The Wonderment

Jack Gross

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Passing the Torch

I have spoken to a junior at my school and she said she wants to takeover the BoardRoom! This is great news because I wasn’t sure if it would be operational the year I l...

CAS Essay

Identify At the age of 12, when I first arrived at the beach in my new Costa Rican hometown, I immediately noticed that the sand was beautiful and the waves were perfect, but ...

Thank You

Writing my final log, number 52, I feel so grateful for where this program has led me. It has made me an entrepreneur, risk taker and open minded person. Thank you CAS, I hope...

External Environment

Near this shore, I discovered two surf stores. Frijoles Locos is a surf shop that sells brand new surfboards. I bought a new board there for twice the price I paid in Florida....

More Takeaways

I learned how to write business plans and correspondence in both English and Spanish, as well as how to teach younger students and be a community organizer, at The Boardroom. ...

Final Connections

Connections I have in both of my communities facilitated this project and helped kids from all over the community to get exercise, gain increased access to opportunities, find...

End Reflection

Making a project that benefits a community or group is what CAS means. This is necessary because it is a fantastic method for students to create a project based on their passi...

Open-mindedness

Throughout my CAS project project I was involved with other local businesss themselves. Open-mindedness was the key to getting a diversity of ideas, which made our working tog...

Adaptability

Adaptability isn’t something I possessed to a high degree when I was young living in Florida. When I moved to Costa Rica, I struggled badly at first. I wasn’t used...

Images from laFeria workshop!

Future Takeaways

The Boardroom taught me how to write business plans and correspondence in both English and Spanish, to teach younger students, and to be a community organizer. It has also t...

Grade 12 Reflection pt. 2

Instead of hosting the club, I engaged my community in other ways. I focused on receiving donations, and the rental part of the project. I even developed my own sustainable, l...

Grade 12 Reflection

As this project was formed during the peak of the pandemic, I had to work around many obstacles, and persevere through them. An important one is the restructuring of my goals....

Workshops

I hosted a community workshop to teach kids how to build and assemble skateboards and how to skate, with the resources I gained from these connections. I got a lot of engageme...

Global Connection

Connections I have in both of my communities facilitated this project and helped kids from all over the community to get exercise, gain increased access to opportunities, find...

Observed Challenges Leading to the Project

I found two surf shops close to this beach. 1 – Frijoles Locos sells brand new surfboards. I bought a new board there, the price double what I was used to in Florida. 2 ...

Changes and Obstacles

This was the field I wanted to work in, but finding a solution to such a massive problem was difficult. My first goal was to create an organic, locally sourced, and environmen...

Perspective

Growing up in Florida, I surfed every day, and saw many different faces; however, in Costa Rica, only tourists and expats filled the beach. Why? As I connected more with my ne...

Why the BoardRoom?

I feel like my main reason why I felt like I needed to tackle the issue I was aiming at, is because it was something I felt needed to be looked at in my community from the day...

More collaborations (affiliate marketing)!

My classmate Brian has been selling his bags through the Board Room area for a while now. Recently, we’ve been going to the local fair called Feria Lapaz, to teach peopl...

You Choose Entry!

Perseverance throughout this project has been a consistent quality of mine. Not only did I end up changing my original project idea, but I have had to navigate the troubles of...

Summer Log 3

INSTAGRAM! I was excited to see the @ssboardroom instagram finally growing within the community, and expanding to others as well. I have spent quite some time trying to spread...

Summer Log 2

I am very proud of the success i’ve had in creating the Board Room into what it is today. Over the summer vacation, the only thing on my mind regarding this CAS project ...

Summer Log 1

Going into Summer Vacation I had made the Board Rooms official Instagram. Through this, I was able to contact BlockSkateSupply, who then donated hemlets, boards, hardware and ...

Stakeholder Conflict Matrix

Stakeholders: Ms. Amy Parents IB Classmates Involved School (consumers) Potential Investors (donators) Block Skate Other Providers Values: To create a space where students can...

Lego Creativety!

Today in class we needed to make something out of legos, that represented our CAS project. To me, the board room represents my project, so I built a room with windows, a door,...

