CAS Final Essay

CAS Final Essay: Cindy Kwon

As an IB diploma student, I had so many experiences and learned a lot for about 2 years. I first didn’t understand the reason why IB requires CAS and values it. I thought this CAS program is used to find out how one can manage their time and write things regularly. However, this wasn’t it. After working for CAS for 2 years, I found out that IB program actually looked forward to help candidates to improve and learn how to become a well-rounded person.

I have done a lot of things during my junior and senior year. Among those, most of them were related with my CAS projects. Sometimes, I had to deal with many kinds of problems or sometimes I had to challenge myself to achieve my goal. Also, I had to commit myself to help the other. Creativity, Action, and Service has really given me a lot of great experiences for the past two years! It helped me to become a person who can deal with problems, who can plan projects, who can accept any harsh words, and also who can lead people. In other words, it helped me to become a person whom everyone hopes to become.

Of course, there were many problems to deal with when I was working on CAS. I was always late on submitting proposals, writing journals, and also final reflections. I was not scheduled at all. However, I am proud of myself for being able to finish everything. It was a bit annoying and frustrating to finish all the work, but this definitely has helped me to become a better person and learn a lot from it.

CAS is aimed or used to make one to become a person who can increase the awareness of their own strength and areas of growth, who can undertake any kinds of challenges, who can plan things, who can work collaboratively with others, who can show perseverance and commitment in their activities, who are engaged with issues of global issues, who considers ethical implications of their actions, and who can develop new skills. And by working on CAS for two years, I was able to become these kinds of person. I honestly didn’t even notice that I covered all 8 learning outcomes. However, at the end, I found out that I covered all of these without knowing. So, I personally think that CAS actually leads people to learn these 8 learning outcomes.

I believe that one can never improve or get better if they do not take challenges. One should take chances and know how to undertake new challenges. And I could do this during my NHS projects, Recycling Club, and varsity sports. I could use my leadership and my skills to improve the projects and help others to work harder and feel comfortable.

One other thing that I want to talk about is that people really wants to always to something which they are good and which they wants to do. Same thing happened with me, however, I tried hard to change my thoughts and wants and do things which can help other people.

Since I was not a good painter or drawer, working as a decorator of the in front of the house was very challenging. I really needed people’s help on doing my job as a head of the house decoration team. Even if I couldn’t be artistic in this role, I could still work hard because I had leadership and it was keep on growing. I learned how to control people even if they were not following me. I think this role really helped me to grow up as a person who can lead people and who can be trusted. I personally am very sorry to my teammates because I couldn’t be with them every single day when they were having a meeting. Sometimes, I was leaving them alone and I went to practice soccer or went to soccer practices. However, I am so proud of my team because they worked hard even if I wasn’t there with them.

When I was working with my Varsity Basketball team, I was a defense leader. I don’t know why but I am always a leader in defense. This is because I also am the leader of defense in Soccer. As a leader of these sports, I had many problems which gave me a lot of hard times. Some people were saying bad things about me, while some were ignoring me. However, through this experience, I could grow up a lot. I learned how to deal with those kinds of situations. I am pretty sure that everyone who was part of our team knew how I felt in these situations. So, I am pretty sure that they also learned from it that I hope they wouldn’t do these to any other next leaders.

When I was working as a recycling club, I learned a lot from it. I honestly am not good and speaking in front of so many people and I usually was not the one who would talk in front of a lot of people. However, being a member of publicity group made me to challenge myself and I am now so proud of myself. When I was first talking in front of people, I was so nervous. I literally was sweating so much on my hands! But, when I started to talk repetitively, I got comfortable with what I was doing. It helped me to get better and get comfortable.

For my NHS project, I planned to teach children about hygiene so that they would know about the importance of them and learn how to be clean. I chose this project because children who were in the orphanage seemed like they were not taking shower, brushing their teeth, and so on. I wanted them to be healthy that I decided to have my project on it. I had many problems when dealing with this project. I was not fully prepared that I had to visit the place almost right before the project. Yes, I shouldn’t have done that but I am glad with this because it actually helped me a lot. Children recognized me when I visited there again and they wanted to listen to me. I think the visit helped me to explain the importance and usage of each item that I have bought to children because I think they were a bit more interested.

CAS really helped me to become a person who is well-rounded. I started to be part of many kinds of activities which helped me to grow up inside. For two years of being an IB candidate, I was able to experience the 8 learning outcomes even if I meant to do them. When I was working throughout the year, I started to cover all those 8 learning outcomes without knowing. Going through all the hardships and negative things have brought me and made me into a stronger and tougher person. CAS has made me to feel many different emotions. However, all those emotions such as frustration definitely allowed me to think back and reflect myself. I am so happy to have such as great experience with CAS. It has leaded me to have a lot of meaningful memories and also valuable moments.

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Increased awareness of his/her own strengths and areas
of growth

http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhs-journal-9.html

Http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/varsity-soccer-journal-3.html

http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/final-reflection-recycling-club.html

http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/02/basketball-proposal.html

Undertaken new challenges
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http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/final-reflection-recycling-club.html

Http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhs-journal-9.html

Planned and initiated activities
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http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/final-reflection-production-crew-head.html

Worked collaboratively with others
Http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/varsity-soccer-journal-3.html

http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhs-journal-8.html

Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities
http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/varsity-soccer-journal-1.html

http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/final-reflection-production-crew-head.html
Engaged with issues of global importance
Http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhs-journal-11.html

http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2011/03/recycling-club-journals.html

Considered the ethical implications of their actions
Http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/nhs-journal-10.html



Developed new skills
http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2011/03/production-crew-journal-1.html

http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/final-reflection-production-crew-head.html

http://cindykwoncas.blogspot.com/2012/05/final-reflection-varsity-basketball.html

Final reflection: Recycling Club

Final Reflection: Recycling Club

Since when I was in 10^th grade, I started to be part of recycling club. Katarina was a leader for this group and I first joined just because my favorite person is leading it and she needed some help. And, I decided to continue with this club and work with Ms.Calimlim. However, everything was different. Yes, we were collecting recyclables but before, we were only collecting papers and sort them out into reusable or not reusable. However, this year, we also collected cans, plastic battles, tetra-pack, and so on.

