NEWS | JULY 2026

FOREST HILLS STUDENT LEADERSHIP

A poster, a purpose and a path to leadership.

From noticing an advertisement to becoming the 2026-27 governor of the Michigan District of Key Club, it has been quite the three-year journey for Forest Hills Northern rising senior Maddy Langlois.

“I’ve had such an incredible experience through Key Club, and I’ve seen it impact so many people,” Maddy said. “I want to be a part of that impact.”

Sponsored by Kiwanis International, Key Club is a student-led high school organization that teaches leadership through community service, volunteering and character building.

“My freshman year, I saw a poster in the hallway for blanket-making and cookies, and I originally thought it was a monthlong club,” Maddy said. “Later, I found out it was a brand-new club at our school, and I joined because I thought it would be a lot of fun.”

Founded in 1925, Key Club has been around for more than a century. At Forest Hills Northern, however, the school’s first Key Club chapter was formed just three years ago by a student whose mother had been involved with Key Club and its collegiate counterpart, Circle K International, Maddy said.

Within weeks of joining Key Club, Maddy attended its Service Leadership Conference. Inspired by the organization’s leaders, she ran for, and was appointed, president-elect of Northern’s club for her sophomore year.

Read more on how this Northern student didn’t stop at leading her local club, but leading a club at the state level.