PARSIPPANY — Officers of the Parsippany Hills High School Key Club visited the Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany during their weekly breakfast meeting at Empire Diner to discuss this years progress.

Key Club, which stands for Kiwanis Educated Youth, is the world’s oldest and largest service program for high school students.  Key Club was founded in 1925.  It has its own system of government lead by students, with adults as advisors only.  New Jersey has over 150 Key Clubs and nearly 13,000 members.  This year, over 2,500 of these Key Clubbers will graduate.  Per capita, New Jersey has the second highest Key Club membership rate in the world.  Morris County has 17 Key Clubs with nearly 2,000 members, giving it among the highest per capita Key Club membership in New Jersey.  Among many other projects and initiatives, New Jersey Key Clubs have raised nearly $350,000 for a Kiwanis and UNICEF campaign to eliminate Maternal/Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) from the world.  Kiwanis recently reached its goal of raising $110 million in cash and pledges for this purpose.  Since the campaign started, MNT has been eliminated from 20 of 40 countries where MNT was prevalent, and another 13 countries are expected to be MNT free by the end of 2017.  Thanks to this project, 25 less babies die in the world each day.

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PARSIPPANY — Eight hundred and eighty students were named to Susquehanna University’s dean’s list for the spring 2016 semester. The dean’s list recognizes students who achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or higher out of a possible 4.0 for the semester. To qualify, students must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours.

Ashley Burroughs is a communications-digital multimedia-broadcasting major in the class of 2017. A 2013 graduate of Parsippany High School, she is the daughter of Don and Arletha Burroughs.

Susquehanna University is a selective, residential liberal arts college that provides a solid background in the liberal arts and sciences, as well as professional experiences. Students develop critical thinking, writing, teamwork and communication skills which, combined with internships and research opportunities, prepare them for a lifetime of personal and professional success. The university is recognized nationally for its commitment to off-campus study through the Global Opportunities program. Small classes enable faculty members to serve as mentors, as well as teachers. Ninety-four percent of Susquehanna students are employed or in graduate or professional school within six months of graduation.

PARSIPPANY – Harmony Chau, a 2013 Graduate of Parsippany Hills High School will perform at Kafe Mozart on Thursday, June 23 at 7:00 p.m.

Harmony is a Music Education major at Montclair State University, and studies classical piano under the tutelage of Dr. Youn-Hee Bang Kim. At age 5, she began learning classical piano and continued until high school. It was not until late high school that she decided to pursue music as a career, and auditioned for music colleges. During freshman year of college, she entered the John J. Cali School of Music as a vocal major, but later decided to switch to piano as she rediscovered her love of the instrument.

Some of Harmony’s latest solo piano performances include repertoire by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Prokofiev, and Schubert. She has also performed Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite for Two Pianos and accompanied in a Baroque chamber ensemble. She often performs at Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall at Montclair State University and has visited Glenfield Middle School for a guest performance. Additionally, as of 2015, Harmony became the organist for Mine Hills Presbyterian Church and accompanies their church service every Sunday.

Currently, Harmony is also learning jazz piano with the accomplished Dr. Jeffrey Kunkel, whose musical endeavors focus on the unique styles of Brazil. She aspires to follow the footsteps of jazz greats like Bill Evans, Wynton Marsalis, and Thelonious Monk.

Kafe Mozart is located at 2900 Route 10 West, Powder Mill Plaza West, Parsippany. For reservations please call (973) 998-7788 or visit www.kafemozart.com.