My job was a leader of publicity group. We had 4 groups. Publicity, In-school, and Out-school. Our-school members went around Binictican and gathered recyclables while in-school members went around school to gather those. However, my job was a publicity member was to let students and binictican society to be aware with recycling.

As a person who rarely talks in front of a lot of people, this job was a bit challenging. Yes, I had a bit of leadership, but talking in front of our whole school body was really hard. Even if my English skill was good, this was really challenging.

One day, right after the break, our publicity group had a presentation about how to segregate and recycle. We also talked about why this is so important and how student body can help. Our group prepared all kinds of recyclables and recycling bins which will be located at many areas around school. Since I was the leader but also the one who could speak well, I decided to explain most of the things. I explained which recyclables will be thrown into which recycling bin and how to segregate well.

Since all the money that we earn from selling these recyclables will be given to BZMs, I was so happy to work hard for them. They were always there to clean our school and help us if we need help. However, they do not earn a lot of money from doing those things. So, I personally think that this club is really helpful to everyone!

As a publicity member, I tried to let everyone to be aware of recycling any kind of things that we use daily. Honestly, I don’t know if I did a great job on making people to really segregate properly. I have seen cafeteria people who were segregating cans and plastic bottles because they were all at the same places. However, I tried hard and tried to make people to be aware of this. I hope this club still continues! J

Varsity Soccer journal #3

During ISAC, my role was to lead people on schedules and make sure that everyone are updated with anything.

I firstly scheduled our meeting time and warm-up time. I printed them out and distributed to all the coaches and teammates! I hope they didn't throw them..away..haha
anyway, and then I explained them about the usage of those papers! This was to really let them know that those times were strict and important. I needed them to really know that those are very very very important.

Right before the first game, we had a short talk with everyone and they were all pretty much serious and excited! Well, I was also excited and I was looking forward to play all the games left! When we worked hard together and tried our best, we could reach one of our goals, winning against BSM. We couldn't win against them for about 4 years but this year! we won!!!!!!!! Our goal keeper, Fanny didn't even touched the ball during this game. I was so happy!!


This wasn't it. We still worked hard together and we got 3rd place! We actually could have done better but I think 3rd place is still good enough and we deserve to get it! I am so proud of my team and myself. We never gave up even if we lost or won. I hope our team still continue to do this even if I graduate!

Final Reflection: Production Crew Head of the House

I have been part of production crew for about 4 years, and just as any other activities, this is my past year to be part of. Last year, I was a Mic controller. However, this year, I was selected as the head of ushers. But, I couldn’t take this job because I was leaving for APAC tournament. So, my role changed to the head of the house. My role was to lead my teammates to decorate the in front of the house.

When I first found out that I had to decorate the in front of the house, I was shocked and scared. This was because I wasn’t a good artist. I couldn’t draw well and also I had hard time painting. However, I had to all of those to decorate the house!

Since I studied IB Theatre, I knew how to design the in front of the house. I knew which of the aspects can show which. So, I decided to have a road going to the castle which represents Bell’s journey to the castle. There also were some stations on the road which shows what happened or key object of the places.

Before everything, I had to choose students who will be helping us. I went around asking students to help out and I got plenty of them to help. Since I will be away during the actual show, I asked Felicia to lead them during the show time.

After that, I decided to have a meeting to start decorating. Of course, not everyone came. They had excuses to not come and some of them were trying to skip some of the meetings too even if they know that we have to start working. It was a bit annoying when some of them were not working even if they were with us. I could see people just chatting, taking pictures, and doing nothing. As a leader, it was very not respectful and it was annoying. I think I now know how teachers would have felt when we were not listening to them and ignoring them.

I kind of felt bad to students whom I was working with because I couldn’t always be with them. I told them to always be there but I couldn’t stay with them. I think they might have felt bad when these kinds of things happened. However, I think I tried my best to prove and show that I work hard when I am there! I hope everyone felt that too!

At the last day of me staying to help decorating, I tried my best to finish everything. However, I think we didn’t have enough time to finish everything. Things were not done and it was not never nearly finished. I felt really bad and sorry to leave rest of the jobs to Felicia. She only joined because I asked for help but she had to finish up everything.

However, I really enjoyed the time when I was with them decorating. When we were making flowers, everyone was involved and we were laughing a lot. Even if some of them were complaining with back pain or tiredness, I tried to make them laugh! When we were painting at Ms.Calililm’s room, we were all laughing and smiling. We were listening to music together and had fun! I think this experience really helped me to get along better with people whom I wasn’t really close with.

I still feel sorry to those of people who had to work harder because I was not there, but I am certainly proud of all of them who were there to help! This experience at Brent Subic is one of the memories which will never be erased. I am glad to have this experience!

