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Kenyaya

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Kenya CAS project

Perseverance and commitment

Something I have worked on for the past 18 months is sewing, more specifically I have been working with Good Vibes to help them put on Wicked the musical. I helped backstage d...

CAS Night take 2

Isa and I will be making a booth about our neurodiversity project since the Mascaradas event is pretty much finished. We will talk about the money we made and what we used it ...

Journal entry progress

After our Dia de Mascaradas event, I’m not fully sure how to continue. I think that I want to pick back up on the Neurodivergence project and maybe do more talks with th...

Dia de Mascaradas event

This Friday was the Día de las Mascaradas event. We went to each of the campuses to let the students know and we created flyers to spread online as well as on the walls of th...

Obstacles

So far during this project I have had quite a few obstacles, one is my struggle with organization. I have a lot of trouble with keeping my thoughts and ideas together as well ...

ATL’s

The approaches to learning that I think I am using most while working on my project are communication skills and self-management skills. I struggle with self management a lot ...

Summer activity

For my activity this summer, I took sailing lessons to freshen up on my knowledge. I had taken one years ago to learn, but at this point I was really rusty and it was probably...

Summer creativity

Over summer I spent a few days in my backyard on a picnic blanket painting with my cousins and siblings. We set up towels and blankets on our lawn and brought out sketchbooks,...

Motivation

The motivation theory that I believe works best for me is Herzberg’s theory. His theory is that employee satisfaction is affected by two things, hygiene factors such as ...

Field trip

Recently a class from a school in Boston visited us to see how we do IB differently from them and together we went on a field trip to plant 140 trees in a field. We all worked...

Creativity

What does it mean to be creative? I think being creative is to add your own touch to things, whether it be making something or decorating. What is your favorite way to express...

Planning and Initiating

What are the goals of your project? Our most recent goals are to buy fidget toys and give them to the BEST team to distribute when needed. We also have to ask for a letter fro...

Global Significance

How do you make a difference in your community? I am trying to make a difference in the way people see other neurodivergent people and neurodivergence as a whole. I am also ra...

What makes me excited about my project

Why is this project important to you? This project is extremely important to me because it allows me to share my experiences with other people at my school. I am so appreciati...

Movie Night

Isa and I partnered up with our classmates to organize a movie night for the younger kids at our school. We organized this event to raise money for buying fidget toys and we s...

What is happening in my project?

For the past two weeks, I have been planning a movie night for the younger grades to raise money for the BEST team. This past week, we have been going to classes and morning m...

Planning and Initiating

Planning our presentation: For the planning process of my presentation, I felt like it went okay. We could have improved on the communication aspect however. When we presented...

CAS quote

Which quote resonates with your reasoning for choosing your CAS project? I think this quote best fits my CAS project because the purpose of it is to help other neurodivergent ...

Night of the Arts

What is your CAS project and how is it helping the community? My CAS project is split into two halves. The first half is what Isa and I just accomplished, that was educating o...

Taking on new challenges

When thinking about your challenges, what are your successes/challenges? My biggest success right now was my meeting with mr. Mathew, we went over our presentation and added a...

Show and Tell Journal Entry

Isa and I have been working on a slides presentation rough draft that is going to have everything we want to teach to our peers. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lkMo7a...

Creative Field Trip Journal Entry

What connections did I find with areas outside of Guanacaste? The art piece I worked on was from a 12th grader named Stephannie, her work was based on a story about a woman wh...

True Colors Log

Explain, what did you take away from reflecting on your own personal color style and that of others in the group? I found that we all behaved pretty similarly, especially when...

Mentor journal entry

For my CAS project I want to help out students who will be working with the B.E.S.T. team so for my mentor I am thinking of asking one of their members. I don’t think ...

My CAS GANTT Chart

A GANTT Chart is a graphical representation that is used in project management. It is a good visual aid to show you where you are versus where you should be. Making this GANTT...

Week 2 journal entry

How are you feeling at the beginning of the project? Describe your feelings and how you are using strategies to manage them. I am feeling really excited, this is a topic tha...

My CAS plan

What is the ultimate goal? To have informed staff and students on neurodivergence and raise money for the school’s BEST team for the Barton program. What steps need to b...

My summer activity

Over the summer we had to move houses which meant a lot of packing and going forth and back. While unpacking at our new house I realized our new pool had some animals in it. I...

My summer service

Over the summer my family and I have donated a lot of our clothes that either don't fit us or we don't have use for anymore. We donate a lot of it to other families of La Paz ...

My summer Creative activity

During the last week or so of summer I wanted to make a dress out of a fabric I recently got and I used another dress as my template. I changed some aspects of it but used the...

July 3 Journal Entry

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 you ...

Mission Statements

Our class mission statement is to take initiative of our educational opportunities. We strive to motivate our peers as well as ourselves. My personal mission statement is to e...

Speed Dating Activity

Round 1 My feedback from Charly- Good idea, helps the community with poverty Don’t teach how to make masks because covid will end soon probably. How will I get money for the...

SWOT Analysis

Sewing CAS project log 1

For my CAS project I plan on teaching women the basics of sewing and how to sew simple items that they would be able to sell. My vision for this is to try to help people in po...

The bodice

This week I worked on sewing the bodice pieces together, I messed up a couple of times and we had to made sure it fit me correctly so there was a lot of sewing, pinning, tryin...

The bodice

I'm really proud of how the skirt turned out so far, because it is really fluffy and once I finish it and put on a hoop skirt underneath it's going to be much poofier. This we...

Starting the Skirt

This week I cut out pieces for the skirt and bodice. I had to got o the fabric store and get thread and some fabric lining and this week I’ll be focusing on the bodice s...

Starting the dress

I have my fabric which means I've got all my supplies ready. I am going to start measuring and cutting out the pattern pieces on Wednesday. One challenge that I'll have to ove...

My interview

What is your driving question? Uncertain. Why is it meaningful to you? To have more experience in sowing. What is the final piece that you will present to the public at th...

The shift part two

This week went really well, I used a seam ripper to make holes in the shift for the sleeves and I sewed the sleeves to it. I had to try it on a couple of times with pins befor...

The shift

For this last week I had a lot of motivation to start my sewing, I wanted to get the shift done as quickly as possible so I could start on the actual dress. I watched a lot of...

What CAS means to me

By Kenyaya

Costa Rica