The Next 10 Weeks

Today, I have updated and recreated my Wonderment timeline. During this, I learned what specific steps I need to take, to achieve future steps and goals. For example, somethin...

Focus Journal Entry

During one of our business classes, we had an assignment where we had to choose an activity to help us focus. The one I chose was exercising your body. “Not only can you...

Achieving the Greater Goal

When I’ve had a clear goal for this project in the past, it could be overwhelming at times, but no matter what it would always feel good and rewarding when I achieved th...

Initiative and Planning

Last week, I hosted my soft open for the board room. There were no checkouts or purchases, but a decent amount of people gathered and took a look around. Just today, I publish...

“Providing the tools for shredding without restraints.”

The new mission statement “providing the tools for shredding without restraints,” belonging to the Board Room summarizes the main objective of this project. These ...

Looking Forward

With my project changing and morphing as the year passed, it has turned into something bigger than I initially planned. Going forward I plan on making more connections with ex...

Accomplishments Trimester 2 Grade 11

This trimester has definitely been my best for progress related to my CAS project. Cleaned room. The shack is clean. Set up supplies. Boards are on the rack and ready t...

Motivation and Progress

I have been in and out of finding motivation for myself during this project, and a good way to stay motivated is through steady consistent progression. I have finished cleanin...

Kanban Chart

I was unable to upload an image of my Kanban Chart, so I have made an accessible link to a google doc with both the image and my journal entry. https://docs.google.com/documen...

Thinking and Self Management

I have taken a few days to think about the next steps, and plan on what I will do to push my CAS project along the right track. To start off, I need a usable product that can ...

Momentum

Maintaining my current momentum in this CAS project will take persistence. Because the changes I made for my new ideas, the planning phase is freshly over, therefore the ideas...

New Project

Over my time working in CAS, I have self reflected and overcame many challenges. One that I have been facing recently is finding passion for my surf wax project. The solution ...

Risk Description

My project comes with many risks. Someone rents a faulty board. Someone gets injured while renting a board. Risk with surfing as a part of the surf club. Risk with skating as ...

Risk Management

This is my CAS Risk Management sheet, which explains my main risks, whos affected, the risk rating and what needs to be completed to minimize the risk. There are quite a bit o...

Planning for the Future

Over the break, I have had time to re evaluate my CAS project. I have added and changed goals, and what I want my project to represent as a whole. I am still planning on exper...

Skills

Patience – This is important when forming a business or CAS project. After a long period of time, both due to problems on my side and factors out of my control, I have f...

Global Conversation

https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_protect/—protrav/—travail/documents/publication/wcms_747961.pdf This article talks about the loss of jobs due to...

Challenges

New Challenges – As I have said before, contacting local business is much harder than I had originally thought and assumed. A new challenge that has come up for me is f...

What am I Proud of?

This week, I worked on making new connections, and searching for new Bees Wax sellers. I made a connection with a new organization that I think can really help me. What I am m...

Looking forward journal entry

In around 2 weeks, I plan on hosting a "lab" at the Lapaz Community school. I need to gather enough products for everyone who attends, and get permission from the administrati...

Goal for the Trimester

My goal for this trimester is to finish my proto-type on my sustainable organic surf wax. In these three weeks so far I have worked on getting NEW materials from different org...

First Steps I have Taken

The steps I have taken so far to achieve my end goal within my CAS project are as follows: Researching the most effective and bio healthy surf wax formulas. Contacting multipl...

Journal Entry

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...

Plan of Action

To execute my plan posted on the timeline for summer break, I plan to do multiple things. Keep a relationship with my current suppliers, and try to branch out to more. Stay in...

USP and Differentiation

My piers gave me and idea for both my USP and differentiation points. I will be comparing them to the ideas of my own, and taking pointers from the ones I was given. Jack: Luc...

Questions

Video: 1.What is your question? What harm have we been unconscionably been causing the environment? 2.What is the emotion that you are bringing out of the viewer? A want for c...

Keeping Our Environment Safe!

There are ways we can do what we love sustainably. Chemicals that some surf wax puts into the ocean is not safe for our environment, which is why we need a solution.

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Community Interviews

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