Final Reflection: NHS

To get into NHS, I had to apply it about 3 times. Since grade 10, I kept on applying to get into this organization and finally, I got in! This was my last chance and I was able to be part of NHS. Since when I first came to Brent Subic, I always wanted to be a NHS member. I was part of many activities which were held by NHS. However, it was very hard for me to do that. When I had a conversation with Mrs.Griarte, she told me that one of the reasons why I couldn’t get in was because of my characteristic. I heard that I had some problems with teachers during classes. However, I have never felt that! So, I was a bit confused. I couldn’t distinguish is what I am doing is right or wrong. However, I tried to always smile and stay positive during classes and try my best to change my attitude. And I think this actually helped a lot.

When I first had a NHS meeting, I was so excited! We had an election to decide the leaders of NHS. When we had couple of meetings, we had time to talk about our own projects. We first talked about the options and I decided that I will go with slush selling. In my opinion, this was the most important one to start our NHS projects because we had to earn money for our other projects. And one of the easy ways to earn money is selling things. Since we could easily get Ice, syrup, and the machine for slush, I felt that this project would be very appropriate. So, I decided to do that and this project was the one that everyone was involved.

Honestly, I thought this slush selling project is good enough as a project but it wasn’t! I was surprised when Mr.Barth asked me about my project. So, I had to get hurry and prepare a project to work on. When I was thinking about it, I felt that teaching young and poor children about hygiene would be very good as a project. I just had to find a place to go. When I talked with Felicia, she suggested me the place called “The mission of charities.” Since I have been there about two years ago with Katarina and Hacky, I felt comfortable going there that I decided to go there. However, I became so busy with IB stuff and exams that I couldn’t prepare for my projects. I was not ready to have a project with that place. So, I decided to go to POCCH with Simon. One of the clubs in our school were having contacts with them and we were also planning to go to that place for building fence. So, I thought it would be better and easier for me to reach there.

Well, even if I decided to go there and when I had a set date, I still was not ready. I actually thought I am but I wasn’t. When I had a talk with Mr.T, I found out that I still have works to do. I had to go see the person who was responsible of children there to let them know that I am coming to do my project. I found out that it would be very rude if I go to that place without letting them know that I am coming. I thought Simon actually already have contacted them that I don’t have to go, but it wasn’t like that. We were going together but we were having two different projects that I still had to go see the supervisor. To do this, I decided to go with some of the students who are going to that place and talk to the supervisor but also help that group. I think this was something that I really did well because I could get to know a lot of children there. They remembered my name when I went back there to hold my project. I was so happy!

At first, when we started explaining the importance of hygiene and toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, and hand sanitizer, I was scared that children may not understand me. However, I was wrong. A lot of them could understand what I am saying, except for some of them! I felt that everyone will understand me because I still tried hard to help them to know what I am saying. I tried my best to have their attention when explaining the importance. After that, I gave toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, and hand sanitizer to everyone so that they would keep themselves clean.

I am looking forward to go see them again because I will be visiting the Philippines again. I hope that Peter will continue with my project that I can simply help him if he has problems and also go with him!

I think it would have been way better if I could have my project at least twice and if I had a better relationship with children that I worked with. However, I believe that what I did was still helpful to children and I will still have more chances to talk to them and get to know them.

One year of being a NHS member gave me a lot of good experiences and it allowed me to learn a lot from it. I found out about how poor children live their life, and how they are pure inside. I will never forget this experience and learn a lot from it.

Final Reflection: Varsity Basketball

Since I am a senior this year, this is my last year to play basketball. I think I won’t be able to play this sport anymore because there are no sports clubs for girls. I have tried my best to go to ISAC and it took me about 2 years to do that. I usually didn’t have a lot of chances to get into ISAC team because I was young, but also there were many other players who were better than me.

I first went to ISAC when I was in 10^th grade. This was when Coach Stocking was our coach. And the following year, our new coach, Coach Thompson came! When I first had practice with Coach Thompson, I felt that he is very kind and he loved our team. This came into my mind because I didn’t feel this with Coach Stocking.

Anyways, when I started Basketball Season this year, I was pretty much in shape because I was part of Cross Country team. Since I was running couple of miles every day, I started to get in fit and be able to finish one quarter without resting. This was pretty amazing to me because I didn’t feel that I could run well but Coach Thompson told me that Cross Country really helped a lot.

This year, I wanted to record how each of us do during games or during practices to find out rather if we are getting better or not. Since our team is pretty small in number, I thought that the improvement of one person is very important and it will help us a lot if all of us start to improve. And I thought that one way to do this is recording how many points we score during games or during practices. I mostly focused on free throws. In my opinion, this is very important because it actually is the easiest way for us to score against other team. So, I made a chart to post it on the wall in the gym. By doing this, everyone could see how well we do and how we are improving. I was supposed to make a chart or graph out of this but I never had a chance to do it. I kind of regret not doing this because it may have helped us a lot during ISAC.

However, I think our team still did pretty well during ISAC. We still never gave up even if we had some unfair calls against us, or even if we were losing. I think this kind of attitude helped us to win.

Well, personally, I think I didn’t do very well during ISAC. I missed a lot of shots which I used to do well. I just couldn’t understand why that I have talked with Mr.Thompson couple of times but I still couldn’t find out the reason for this. It was so annoying and frustrating. I started to get scared to shoot and pass the ball because I was scared to miss shots. However, I think Mr.Thompson helped me a lot to keep me on going and not get scared to shoot. He told me that I can do it and I am doing fine. I think without him, I probably wouldn’t be me right now. I learned a lot from playing or learning basketball from him. He taught me so many new skills that I can adapt during games and also he gave me a lot of great advices. I think I will never forget playing basketball with having him as a coach!

I am so happy that I decided to play basketball at first place because I could get all these great learning and experiences by playing basketball. I am proud of myself for finishing the season strong and mostly, I am so proud of my teammates. They are young but I’m sure that they will grow up as a very strong basketball player who always has positive attitude!

