The Wonderment

Melanie_UD

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OPPORTUNITIES

Cepia-Boston Exhange Project

This project consists in providing two Cepia students of low resources, the opportunity to travel to Boston, Massachusetts, where they will enjoy many activities, get to exper...

SERVICE

Now the good part of my break!!!!! The trip!!! The trip was amazing in very way. Although we had to take 3 different airplanes and didn’t get there till 2 am we still had a ...

ACTIVITY!

This break I have been working out and playing soccer a lot! I know I say this a lot jajaja but I did play a lot of soccer during break. I also trained some days at school and...

CREATIVTY

This break was our BOSTON trip!!! It was amazing and I am so proud of all the hard work Ashley and I put into it. However, I will be talking more about the trip in my service ...

GETTING THERE!

The past couple of weeks have been crucial for the Cepia- Boston project. Over the course of these 2 weeks, Ashley and I have worked extremely hard to fundraise the mon...

TICKETS

MY CAS EXPERIENCE

The past weeks have been very stressful for Ashley and me, we have encountered many obstacles and have managed to overcome them. One and maybe the most important obstacle was ...

PLAN & INITIATE

Planning Timeline October 8————-Speak to Amy S see if she wants to chaperone October 10———- Tea Party Logistics solved/announcement...

Stakeholder Map

Plan Of communication: USA Embassy: Our plan of communication for this high power low-interest stakeholder is to be very formal in both in the meeting part, as well as the l...

Factual Journal Entry

As time goes by we keep getting closer to the trip dates! The past couple of weeks, Ashley and I have finished the visa forms, set up a date for the visa appointment, met the ...

Kindness and smiles

I pursue and find peace in smiling and small gestures of kindness. I truly believe in the golden rule: ''Treat others the way you want to be treated'' I love showing kindness ...

By Melanie_UD

Costa Rica

Soccer!

I empowered girls in my community through sports. I am the captain of La Paz high Girls soccer team, and I have to constantly motivate the team to try their best. Motivating a...

By Melanie_UD

Costa Rica

PATH QUESTIONS

What changes do you believe would make the world a better place? This question encourages others to talk about the issues we touch on with this project which are many s...

CREATIVITY

This break, I have been mainly focusing on activity. However, in some aspects of my break, I have had to use my creative skills. As I mentioned in the previous journal entry I...

Dreams Come True—-> National Stadium

Coaches Pao and Francis

La Paz Girls Soccer Team

ACTIVITY!

This break has been inspiring in so many ways for me, have done a lot of reflection about my future and what I want to do with my life after La Paz and my soccer career. The...

LA PAZ ADVENTURE CAMP

CAMP

Service!

Service seems to only revolve around helping others and doing something good in the community. But no one really mentions that by doing this you grow, learn and mature ...

Saying Thank You

´´When we fail to acknowledge or dismiss the contributions of others, regardless how big or small, we miss an opportunity to strengthen the core of our community; the value ...

Asking For Help

Asking For Help

See many people say it’s easy to ask for help. They say you just need to ask and not overthink it too much. They say the chances of someone saying yes is higher than those w...

Yearbook

Yearbook

Factual Entry

The past 4 weeks, we focused mainly on the yearbook project since it was soon to be done and we were still missing some details. For example, some of our pages had too much wr...

Overwhelmed

CAS is not only about our projects. It’s also about us and our growth as students and humans. CAS is an opportunity to reflect on the impact you are making in the world but ...

Dancing

Dancing Club

In the 13 years, I have been in La Paz there have been rarely any school clubs. This is why Miss Audrey our College and Career Prep teacher asked us to come up with a club ide...

Yearbook

Yearbook

Risk Management Chart 3

Risk Management Chart 3

Risk Management Chart 2

Risk Management Chart 1

Get Ready Becuase Here We Come!

Risks. In our projects, there are many risks we need to take in consideration. Honestly, in the beginning, we knew the huge risk we were taking. We knew the responsibility and...

Ethics

Back at it like we never left! We are back in school, and this means we have much work to get done. Over the break, we finished the portraits and to finish other pages we were...

Activity/service

This break has been amazing in many ways. Not only have I been able to spend time with my family, spend time with friends, have some alone time, sleep, and work. This break ha...

Creativity!

Writing. This has been pretty much all I´ve done in break, before bedtime. Who knows me, knows writing is what defines me, it’s what I love to do. I started writing in ...

Writing

Writing. This has been pretty much all I´ve done in break, before bedtime. Who knows me, knows writing is what defines me, it’s what I love to do. I started writing in ...

Writing

CREATIVITY: Writing. This has been pretty much all I´ve done in break, before bedtime. Who knows me, knows writing is what defines me, it’s what I love to do. I started...

Writing

CREATIVITY: Writing. This has been pretty much all I´ve done in break, before bedtime. Who knows me, knows writing is what defines me, it’s what I love to do. I started...

Writing!

CREATIVITY: Writing. This has been pretty much all I´ve done in break, before bedtime. Who knows me, knows writing is what defines me, it’s what I love to do. I started...

Progress

Progress!

Progress. My new favorite word. Progress means moving forward or moving towards a final destination. The funny thing about progress is that it doesn’t happen immediately...

Egocentricity

Egocentricity

´´Too much egocentricity and selfishness are showing in our world. Humans need to make a major shift of consciousness to stop harming ourselves and our planet. ´´ Egocentr...

Best Colleague Ever!

“None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.” – Mother Teresa Bo...

Coffee House

What Is Something I Am Proud Of?

I have always loved music and singing. When I was younger, I always dreamed of becoming a singer along with both my siblings Emily and Joustinne. I used to take singing lesson...

Areas For Growth

Areas For Growth

‘’Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.Vulnerability is not weakness; it&#...

Area Of Growth

Area Of Growth

This week has been challenging in many aspects. Especially in the organization and planning part of our projects. However, it has also been hard to communicate and elaborate o...

Project Goals

This trimester is big for our projects, and we definitely have many goals. Starting off, this trimester is the trimester in which we have to work the hardest and it’s more t...

Goals

Goals

My life revolves around many life goals and dreams I have, but a goal without a plan is only a dream. This new year I set many goals for myself, and I have been making sure to...

Santa Grams

Starting Of Strong

Break has been a wonderful time to stop and really think where we want to go with our projects. Last trimester we made 2 very successful fundraising activities which all stude...

Sunset

Activity!

The simple word that means to do something. Doing something can be applied to any aspect of life, we take action in our daily lives, whether it is to simply stand and make you...

Portal

Creativity!

Creativity is everywhere. It is in the way we act, it’s in our imagination, it’s in the way we perceive things, most importantly it’s within each person. We ...

Duty Etichs

Duty ethics. What is it? Duty ethics is to follow rules and obey orders depending on what our duty is. This teaches that if someone acts the wrong or right way they do it beca...

Yearbook Video Storyboard

Video Storyboard!

* How will you give insight into your project? Through words? Through images? Through interviews? We are giving insight to our project by the use of words, images and also int...

Planning

Santa Grams And Tournament

For the past two weeks, Ashley and I have done a lot of reflexion and thinking. We have focussed mainly on our plans before the break. In our yearbook meetings, we have had a ...

Planning And Initiating

¨Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still¨ -Chinese Proverb Have you ever planned something that didn’t go how you expected? Have you ever fel...