Carthage High School

Key Club

Texas-Oklahoma District Key Club International

Announcements:

Meeting: Wednesday, in the Commens Area.

Officers will be elected. Nominees must be present to hold office.

If you want to help decorate or have ideas of how to decorate the bulletin board see Katie Shamburger.

If you haven't turned in your dues please do so ASAP. Dues are $25 and include local/international fees and a T-shirt.

Key Club Mission Statement, Vision, Core Values, Pledge, Motto, and Objects

Mission Statement

"Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership."

Vision

"To develop competent, capable, and caring leaders through the vehicle of service."

Core Values

The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring, and inclusiveness.

Pledge

I pledge, on my honor,
to uphold the Objects of Key Club International;
to build my home, school and community;
to serve my nation and God;
and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

Motto

Caring – Our Way of Life

Objects

To develop initiative and leadership.
To provide experience in living and working together.
To serve the school and community.
To cooperate with the school principal.
To prepare for useful citizenship.
To accept and promote the following ideals:
To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life.
To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
To promote the adoption and application of higher standards in scholarship, sportsmanship, and social contacts.
To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
To provide a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render unselfish service, and to build better communities.
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.