Final Reflection: Varsity Soccer

Almost 5 years of playing Varsity Soccer have ended this year because I am graduating. This year was my last year of playing all the sports that I have played for about 5 years. So many emotions were passing by. However, I personally am proud of myself to finish all the seasons strong. Of course, I had so many problems or dramatic situations happening during playing Soccer that sometimes, I was so stressed out. But, I personally think that I was able to go through all those problems and end my season by being a great leader!

When our varsity team of this year was selected, I was a bit surprised and scared to finish the season strong. We had too many new players and they didn’t know how to handle the ball well. Well, I also am not a good ball controller but I had some experiences but they didn’t have any. I could always think positively but I couldn’t this time. It was even worse because most of the new players were playing as a defender. As a person who has high temper and who cannot control the anger well, I was literally shouting at everyone if they make silly mistakes. I know that I shouldn’t be doing that but I couldn’t control myself. I really regret doing those things now.

When we were keep on practicing soccer and working hard, my kicks started to get better and it went very far. Since I had many problems with my kicks last year, I was so happy and proud of myself. However, this couldn’t continue anymore. I injured my ankle so bad that I couldn’t kick as far anymore. I had to rest for about two weeks and keep put ice on my ankle. It seemed to get better but it was still very painful. Until now, I can’t straighten my ankle. The day after I got injured was a day when I was planning to try out for APAC. However, I couldn’t do that anymore because of my ankle! I was so annoyed that I was crying a lot. Most of people thought or still think that I cried because it was too painful. However, that wasn’t the reason why I cried! Well, I still could go to APAC. I think this gave me a lot of great experience. I got to know more people and I was able to learn a lot from this experience.

Since I was one of the starter and important player in our team, I was always so proud of myself and I never questioned about my skills. However, when I went to APAC, I felt different. I wasn’t a starter and there were some players who were way better than me. Sometimes, I couldn’t even get to play, which never happened to me for a long time. Honestly, I felt very bad and annoyed when these kinds of things happened to me. Well, still, I believe that I learned a lot from this experience.

Before going to APAC, I had a most important and last tournament at Brent Subic, ISAC! Since this was my last ISAC ever, I wanted to have a special role, which was someone who schedules call time and warm up time and also lead stretching. I also wanted to talk to our teammates after every single game. However, sometimes it couldn’t work that way.

When we had our first game against Brent Baguio, we were mostly dominating the game but we couldn’t finish strong that we lost against them by 1:0. It was very frustrating. Everyone knows that we deserve to win because we are better. However, we just couldn’t finish strong and score but also keep our goal safe. When we had a talk after this game, everyone was annoyed. I was supposed to try to let everyone to calm down and talk but I couldn’t. I felt that I need to be a better leader.

After that game, our team started to pick up our skills and work together to play our game. We tried not to give up even if someone scored against us. We worked hard together and communicated a lot. By doing this, our team could win a game against BSM. For about 4 years, maybe more than that, our team never won against BSM because they had strong players and they had great skills. However, our team worked really hard to score and also defend. I think during this game, our goal keeper, Fanny never touched the ball! I was so proud of our defenders! When this game finished, I was so happy. I think Izzy was also happy! We gathered around together and cried. I think we still have a picture of that! J

At the end, we finished this ISAC with getting 3^rd place. It wasn’t bad! I honestly never thought that we actually can get 3^rd place. However, we worked hard and got it! I am so proud of our team. We all tried our best and never gave up no matter what happened. I am so glad that I had this team to play with and I will miss this team so much! J

Varsity Soccer Journal #2

So many things happened during our soccer season.
I once cried in front of everyone because I couldn't take the anger anymore. Someone listened to me very well but someone didn't. The worst thing was that I coulnd't take the pain and anger anymore because that girl started mocking me in a very bad way. I had some problem with that girl before that I've talked to Mr.Davis about it before. He said he would help me if I need help. It really helped me to feel better!

However, I really coulnd't take the anger anymore that I cried in front of everyone. I didn't say the reason why I cried, but I think some of them must know about it because they caused it!!! hahah :)

I think those things got better at the end of the season. People started to listen better and talk to me more during the games that we could communicate a lot and pass the ball around.

Well, one problem occured around 2 weeks before the ISAC and one day before my APAC try-outs. My ankle got really bad. It was very purple that it looked like a sweet-potato from the Philippines!!! It was so swolle that I cound't see my ankle bone... I cried so hard when this happened. Yes, It was very painful but I hated the fact that I actully couldn't try out for APAC anymore. It was so annoying for me. well, i still could go to APAC but it would have beenway better if my ankle is good!

Varsity Soccer Journal #1

When our varsity team was first selected, I was honestly very scared to start the season. most of our team were not experienced with "Soccer." They didn't know what they were doing, and since MOST OF The NEW players were on defence, I was so annoyed and exhausted when playing with them. However, I tried my best to let them not feel uncomfortable and be proud of themselves for still playing with us and making the varsity team.

When we had our first game, it seemed like things were going on pretety well. However, I really had a hard time talking to teammates and lead them to listen to me. Some of them did not even bother to listen to me anymore.

When those things happened, I felt that I need to work harder and harder to really lead the team. Some things had to be fixed. People HAD to listen to me, especially those who are playing defence!

Well, i thought  could fix all the problems. However, i couldnt! hahahah things went pretty wrong. I could hear about people who were saying bad things about me jusT because I was LEADING them. That's my role but people woulnd't take it that way!

