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

Peaks and Pains -Geography IA

Last week my Geography class went on our IA trip, which aimed for us to collect data to use in our IA written reports. In all the previous years the past classes went to Sinharaja Rainforest, but this year we switched it up and went to Amba Estate. I had never been to Amba before…

Supporting the Swim Gala

Saturday April 27th, Gecko Ink (a service at OSC) hosted a Swim Gala to encourage the younger swimmers to get excited for the upcoming season in the Fall. They had a few events for kids from 1st to 10th grade to join in on; 25 m Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke 50 m Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke 100…

Buckets and Back Aches (SAISA Basketball 2024)

This year SAISA girls basketball was hosted in Muscat Oman at The American International School of Muscat (TAISM). Our flight was very early in the morning on Wednesday which ment we basically had an all-nighter to get to Oman. Thankfully I slept through the 3 ½ hour flight to Muscat from Colombo. This year, eight…

Brushstrokes in B’desh (SAISA Art 2024)

Two weeks ago I traveled with the OSC team to Bangladesh to participate in SAISA Art. SAISA Art is quite different from all the other athletic SAISA’s, where instead of competing we do workshops and learn about the diverse art scene in the host country we are in. This year a few workshops took place…

Stinky Stenches and Redeeming Rubbish

Last Friday a few students and I went to visit two waste management plants in our community. Viridis Recycling Plant: This was the first place we went to. Here they take in plastic, sort them and process it to sell. They take in plastic and pay people Rs.70 per kg. They first weigh the amount of…

Pedals and Paths: WWW The Middle Way

I’ve always wanted to do the infamous cycling Week Without Walls (WWW) trip since I was younger, so for my last trip I decided to do it. This trip tested me physically, biking everyday was very tiring and I’ve never done anything like it before, but I’m very proud of myself with how I did. …

A very Rainy DP Science Trip

The group 4 project this year was in Sinharaja rainforest and took place from December 11th to 13th. The first day we set off from school and it took about 2 hours to get to Sinharaja. After a short 40 minute hike we got to our lodge and had lunch. Right after we got…

End of Semester- Service Update

My last entry for service, we were trying to find ways to teach the SOS kids key words to help when we go swimming, such as; go to the wall, don’t jump, kick, stop, etc.. Since then We have done pretty okay with that but a major improvement we have done is running the swim…

Starting Art Club: My Goals + Progress

Goals for this quarter: For the second quarter I’ve signed up for art club to keep up with doing art outside of my assignments for school. I plan to use the session every week to focus on exploring art techniques I’ve never done before or practice on ones I like but don’t have a lot…

A Tough Season: Post SAISA Swimming Competition

SAISA is an international sports competition between 10 different schools in (mostly) south Asia. For the SAISA Swimming competition this year 7 schools participated including; The Overseas School of Colombo, Sri Lanka (OSC), Lincoln School, Kathmandu Nepal (LS), The American School of Bombay, India (ASB), The American International School of Chennai, India (AISC), The American…