. Trunk-or-Treat at Ames High’s parking lot was discussed. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF to eliminate maternal and neo-natal tetanus was discussed; it will be held on October 31st from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. Reiman Gardens pumpkin stenciling and carving is another activity that Key Club will participate in this week. Key Leader information (November 8-10 in Louisville, NE) was shared with the group.
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Key Club – 10/23/2018 Meeting
Hi everyone!
All five officers were present, along with Faculty Advisor Gillette and Kiwanis Advisor Griffith. T&C Kiwanis had an interclub with Dan Franklin, Mary Ann Lundy, and Ray Callahan in attendance.
In excess of 50 students were present for the meeting. We have 63 official Key Club members this year. This is a substantial increase from the 32 official members last year.
Volunteers helped stencil and carve over 600 pumpkins for Reiman Gardens on October 17th and 18th. Pictures shared by one of my friends on Facebook are impressive! The Key Club had many volunteers.
Three students will attend Key Leader near Ogden from November 9th through November 11th. They are Gabe LaFleur, Connor Schroeder, and Olivia Wiench.
Service opportunities were described, including Trunk-or-Treat at Ames High School on Thursday, October 25th from 4-6 pm and Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF on Halloween (Wednesday, October 31 from 5:15 until 8:00 pm). We also had 6 members indicate that they would help rake leaves for Ames Kiwanis Club past president Cynthia Gaunt at her house on Saturday, October 27th from 1-3 pm.
The next Key Club meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 13th, at 1:00 PM in the Multi-purpose room at Ames High School.
Thanks for supporting Key Club!
Respectively submitted by Randy Griffith on 10/25/2018
Key Club – 10/09/2018 Meeting
* – co-chairs of the DOT Adopt-a-Highway Fall 2018 cleanup event
Key Club – 09/25/2018 Meeting
All five officers were present, along with Faculty Advisor Gillette and Kiwanis Advisor Griffith. T&C Kiwanis had an interclub with Dan Franklin, Mary Ann Lundy, and Ray Callahan in attendance.
75 students attended the meeting. Advisor Griffith provided the treasurer with $50 in ones and fives to help make change while collecting dues. Approximately 30 students paid their dues. The start-up money of $50 was returned to Advisor Griffith. Next week we will wrap up our dues collection and determine the number of official Key Club members.
Officers noted that benefits of becoming an official Key Club member by paying dues include Scholarship Eligibility, Voting Rights, and Support of a Worthwhile Organization. It was noted that Ames Town & Country Kiwanis Club was paying the other $7 for each member for a total of $13 per student.
Abby Robinder talked about volunteering at the Octagon Art Festival last Sunday. She said that she enjoyed the experience.
The Sawyer Elementary School Carnival to be held on Friday, September 28th from 4:30 – 9:00 PM was presented to students as another service opportunity. Help is needed in the game rooms. There are other various volunteer positions. Sign-ups were done via a link in the student email.
Advisor Griffith mentioned the opportunity to help the sponsoring Kiwanis Club with the North Highway 69 clean-up scheduled for Saturday, September 29th at 9:00 AM. Students can join with T&C Kiwanians at Sleepy Hollow across from Ada Hayden Park. Old tennis shoes and long pants are recommended.
The NE/IA District Key Club Fall Rally will be held on Sunday, September 30th at Adventureland. Thirteen Ames High School students will represent our club. Student cost is $14, with the Key Club funding the other $14 for a total cost of $28 per attendee.
Other upcoming service opportunities were discussed including the DOT Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup at 9 AM on October 6th. As in prior years, we will meet in the Lowe’s parking lot close to Burgie’s.
Co-chairs were randomly chosen from those who expressed an interest. They are listed below:
Students were given instructions for logging their volunteer hours. Arunadee sent out a student email on Sepember 25th with notes from the meeting and instructions to correctly log volunteer hours.
The next Key Club meeting is Tuesday, October 9th, at 1:00 PM in the Multi-purpose room at Ames High School.
Today we conducted the first Key Club meeting of the new school year. Our officers and advisors are as follows:
President – Aspen Holm
Vice President – Hannah Huang
Secretary – Arunadee Fernando
Treasurer – Sarah Song
Historian / Editor – Emma Todey
Faculty Advisor – Mrs. Cynthia Gillette
Kiwanis Advisor – Mr. Randy Griffith
I should mention that Hannah Huang is also serving the district as Nebraska/Iowa Key Club Lieutenant Governor of Area 6.
See the attachment for notes from today’s meeting.
Please join us next Tuesday, September 25th, at 1:00 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room at Ames High School if your schedule allows.
Thanks for your support!
Randy Griffith
Kiwanis Advisor, Ames High School Key Club
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Key Club – 09/18/2018 Meeting
All five officers were present, along with Faculty Advisor Gillette and Kiwanis Advisor Griffith.
T&C Kiwanis had an interclub with Dan Franklin, Mary Ann Lundy, and Ray Callahan in attendance.
Officers introduced themselves to the 74 students present for the first meeting. An overview of Key Club projects with pictures was presented.
Advisor Griffith welcomed students, introduced Key Club as the largest (272,315 members) and oldest (1925) student-led organization in the world, and introduced the Kiwanis members in attendance.
Officers presented benefits to becoming an official Key Club member by paying your dues; Scholarship Eligibility, Voting Rights, and Support of a Worthwhile Organization.
Dues are $13.00 for club year 2018/2019, with Kiwanis covering $7.00 of that total. Student dues are $6.00 this year.
The Fall Rally was offered as an opportunity on Sunday, September 30th, starting at 10:30 AM at Adventureland in Altoona, IA. Student cost is $14, with the Key Club funding the other $14 for a total cost of $28 per attendee. More than 15 signed up, so Advisor Gillette will determine our 14 representatives.
Service opportunities were described, included DOT Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup at 9 AM on either 9/29 or 10/6.
The next Key Club meeting is Tuesday, September 25th, at 1:00 PM in the Multi-purpose room at
Ames High School.
Respectively submitted by Randy Griffith on 09/18/2018
2018-2019 Ames High School Key Club Leadership
Faculty Advisor – Cynthia Gillette
Kiwanis Advisor – Randy Griffith
President – Aspen Holm
Vice President – Hannah Huang
Secretary – Arunadee Fernando
Treasurer – Sarah Song
Editor / Historian – Emma Todey
Naomi Bratsch-Prince receives scholarship from Nebraska-Iowa District Kiwanis
Naomi Bratsch-Prince receives scholarship from Nebraska-Iowa District Kiwanis (From the Story County Sun – Wednesday July 5th, 2017 issue) Naomi
New 2017-2018 Key Club Officers
From Left to Right: Natalie, Emma, Melissa, Hannah, Aspen, Cynthia, and Randy. 2017-2018 Ames High School Key Club Leadership