I still tried hard to make them to work harder and not feel down even if they make mistakes. I needed to lead them well. I tried to keep the anger to myself and still commit to the activities. If I don't, they will feel even worse than how I would feel. By doing these, I think I learned a lot. I have seen people who were feeling bad because of what I say. So, I tried even harder to make sure that everyone knows how much I am trying and so that everyone wouldn't feel bad anymore.
Of course, there were things which are not good and which has to be fixed and I think those will be all fine.

NHS Journal #11

After going to POCCH on thursday, I went back to the place on saturday!
When I went there the first time, we tried to know about the place, what they need, and so on.
The next time I went there was to talk to the supervisor and let them know that I am coming this saturday! However, I was also helping the club members to have fun together with the children there. So, I could get to know them pretty well. I thought them my name and I told them to not forget because I am coming back soon! :)

When our bus arrived, everyone was welcoming us! and one of the children came to me and said
"Ate Cindy!" and it was so touching!! Most of them remembered my name! They asked me where ate Ayan, Kuya Alan, and others are at. I told them that they are not here today but there are new people!

So, we started indroducng ourselves to each other. When I first asked "What's my name?" Everyone would scream out "Ate Cindy!" I was so happy! :) It was a good thing that I went to the place before having my actual project. I think it helped a lot!

After that, we played "Elbow Tag". It was REALLY HOT but I think I choce a right game for children because they really enjoyed it! My partner would scream "Dito!" or something.. I think it means like.."Here!"..not sure..haha

anyways, after that, we decided to give them some snacks and chocolate milk! this was because we actually had some extra money to spend on it and giving them something to eat would help them to calm down and concentrate!

So, we divided children into 3 groups and we explained about the importance of staying clean. We talked about why toothbrush, toothpaste, Hand Sanitizer and soap are important and how to use them.
then we distributed all the stuff to everyone. Actually, we had a lot of extras but I heard that more people will be back from vacation and then the number will be around 29 so I decided to buy 4 more of all the stuffs.

I think I really learned a lot from this experience. It was really good to have children remembering me and having fun!

I hope there wil be more chances to see them!

Also, I think peter will be continueing this project next year! So I hope he can do better job than me so that children would really learn from us!

NHS Journal #10

When I had a short talk with Mr.T, I felt that I am so not ready to do my project. Everything was so fine when I was thinking about it but it wasn't that simple. I had to contact the person who is in charge of the children there, make sure that they know who I am, and have a chance to know each other.

However, I only planned what I will do but didn't think about the other stuffs. I felt really stupid and ashamed! I thought I am so ready but I wasn't! I wasn't being respectful to the people there..

I think it was a good think that I had a chance to talk to Mr.T! He reminded me of some of the things that I should be aware of. I should've have already talk to the supervisor of the children there so that they know that I am coming to help them out. If they dont know about it, what I am doing might have been liker "I got something for you, you guys better gather up and follow me." So, I decided to go with one of the clubs in our school! They were in contact with the place where I was planning to go and Mr.T allowed me to go with his group and talk to the person there.

I was pretty excited to go there because I will be able to get to know them and talk to the person who are in charge of the children there. I wouldn't be disrespecful to people there anymore if I make an appointment and help them out.

This trip to POCCH would really help me a lot to know about the children there and get along!

NHS Journal #9

These days, I am planning on visiting one place to provide some soap, toothbrush, and toothpaste. This is because a lot of children who are grown up in a poor family does not have these stuffs and maybe they do not even know how to use them. So, I will first teach them about the usage of them that children chould really be clean every single day!

I will bring some papers and pens so that group of children can write the usage of Soap, Tooth bruth, and tooth paste. My goal is to help them to be always clean that they wouldn't get sick.

Before everything starts, we will have a time to introduce ourselves to each other that we would know each other pretty well.

After that, we will play a short game to warm-up! I am still thinking about which one to choose and have fun! :)

Then, we will talk about the importance of toothbrush, toothpaste and soap!

I hope everything would go well.

Varsity Soccer Proposal

Student's name: Cindy Kwon

Supervisor's Name: Mr.Davis
Year: 12
Activity name: Soccer varsity team
Date(s) / Duration of Activity: The whole season is about 1 month, my actual project is 3 days

What is my past experience with this activity:
I have been part of this soccer team for about 4 years and this is the last ISAC that i will be able to play for. I was always a defender and I first started as a left defender and became stopper the following year. Right now, I am a sweeper who has the most of the responsibilty in defence. I played as a sweepter for about two varsity years.

What new learning or skill do I hope to pick up or develop?
I am suppose to really be cooperative with my teammates, especially with my defence players. However, I am planning on focusing n my past ISAC and be very responsible on it. I will try my best to lead my teammates and prepare for a schedule for every simgle games that our teammates will be very organized on meeting time and warming-up time. so, I should be able to be a leader who can make and lead people to listen to me. Also, as a captain and a sweeper, I will try my best to go talk to my teammates about how they are performing in our games. And I should try to talk gently to not huer my teammates.

How will this experience be different from that of the past?
Before, in all of the ISAC I have had before, I was never in charge of scheduling or even lead stretching. Also, I usually didn't talk  to my teammates to really let them be more comfident when playing and also help them to improve even if we actually do not have enough time to fix problems. I think encouraging is very important to let one to improve.

How am I going to know if I am making progress or experiencing growth in this activity?
The best way for me to know if I am making progress is talking to my superviso, Mr.Davis! By doing this, I will be aware of how I am responding to any kind of situations or if I'm hurting anyone.

Goals
My gols are to be able to make my teammates to be there on time when we need to meet before the game. Also, I really want to talk to my teammates about our performance in games. i really want to make our teammates to feel good and be prod of us after ISAC.

