Onondaga Central
Each year during the holiday season, some of Onondaga’s clubs travel around the community, spreading Christmas cheer through community service or Christmas carols. This winter, two of our schools ́clubs, Key Club and Senior High Chorus, will be traveling out into the community. Key Club is a community-service based club run by Mrs. James. Throughout the year, Key Club holds several fundraisers and completes a number of service projects. Each year around the holidays, Key Club attends the Salvation Army Toy Drive, which is usually held at the Oncenter. Mrs. James and nearly twenty members of Key Club help sort food and other items, or they become personal shoppers. One year, our Key Club sorted non-perishable food such as pasta and cans of soup into bins for people to shop through. Most recently, Key Club members have taken part in being personal shoppers for people, taking them around the Oncenter so they could pick out gifts, books, and games for their family. In the span of three or so hours, each member may be a personal shopper to nearly twenty families. The Salvation Army Toy Drive is personally my favorite field trip to go on because it's such a rewarding experience. It's so nice to see the Salvation Army and volunteers all over Central New York come together to help those in need during the holiday season. Senior High Chorus is an option for students in grades 9 through 12. Senior High Chorus is run by Mr. Cambareri and meets every day during 2nd period. In the past, Senior High Chorus has traveled and performed at Syracuse Crunch games, Syracuse Mets games, Destiny USA Mall, and the Everson Museum Festival of Trees. This holiday season, Senior High Chorus will again travel to Destiny USA Mall and the Everson Museum Festival of Trees to perform their Christmas set list as well as classic carols to sing along to. At Destiny USA, Senior High Chorus will perform in the Canyon area or near the food court. Last year, Senior High Chorus performed near the food court of Destiny USA Mall, where we received much foot traffic. Students wear OCS apparel to show their tiger pride and represent the music department of our school well. At the Everson Museum Festival of Trees, Senior High Chorus performs in the main lobby on the staircase, where the songs are echoed throughout the museum. Members of Senior High Chorus have a chance to peruse the collection of Christmas trees and wreaths that have been creatively decorated and displayed in the museum. Senior High Chorus usually wears their concert attire, as the museum is a more formal setting. Nonetheless, Mr. Cambareri and the Senior High Chorus enjoy traveling into the community to spread Christmas cheer through music during this time of year.
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