Alex's CAS Journey | My extra-curricular activities at OSC

Gecko Net-Gecko Times posts for Gecko Inc. #Creativity #Service

The article was written and published in Gecko times: ttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q_Xzq3tWaqBMZhmfsvu03Dt0K29yIklWovN–w6H1_o/edit. There you can see additional images and more! Here are 2 excerpts from the article. Gecko Inc. service group welcomed Vidyaloka school students to our school to teach them basic swimming skills last week, November 23. The visiting students and our service members had a…

Tissl and Saisa Swimming 2023

Saisa is a high school varsity athletic conference across top international schools in the Middle East and South Asia. Tissl is a high school varsity athletic conference across top international schools in Sri Lanka. (400 freestyle relay podium picture) Saisa Swimming was an exhilarating experience. I had been training for months leading up to the…

Making a Gecko Net Saisa podcast video

The Gecko Net team, including me, produced our first video for the OSC Gecko Net podcast. The video is about how Osc’s Saisa captains are preparing for the upcoming tournaments, and how Saisa season 1 has been for Osc as an experience so far. Here’s the final video: Enjoy!!!

My Unforgettable Experience at ISTA TaPS Singapore 2023

In early October, a small group of 9 individuals from the Overseas School of Colombo including myself, set off on a journey to Dulwich College in Singapore to engage in various theater workshops. As an IB DP Theatre student, my journey at ISTA TaPS Perspectives in Singapore was nothing short of extraordinary. This unique program…

DoE practice trip to Welligama

(Photo credits, borderlands staff) After three long days of sea kayaking, cooking, and learning how to camp and survive in nature. I now feel well-prepared for the doe exhibition at Kalpitya. There were experiences in both activity and service in this experience. As for activity, the trials of running around, and sea kayaking, with sore…

Upcoming swimming competitions

: Saisa and Tissl swim training has been an ongoing process August-November 2023 Students will be working towards earning a place in a 30-swimmer team that will travel to the SAISA competition at the American International School of Chennai, India Nov 1-5. They will be expected to practice 3 times per week and work to…

Service reports from the first month with gecko net

Gecko net reports: In the last 3 weeks I have interviewed multiple service groups and asked them to join a new podcast hosted by Gecko Net, this podcast’s goal is to help bring awareness and strength to the OSC community. I found out what each and every service is doing, and the next step is…

My Dp orientation experience

During DP orientation we did many activities all revolving around courage, compassion, and curiosity. There I also learned skills and engaged in activities. Among some were rafting, jumping, swimming, canyoning, hiking, socializing, playing card games, etc. Overall it was a great experience that really helped kick-start my DP journey. (Via I. Lockwood) The DP orientation…

CAS Goals

Creativity: Gecko Net – Media Content Creation, work experience Goal: For creativity, I plan to improve at basic media and content skills, through both Gecko Net and other mediums such as blogging/content creation. With Gecko Net we will make and broadcast content such as productions, Siasa’s, etc. The point of this is to bring a…