Impact
I will benefit because I will be able to learn from this experience. Also, my teammates will benefit becuase they will have someone to encourage them and they will be aware of their schedules!

Timeline
Biss, for 2 days. 2012.03.15~17

Self evaluation form

IB CAS Self-Evaluation and Activity Inventory
ACTION
1.
Varsity Basketball, Varsity Soccer
2.
Athlete
3.
These sports will be substantial when I start these seasons because it will take up
around 2 hours every weekday. Also, our team will definitely have games every weekend
leading me to spend more time on those sports.
4.
Basketball = improving my free throws (5/10) and layups (8/10). Yes, it is realistic
and achievable because I will be able to improve my skills if I try my best and practice a lot.
Well, it is pretty hard for me to make goals constantly, and I probably will have strong muscle
ache, which will be hard challenge for me to overcome. The new skills I will develop would
be keeping my throws or shots constant and not giving up even it’s not working well. These
goals will stretch me because I will practice a lot to improve my skills, which I haven’t done a
lot so far. Also, I will be needed to talk with other players and coaches to learn some skills,
which is stretching me.
Soccer = working on skills such as big kicks (5/10), and defending the forward players by
cutting their passes or stealing the ball. These are realistic because I am a defender and I will
be able to cut some passes and also steal the ball if I try my best to improve my skills. Since
defending includes lots of running, I might feel tired easily while I am practicing. The biggest
challenge would be making me not to give up and do my best. I have to learn looking at the
other team’s forward players and also how to communicate with my other defenders who will
be working with me for the rest of year. These goals will stretch me because I have to do my
best and not give up when I am practicing. And I am pretty sure that these goals will go to
make me really challenged. So, I think this will stretch me by keeping and making me to be a
better player with a great attitude.
5.
Achieving these goals will make me a confident person because I will not be
covered under the people who are a lot better than me. Also, I think these goals will also help
and encourage our team to be a better team because I am pretty sure that my teammates
will also going to practice a lot if they see me practicing. Having a coach and teammates with
different nationality and playing games with them is already making me as a global citizen
because we actually communicate and play games together for one goal, which is winning
and enjoying the season, and the game. by meeting many kinds of people when playing the
game will help me to act as a better person who knows how to control my feelings. If I show
my angers every single time when I play games, I will be in a trouble, but my learning how
to control my angers will also teach me to be more aware of the ethical considerations of my
actions.
CREATIVITY
6.
Band -> not really because Mrs. Davis conducts it.
Church Choir->I sometimes give our leader some song names and help her to lead our choir.
Church Band-> not really because our leader does most of the job
Production Crew -> I sometimes suggest doing something but it is usually our head who is
doing everything
7.
Band – I am the leading clarinet player in the band, which means that I have some
leadership!!!!!!!! I have to contribute my clarinet skill to succeed in the Band.
Church Choir – I am leading our church with our choir members to sing along with us by
singing in front of the students. Of course, I have to sing well to do this!
Church Bad – I also help people to sing along at our church service by playing the song. I
have to contribute my clarinet skill to succeed in the Band.
Production Crew – Since I am also doing varsity soccer, I am not having a big role in
production crew, which means I don’t have a leadership. Since I’ve been recording videos,
the skill I need is how to use or control the camera.
8.
All of these activities are very substantial to me because I really enjoy doing these
things. Also, if I start not doing these activities, I think I will feel strange because these things
have been my routine for almost 3 years. But compared to other activities, these aren’t
substantial as some activities like basketball or soccer.
9.
Band = I will try my best to play the music as how Mrs. Davis wants so that I
will perform a better music. There goals will be realistic if I listen to Mrs. Davis when she
is talking to me and also listening to the other clarinet players will help me. I think the
challenges would be playing hard music, making me to practice a lot to play a better and
awesome music! For this goal, I have to develop some “paying attention” skill because I
really have to know what Mrs. Davis wants. These goals will stretch me because I have to
communicate some more with Mrs. Davis and other clarinet players, and also whole band
members.
Church choirs = Since our middle and upper school church members are not really singing
along with us, I want to make them to sing with us with passion. Well, since there are many
kids with us whom are so talkative and noisy, it is really challengeable for us to keep them
quiet and sing along with us. To reach this goal, I have to learn how to catch the attention
from the younger students because they are pretty much different from us. Lastly, these will
goals will stretch me to be a person who can understand better and who know how to control
young students. I think just being this kind of person will lead me to stretch.
Church Band = my goal for this is to be a clarinet player who can make great harmony with
another band members and choir. This will be so realistic if I do not skip the practices and
know what the choir leader wants. Well, the challenges would be that sometimes I might not
be able to join the band because I sometimes go to manila trip for games, leading me to not
know the songs that we will go to perform. The new skills I will develop with this band would
be reading the music and playing the song right away because I sometimes do not have
enough time to practice. These goals will definitely stretch me into a person who can read
notes faster and also help me in the Band at school!
Production Crew = My goal for this would be not skipping the meetings and do my best to be
a worthy person by doing jobs with my best effort. Since I am not a person who is taking a
big part of the crew, I think what I can do is trying my best to help those people who need a
lot of help to do their job. Well this is realistic because it’s pretty easy and simple to look for
a person who needs help. The Challenge would be that I might make some mistakes while
helping them that I have to be extra careful. The new skills that I have to develop to reach
this goal would be communicating better with other people because I have to know what they
really want and how they want the work to be done. This goal will stretch me to be a person
with better understanding and helping because I have to understand things before helping
people out.
10.
Reaching these goals will really make me to grow in personal characters because
I think I really have to consider other people before doing things to accomplish the goals.
It probably will make me to be a person who can wait and listen to other people because
these factors are really needed to achieve the goals for every single goal that I have set.
By communicating with foreign people and looking at the same goals together will make
me to be aware of myself as a global citizen. And these goals or activities will help me to
make better decisions because I have to make some important decisions to do things and
sometimes, I might have to think carefully, leading me to be a person who is considerate.
IB CAS Initial Self-Review
1.
I think going to an ISAC in Basketball is a greatest accomplishment so far because I
was trying it out for 3 years and I finally got into ISAC member!
2.
Sports, like soccer
3.
Singing!
4.
Driving, I always wanted to get a driving license if I had chance. And I think I will go
to have it soon!
5.
My dad, because he always stands up again when he falls down. I really like this
personality because I easily give up.
6.
I think I can make a better decision and think deeply now compared to when I
was 10 because at that moment, I probably wasn’t thinking about my future or other people
before doing something, but now, I try my best to do things which will not affect me and other
people.
7.
I think I will be a person who can understand people, know what to do, make better
decisions, and never giving up even I fail. I think this is a whole different person with me right
now.
Preparing for IB CAS SERVICE Self-Evaluation
1.
Global, especially Philippines’ environmental issue (recycling)
2.
Well, I’ve tried to recycle at the school with Akber’s(?) tetra pack project around
school
3.
About how to reduce the number of not recycled trashes
4.
Definitely not during weekdays because I am busy with school stuffs, but during the
weekends I think around 3 hours.
5.
I want to know how to lead the people and help them to do recycle specially
6.
By doing this, I will be needed to communicate with other people such as students
who will be going to work with me, and the school body
7.
I might have some troubles with students who are working with me, also if our
student body isn’t cooperative, I also will have hard time with this service
8.
Yes, I think young adults would be a good choice because they will have better
understandings with my work or what I really mean and the reason why I am doing it
9.
I would like to last his as long as I can because the longer this lasts, the more
recycled trashes.

