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Benjamin Genga

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What did you learn about yourself through this activity, and what attitudes, abilities and values have you developed?

Throughout the journey of two years, I have been focusing on painted and reusing old skateboards in order to facilitate the resources for my community. Not only did I accompli...

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What did you do in this activity and how did you interact with others?

A huge advantage that played a big role in my cas project was that interacting with others was easy in year two of cas because all I had to do was skateboard with kids. In my ...

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How succesful were you in achiving your goal?

Overall I can confidently say I did a good job in helping my community with the resources for skateboarding. I can say that I helped many kids with new skateboards and even di...

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Cas night

CAS night was amazing, all cas students had a space to share with the members of the community their project and mission. Cas night was very successful because I got a chance ...

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Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively

Students are able to identify, demonstrate and critically discuss the benefits and challenges of collaboration gained through CAS experiences. During these two years of hard w...

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Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance

Students are able to identify and demonstrate their understanding of global issues, make responsible decisions, and take appropriate action in response to the issue either loc...

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Outside school

Spending time with my community motivates me to improve as a person and continue with my project. Checking in with my community helps me locate myself and what I can do to imp...

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Skateboarding event

The skateboarding event went successful! We organized a skateboarding event where kids can come and learn how to skate and paint skateboards. We received a lot of feedback on ...

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Tell the world what have you been doing!

I have been working on painting skateboards and giving them away. On the 24th of November, we are going to have an event where you can come and enjoy the feria and learn to sk...

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Environmental art

This is my art project for my HL art class and it has to do with environmental art. For this project, I included my community to draw circles on this huge tree branch that loo...

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Obstacles to Overcome

Before I start to customize a skateboard I have to sand the skateboards so I can prepare them for customizing. This week my sanding machine broke and I was stuck. I started to...

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Next steps

Last week I gave away a skateboard to one of the kids in my community that needed one. For the next two weeks, I'm going to be focusing on customizing two new skateboards so I...

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Giving away skateboards

This weekend I’m going to be donating a skateboard to a kid in my community. MJ is a kid from the Philippians and he is 12 years old. MJ spends most of his time at the s...

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Global issue importance

How do I make sure that the work that I did endures? Is my project sustainable? Skateboards are not going to last forever just like everything, the skateboards I paint are old...

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Learning outcomes and evidence

Work collaboratively – Who did I work with? What was the outcome? Was it positive? Was there something that we could have worked on? Communication/timing, etc.? I worked...

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Core Values

What are the core values that you have that inspired you to start your CAS project? Name them and explain how they connect to your project. The main core value that inspired m...

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Planning the future

Where am I today and what do I need to do for the next 3 weeks? To this day I have completed many costume skateboards, I have been talking to many people to get my project out...

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Back to school

Starting school with many ideas on my mind, "The board room" and my cas project are brainstorming the idea of an event. The event consists of an art and skating day where you ...

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Coustume Skateboard

This is the costume skateboard I finished over summer, this skateboard will be donated to Jack and his cas project. Jack's cas project consists of a "Board room" where he supp...

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Summer Work / Cas tips

Summer During summer I have been enjoying my time but at the same time looking for new ways to expand my creativity, I have used the trait of open-minded because I learned a n...

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Show and

What did you do to work on your project? I have been customizing a skateboard during my time at home, this skateboard is going to the board room, the board room is a place whe...

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Lego Cas project creation

In cas today we did our cas project as a lego creation, in my lego world I created a skatepark where you can find kids skateboarding and lunch area, and much more. This connec...

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Show and tell

What did you do to work on your project? Lately, I have been focusing on creating new designs and looking for skateboard donations so I can help. How did you move it forward? ...

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Focus energy

Focus energy is something that helps you concentrate and improve your work, there are certain exercises which you can do to improve your focus. I choose to meditate, meditatin...

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Learning Outcome

If I felt overwhelmed, what did I do to overcome that feeling? This feeling is something that many people get, I experience this feeling when I had to continue my work and als...

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May, summary

During May I have been focusing on a couple of projects, one of my projects was also contributing to one of my classmate’s CAS projects because I offered to paint his lo...

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Story, Mission statement

My story will have a big impact on the skateboarding community because kids that don’t have the chance to skateboard will have the chance to start this awesome sport. My pro...

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What did I accomplish this trimester.?

What was the sum of your CAS experience this trimester? This trimester I have been focused on the painting of the skateboards. I’m currently finishing a skateboard that ...

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Motivation

I feel most energized and motivated when I do sports, this means I can connect this to my art and stay motivated. My cas project is something that I really enjoy doing so I wi...

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Activities Journal Entry

During this trimester I did a lot of outside activities always keeping a balance. Some activities I did were skateboarding, surfing, speed fishing, soccer and exercise. This w...

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Journal entry

Thinking – (creative, critical, transfer) Thinking is one of the most important things about my cas project, thinking to help me organize, create and plan my next moves....

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Journal entry “Momentum”

Momentum. Get a mentor who is two steps ahead of you. Getting a mentor can be very useful because there are parts in my project that can become very difficult and I can get lo...

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Costume Desing #2

This skateboard was inspired by the artist Keith Haring.

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costume Design

This skateboard was inspired by the avatar

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risk management table

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Q&A

How did I feel before I took on the new challenge? I felt nervous because I didn’t know if my skills were enough to accomplish this challenge, after some practice and co...

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Covid-19

1. What is the meaning of CAS to you? Why is it something that is required by the IB and the MEP? Why did you choose to do your project? What resources are available to help y...

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Raising money

To start my project I’m going to start making raising money, something I learned from the articles is that financing a project can have a big impact. That’s why I&...

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Words that describe…

This image compares to the words that I used to describe it. Some words are skating, sunset, silhouette, peaceful, colorful, mountain, energetic. etc

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Skateboards

Hi, I'm Benjamin Genga and I am a skateboard designer. I'm from Costa Rica and I decided to combine my two strengths (skating & art) and create my own costume skateboards....

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Thinking about how every experience has taught us something even when it comes to dirty jobs is interesting. Dirty jobs teach us much more that we think, makes us analyze the ...

By Benjamin Genga

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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Learn to skate!

My project is to create skateboards with my own designs and engage the community to learn how to skateboard. This image represents the possibilities you can reach by taking a ...

By Benjamin Genga

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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Benjamin Genga

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Business / Cas connection

What skills did cas teach me that I can apply for the future.

Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience.

Experimenting with photoshop.

Art exhibition

Assisting other cas projects.

My passion

Staying active

Staying active

Boston trip

What would you do next time?

What would you do next time?

Cas / Night of the arts

What did you learn about yourself through this activity, and what attitudes, abilities and values have you developed?

What did you do in this activity and how did you interact with others?

How succesful were you in achiving your goal?

Cas night

Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively

Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance

Outside school

Skateboarding event

Tell the world what have you been doing!

Environmental art

Obstacles to Overcome

Next steps

Giving away skateboards

Global issue importance

Learning outcomes and evidence

Core Values

Planning the future

Back to school

Coustume Skateboard

Summer Work / Cas tips

Show and

Lego Cas project creation

Show and tell

Focus energy

Learning Outcome

May, summary

Story, Mission statement

What did I accomplish this trimester.?

Motivation

Activities Journal Entry

Journal entry

Journal entry “Momentum”

Costume Desing #2

costume Design

risk management table

Q&A

Covid-19

Raising money

Words that describe…

Skateboards

Liked it!

Learn to skate!

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