Summer of CAS

Summer can be a great time to take on a new CAS project. Here are some ideas of activities that you can do independently. For each activity, I will explain how you must document your involvement so that the activity can be included in your CAS portfolio.

Photo-A-Day Challenge - lots of info and inspiration on the internet HERE and HERE.
 - You must create a tumblr, Instagram, blogspot blog, scrapbook, where you collect the photos that you take. You must write comments on at least 10 photos about why you took that photo or what you liked/didn't like about the photo. YOU MUST TAKE at least 1 photo EVERY DAY!
Pick any subject that interests you or think of subject that relates to global issues like this one.

Create a Video - In order for this to be a CAS project, you have to improve your video editing skills and stretch yourself creatively. Here are some examples of students' CAS projects at other schools: http://bisbcas.blogspot.com/2011/08/unusual-creativity-projects.html
Stop Motion videos can be really cool: http://mashable.com/2010/05/29/stop-motion-videos/
This online movie editing application looks awesome: http://www.magisto.com/

Cooking Blog - Start a cooking blog and set a goal for how many posts you do. For example, you could set your goal of cooking 4 things and writing a blog post for each item that you cook. You should research a few cooking blogs to see different styles. You could look up recipes of foods that you want to cook and then post pictures of the cooking process and the finished product along with commentary on how you cooked it. You could ask a parent or other family member to teach you to cook some foods and document the experience with photos and commentary. Here are some great cooking blogs to give you inspiration.
http://www.saveur.com/article/blog/2013-Best-Food-Blog-Awards-Winners

And some of my personal favorites:
http://www.101cookbooks.com/
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/
http://smittenkitchen.com/

Here are a couple of korean cooking blogs:
http://www.beyondkimchee.com/
http://bapstory.blogspot.com/

Here is a Filipino cuisine blog
http://blog.junbelen.com/tag/filipino-food/

Here is some general advice and tips of taking pics of food:
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/shoot-first-eat-later

Final Reflections Help Session

CONSIDERED THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF YOUR ACTIONS

Choose ONE of your SERVICE activities from the past two years. Reflect on how your involvement in the activity relates to the following quote. Title this reflection "the ethical implications of (name of service activity)".

"Doing good is not about doing something, it's about doing the right thing." *

Alternatively, this quote could be modified to:

"Service is not about doing something, it's about doing the right thing." or
"Serving is not about serving in some way, it's about serving in the right way."

Questions to help you:

• Did you do good? What good?
• How do you determine whether you did good or not?
• What does sustainability have to do with it?
• Was your service project sustainable?
• What could you do differently in the future? 
• What is you biggest critique of the service project? 

*This quote is taken from the article "North Korea Won't Be Liberated in a Day" by Mike Deri Smith, published on themorningnews.org. It is in reference to criticisms of the the viral KONY video campaign of 2012. 

For Brent Diploma CAS Students:

Write a final reflection that answers the following question. Which CAS activity/ies has/have helped me to grow the most and how?

  

Upcoming CAS Activities - PROPOSALS!

For all possible CAS activities, you must be able to show how this, for you, is a new experience, a personal challenge and provides opportunity for growth in the learning outcomes.

- CREATIVITY -
Brent's Got Talent
Chapel Choir
Brent Day Production

- ACTION -
Boys Basketball
Girls Football
Cross Training Fitness Club - See Mr. Nichols.
Girls Tennis Club - See Mr. Wright.
Yoga - Taking a Yoga class could be a great way to survive your last semester and get mentally prepared for IB exams.
Hiking - 'Tis the season for hiking Mt. Pulag (or any other mountains in the Cordillera region)

- SERVICE -
Brent ICT Outreach Service Club - Come teach practical technology skills to disadvantaged youth in our community. Share your school's resources with those who don't have the same opportunity to access and practice technology use.

White Coats on Every Kid - Come teach fun and engaging science experiments to disadvantaged kids in our community. You will learn a lot about being a better communicator and teacher and you will have the opportunity to help kids see that school, learning, and science are FUN!

Community Service Club