NHS Journal #8

On Thursday of this week, My brother, Peter, and Bernice had their Project. Thier project was a concert day that there were about 4 bands involved. A lot of students were part of this project!

I found out that some were our Ushers and some were band members. And of course, NHS members were all involved in this.

I was one of the members who were selling Slushs! I think we sold a lot of them. Maybe, this would be the last day of me selling slushes at school.

I think the Concert went pretty well, except for the start. The performing time was delayed because bands wanted to have some practices before performing but they didn't come early enough.

However, everything else went very well! We didn't have any problems and people were enjoying the time!

I hope everyone had fun.

NHS Journal #7

PROPOSAL SHEET

Objective: __Teach children about hygiene so that they can be prevented from
any kinds of disease. Also, I will provide some Soap, Toothbrush, and Tooth Paste to young children!__

Target/ Population: __Young children iPOCCH__________

Plans:
_____I am planning to go with Simon for the visit to clarify what
they need mostly and how they are living their life. By doing so, I will be able
to really plan on how to teach hygiene to young children. Also, I should look at
the place first to figure out what kind of games would be good to the children.
People Involved: ___I will ask for some of the volunteers from students. Also,
I will group people and let them to teach students about what they will going
to do with students. If possible, I will provide some soaps and toothbrush to
students.___________________

When/ how long: _May 18th. For one day about 3 hours._______

Where: ___POCCH_____

NHS Journal #6

This week is appriciation week. NHS are working on this this year and we have to appriciate teachers, students, BZMs, and some other people who are working at our school.

Things that we were going to do were chosen during our NHS meetings.

For teachers, we decided to provide a lunch and massage.

For BZMs, we also provided food

For students, we gave slush, popcorn, and icecreams. I think everything was working so fine!

However, it was a bit hard for NHS members to do all of these because we were already busy doing other stuff. Also, It was very hot to gve out food to students!

Well, I think everything was fine except for this! Teachers liked their food, students also liked slushs, popcorns and icecream, and NHS members were working hard for this!

I hope everyone had fun in this week!

NHS Journal #5

My slush project is working pretty well! We've earned a lot of money from this project. I am pretty much proud of myself! :)

This month, we have food festival! So, NHS members decided to have some game booths going on that we can also earn money from this. I was in charge of the booth where one of the teachers stay inside the trunk and students throw balls at certain point and hit it to make teachers to fall into the water. This booth was in so much fun because people were cheering for studens to throw the ball fast and accurate that teachers could get wet!

We actually planned to have a dart throwing game booth but this couldn't work because we didn't have anything to paste balloons to the board. So we just decided not to have that booth set up.

I was kind of frustrated during this project because some of the members were actually not working! I couldn't even eat much because I was working at the booth but the others were not working but only hanging out. I'm not sure if they were doing something else but I felt really bad because this is my last food festival!

Anyways, I think this NHS project also went pretty well because we earned a lot of money from it!
I think this can also help for our future projects to have a better quality!

NHS Journal #4

I started my project this January! But, I couldn't be there at first time because I was part of ISAC that I was at Baguio. However, I heard that It went pretty well.

I think this project will last until the end of the year because we will be needing a lot of money for this!

What we are doing for this project is that we made 3 groups we changed the group who sell every week.

Also,we firstly started with only selling once a week but our plan changed to earn some more money. So, we were selling twice a week. Tuesday and Thursday!

I was very happy to see students asking when we are sellingn and buying and liking our slush!

They liked them and the most important thing is that we are selling it in a very cheap price! I think this is one of the reasons why students like our slush.

