Objects
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To develop initiative and leadership.
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To provide experience in living and working together.
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To serve the school and community.
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To cooperate with the school principal.
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To prepare for useful citizenship.
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To accept and promote the following ideals:
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To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life.
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To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
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To promote the adoption and application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship and social contacts.
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To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
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To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish service and to build better communities.
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To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and good will.
History
Key Club was established in May 1925 in Sacramento, California by the local Kiwanis organization. Educators who sought to replace fraternities with a "more wholesome activity for youth" first introduced Key Club at Sacramento High School. The idea was to form a high school service club and allow students the capability of contributing to their own communities.
Key Club continues to grow not only in the United States, but around the world. It has spread to seventeen countries and thirty-two districts. Undoubtedly, Key Club International lives up to its name as a club that serves the world. Key Club is an organization built to serve our "home, school, and community." Though its title may be a bit ambiguous, it calls its distinction through the services it promotes. Key Club is known for its active responsibility in helping the community as a whole by coordinating outings to nursing homes, orphanages, and homeless shelters, to name a few. In general, Key Club's primary mission and objective is to serve those in our community and those around the world.
Structure
Key Club International > District: Cali-Nev-Ha > Region 3 > Division 4 North Otters > Pacifica HS Club > Members
Key Club International consists of all the districts, divisions, and clubs of the organization. It is led by the Int'l President, Vice-Pres, and 11 Trustees. A district is a grouping of divisions within in area. A district is led by a District Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Technology Editor, and Administration. The Lt. Governors, of each division within the region and their board members are also on this level. A division is grouping of clubs in an area. The LTG leads the division with the help of a leadership team. Every division has a mascot, and D04N are Otters. Each club that has paid its dues it part of KC Int'l. This level is where most of the service takes place. Clubs consist of members, officers, and Faculty Advisors.
Key Club Motto
The Key Club Motto is “Caring – Our way of Life.” Through Key Club’s work in the home, school, and community, Key Club members have learned that their organization is built around the concept of caring. With this concept as the foundation of the organization, Key Club will continue to be an effective and contributing organization in our schools and communities.
