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Key Club News
As spring begins, Key Club is very active in the community with its members
buzzing in service projects. During every Wednesday in March, the club continued
to help teachers after school at The Hillside School. They assisted the
teachers in classroom decorating and made fun games for the students that
attend Hillside. Key Clubbers worked at Market Day once a month after school by organizing and
distributing the goods bought. Key Club has also reached out to the Willow Lane Elementary
School to help with the chess club there. Young students interested in playing chess are assisted
by high school students who enjoy the game. The Pasta for Pennies program has recently started,
as students carry donation boxes to their classes to collect spare change and donations to later
donate to charities. Members attended events like the Trever Landis Memorial basketball game on
April 1st and the Pediatric Cancer Run. The Celebration of Reading event is one of the largest
endeavors in which the club will be involved. It is anticipated to be a grand affair with music, food,
fun, and plenty of books to distribute.
The new officers are prepared for a new Key Club year after they were trained at the district
convention at Hershey Lodge. Key Club and its new officers are looking forward to helping the
community with many new service projects.
Heemali Kamdar, Key Club Editor
EHS American Studies Teachers
Host Civil War Re-enactment
for their 9th Grade Students
On Monday, March 21st, Emmaus High School came alive with the
sights and sounds of the Civil War. Re-enactors from the friends of Camp
Geiger set up camp in the Auxiliary Gym. Students from Mrs. Walsh’s,
Mrs. Marsteller’s and Mrs. Laubner's 9th Grade american studies classes had the opportunity to experience
life during the Civil War.
The re-enactors set up six stations: a Union sailor who sang and told stories of the seas; a Confederate
who shared his expertise of weapons; a mourning widow who was modeling period dress; a
Union solider with his tent and bunk; the sanitary commission explained how their organization
helped soldiers, from both North and South; and Doc Peters who awed the students with an
"amputation.” Students paid a $5 donation to the Friends of Camp Geiger as their admission to this
event. By the end of the event, our students had raided $605.00 for the group, which it will use to
continue to do these educational presentations.
If you missed the re-enactors on March 21st, don't worry. They will be hosting the Civil War Days in
Whitehall on June 11th and 12th. You can find more information at Friendsofcampgeiger.org.
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