I am looking forward to earn some more money from this and other projects which are coming up!

NHS Journal #3

Finally I came back from the vacation and we are starting my project, which is slush selling!
We are doing this to make some money for us to pay for some of the needs that will be used for our projects.

PROPOSAL SHEET
Objective: __To earn enough money for the future projects and really help our
students to be part of our NHS projects just by getting some great slush!_
Umbrella: _________________
Target/ Population: _Whole school body_
Plans:
__Firstly, I would get approved from our supervisor and start on my project. I
need to find out the actual date what I would held this project and also figure
out the amount of materials, or even the kinds of materials that I would need
to finish this project successfully. I think asking some of the previous NHS
members about this project would help me a lot to really budget how much
money I would need. Another thing is that I need to ask some of my NHS
members to help be on this project because I would definitly need at least two
members to help be out!____
Estimated Cost: _I have no idea__
People Involved: __Two more NHS members if possible_____________
When/ how long: ___At the end of November if it works out well. If not,
somewhere around feburary. For about 3 days!____
Where: __School atrium or cafeteria___


This is my proposal sheet for this project. As mentioned above, I will have my NHS members to help me and whole school body will be involved! Also, I think this will be very helpful to us because this is the best way fo us to gain money!

I am planning to start this when we come back from the break. I hope everything will turn out so well!

Production Head of the house journal #3

We started to work on the canvas. We will have a main road and there will be small stations which will contain things that happens to Bell when she reaches the Castle.

Thinks worked out pretty well at the first. However, some problems were coming towards us. It needed some more time for us to finish our work. The problem was that we were facing too many problems. When I was gone for APAC practice, the ones who were left couldn't start painting because Mrs. Thompson didnt allow us to use her paint and room. So, my teammates had to go to national bookstore to buy some stuff and also try to find a room where they could work. It was so stressful. I had to think about things that could solve problems , talk to them on the phone and so on.

However, I think these kind of things really paid off! We could finish the painting..well I couldn't be with them anymore because I already left of APAC.

I was so happy to have Felicia to help me because It really made me to feel comfortable on leaving the school and leaving my teammates!

I heard that everything actually went pretty well. I also saw he picture of the finished work and it was really good! :) I am so proud of my teammates and Felicia! <3

Production Head of the House Journal #2

We finally started decorating our Wall. Firstly,we decided to make some roses..but I think it actually doesn't look like rose! We used pink and red but...it looked more like another kind of flower. However, when we posted them, it looked pretty good!

I kind of felt bad to my teammates because I couldnt be with them every single time! It felt like I am giving them work to do but I am not doing them. So, I will do my best to really not make my teammates to feel unfair.

I think we will start drawing next week because canvas that we ordered isn't here yet.

Production Head of the house Journal #1

At first, I was supposed to be the head of the ushers. My role was to decorate the in front of the house and lead people to know their seat during the show. However, I was selected to be part of APAC team that my role changed. I asked help from Felicia to be the head of ushers and I became the head of the house decoration team. Well, people who were working with me were still the same.

When I first talked with Ms. Calimlim, I found out that I had to find some students who can help me to decorate the house but also to guide the audience. So, I selected some students who could really work hard and be part of our team.

After that, I and Ms. Calimlim designed the general look of our wall, which is located at the entrance of the house. She told me what she wants and what she need. So, we came up with a design which could fit into the performance, Beauty and The Beast.

I hope everything would work so fine even if I am planning to leave school during the show days.

Also, I and Felicia is planning on starting the decoration with in next week! So.. I hope everyone will be very cooperative! :)

Production head of the house proposal

CAS Activity Proposal Form
(To be signed by the supervisor)
Answer the pre-planning questions to help you identify your goals for the activity.
(You can use TAB, the ARROW keys, or your mouse to navigate to the necessary fields.)
Student’s
Cindy Kwon
Name
Year
11
Activity Name
12
Date(s) / Duration of Activity
What is my past experience with this activity?
I have been in part of production crew for almost 4 years. I was a video recorder for two years, mic controller for
one year. My last year of production made me to be the head of the house decoration group.
Supervisor’s
Name
Ms. Calimlim
Production crew (Head of the house)
1 month
What new learning or skill do I hope to pick up or develop?
I am not a good artistic person. I can't draw well and also paint well. However, I usually have a lot of ideas on
decorating or drawing. This year, by being the head of this group will allow me to be able to gather ideas and
put it together to make a best in front of the house. Also, this will allow me to have a leadership. In most of the
CAS projects that I've done, the hardest part was to lead people. I believe that having one more chance to lead a
group will definitly help me to get a better skill.

How will this experience be different from that of the past?
Since my role as a production crew was usually based on the technicality, this year's role is totally different from
previous years. I have to be creative and very imaginative to be able to make a big poster to hang it in front of
the house. So, I can say that the way of approaching this project is very different from the one that I did before.

How am I going to know if I am making progress or experiencing growth in this activity?
The best way for me to know if I am making progress is talking to my supervisor. By doing this, I will be aware
of how I am responding to any kind of situations or if I'm hurting anyone by saying some harsh words. Also, the
result of our decoration can tell me how well I lead my group and also motivated them.

Goals What is/are your goal/s for this activity? What do you hope to achieve?
My goals are to really make the people who see the in front of the house to be touched and understand which
are which. Also, I want my group to be very satisfied and be proud of our work.
Impact Who will benefit from this activity? How?
I will benefit because I will be able to learn from this experience. I will have one more chance to lead people and
learn from it.

Timeline Where, how often, and for how long will the activity take place? (specific dates whenever possible)
BISS, for about 1 month, every day