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Key Club Wins 16 Awards at Leadership Conference

Congratulations to COHEA's Key Club and Builder's Club for bringing home over a dozen awards from the 2020-2021 District Education Leadership Conference (DCON) in Orlando, Florida in April. Mrs. Jenny Williams was named the Jack Gander Outstanding Key Club Faculty Advisor. Well deserved, Bulldogs!

COHEA's Key Club and Builder's Club was awarded with the following:

First Place- The Club Project Display Board provides recognition to clubs who submitted the best project display boards of a favorite or most significant project completed during the Key Club year by the members of the Key Club. COHEA’s Key Club presented a stunning display board that emphasized all the food and supply drive thru’s organized with Giving Gators.

First Place- Kiwanis Family Involvement Award recognizes the clubs that expressed the greatest amount of involvement with the Kiwanis Family including K‐Kids, Builders Clubs, Aktion Clubs, CKI Clubs, Kiwanis Clubs, and Key Leader. To receive the Kiwanis Family Involvement Award, the club must complete at least two service projects throughout the current Key Club administrative year with any one of the following clubs of the Kiwanis Family: Sponsoring and/or another Kiwanis Club, CKI Club, Aktion Club, Builders Club, or K Kids. Each project must include at least three Key Club members and must also include at least two members from a Kiwanis Family Club.

First Place- Major Emphasis Award is given to the Key Club which, through its unselfish efforts, has produced during the year the best Major Emphasis Project.The activity described can cover any phase of Key Club Major Emphasis involvement specifically highlighting personal development and social interaction of children.

Second Place- Club T‐Shirt provides recognition to the clubs who submitted the best club T‐shirts that were created by the Key Club board based off of this year’s DCON theme: A Wonderland of Service.

Distinguished Club Diamond Level provides recognition to individual Key Clubs for their overall performance in the combined areas of club administration, membership and leadership development, Kiwanis Family involvement, service, and fundraising as judged against a pre‐established standard of excellence.

Distinguished Club Member recognizes club members who the Faculty Advisor believes truly model the Key Club Motto. The Florida District Board designed the criteria for the Distinguished Club Member Award to give Faculty Advisors maximum latitude in recognizing members. Several high school students at COHEA received this award for their devotion to the community and acts of selflessness.

Distinguished Club Secretary- Rachaeel Martinez exhibits the following qualities: constructive leadership at all times; places Key Club as a top priority; maintains accurate account of member’s service hours; takes minutes of Board meetings and makes them accessible to members and advisors; is accessible to club members and respects all members; actively participates in club service projects; meets deadlines; supports the president in his/her district responsibilities; maintains academic good standing; and model student code of conduct.

Distinguished Club Vice President- Jessica Perez exhibits the following qualities: constructive leadership at all times; places Key Club as a top priority; could be president; supports the Club President; actively participates in club service projects; works to raise awareness of the Major Emphasis Project (MEP) and Governor’s Project; encourages all committees; respects all persons; maintains academic good standing and models student code of conduct.

Early Bird Dues recognizes with a banner patch from Key Club International every club that has made their first dues payment by December 1, 2020. The deadline was extended from November 1 due to COVID-19, and as a token of appreciation for the commitment Key Club has demonstrated to its community during this pandemic.

G. Harold Martin Outstanding Club President- Darling Cerrato exhibit the following qualities: constructive leadership at all times; places Key Club as a top priority; encourages other club members; is accessible to club members; participates in club service projects; ensures Key Club is respected on school campus and in the community; builds positive working relationships with Faculty Advisor, school administrator, faculty; respects all persons; and maintains academic good standing and models student code of conduct.

Governor’s Citation is awarded to clubs that record at least 18 hours of service per member throughout this service year.

Governor’s Project Club Banner Patch is awarded to any club that completes at least two projects throughout the Key Club year that reflect the current Governor’s Project (Keys for Kids) which is a project designed to give back to the youth of the community.

Governor’s Project Member Award is awarded to a Key Club member who records at least 15 hours of service directly related to the current Governor’s Project and be recommended by his/her advisor.

Jack Gander Outstanding Key Club Faculty Advisor- Jenny Williams is presented to the Faculty Advisor who best demonstrates the qualities of an outstanding Faculty Advisor. This award is exclusively entitled to an advisor who supports the ideas branched out by board members and is always promoting the power of service in the community.

Single Service Award provides recognition to individual Key Clubs for their single best service project.

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