K-Factor Talent Show Tryouts on April 13-14

The Key Club’s K-Factor Talent Show is set to rock the Huntington High School auditorium again this spring on Saturday, May 16 at 6 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door.

Tryouts for the show will be held on April 13-14 in the high school auditorium. An interest meeting will be held on March 18 in Room 247. Students can visit Room 247 or Room 241 with questions about participating in the event.

Key Club faculty advisors Kelly Kaiser and Gina Colica are working hard with a group of club officers to produce this year’s show. The 2026 edition marks the 15th annual K-Factor Talent Show, which draws its name from club alum Kaila Harlan, a member of Huntington’s Class of 2009. Proceeds from that first show were dedicated to supporting Ms. Harlan during her battle with leukemia. A Key Club member throughout high school, she passed away that same August, but the show has continued in her honor.

The show now raises money for Rachel’s Dance for the Cure, a foundation set up by current Huntington High School English teacher Aimee Antorino. Her daughter, Rachel passed away in 2018 after a brave battle with AML leukemia. All proceeds go to the foundation, which helps children currently battling cancer at Stony Brook Hospital.

A member of the Kiwanis International family, Key Club chapters exist in thousands of high schools across the country. Huntington’s chapter was established decades ago and has thrived over the years.

“Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students in the world,” according to the national organization’s website. It has approximately 276,000 members in more than 4,800 clubs and is represented in 45 countries.

Interested in helping Huntington’s Key Club achieve its goals? Send a message to Ms. Krycinski (kkrycinski@hufsd.edu) or Ms. Colica (gcolica@hufsd.edu).