“Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.” – Daniel Bell Every semester, our school hosts a Tech Talk for the parents of our students. Its main objective is to keep the parents updated with the technological advancements happening because our school life is largely based on tech use. This time, our…
Trinity College London Keyboards Theory
I took upon the challenge of learning music theory, something I’ve never done before. The group 6 subject I’ve chosen for my DP years is Chemistry and this way, I wasn’t completely in touch with my creative side. So, I decided to do music outside of school. Starting theory was a bit of a challenge…
VISUAL ARTS 2018
“Creativity takes courage” -Henri Matisse For Semester 1 Creativity- I had chosen to do Visual Arts. The reason why I chose to do it was because it has always intrigued me but I’ve never been good at it and also, I do Chemistry. I really wanted to learn and explore the creative side of me….
Wall Climbing
For the first block’s activity I chose to do Wall Climbing. I have always loved the concept of Wall Climbing and I do it whenever and wherever I can. When I got to know that our school offers it as an ASA, I grabbed the opportunity. Primarily, my goal was to increase my physical agility…
World Mental Illness Awareness Week
In honor of the World Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 1, 2018 – October 7, 2018), we wanted to do something special for the school community. After a lot of discussion, we noticed that something really common amongst school students is stress which is mainly caused by the amount of activities and coursework that is supposed…
PEER COUNSELING
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” -Charles Dickens My main objective is to help people. I have always been aware of the stigma that is associated with mental health and I want to do my part in making a difference. So this year, when our school had introduced…
DP 2020 ORIENTATION
Before diving head first into our DP years, we went on an orientation trip to Borderlands, Kitulgala. The objective of this trip was to get to know each other better and also have fun. I remember being really nervous and excited at the same time before leaving for the trip. At one point, I even…
CAS GOALS
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” -Helen Keller. I do believe that an all-round development is necessary and that’s what I want to achieve with CAS. I really admire how the IB has curated an education system which gives equal importance to academics, creativity, activity…