My Dynamic CAS Goals

*creative, active, or services that are possible during the distance learning program (dlp)

Creativity:

Wall collage/mural*

• During the 3 month lockdown in Manila, I started creating my own art and I have recently gotten back into it as I am back in the same situation(at home with too much time ). I’m not an artist, but making art has become very normal for me and I can spend an entire day drawing, painting, cutting, and gluing. I have a scrapbook where I combine my art with magazine pages, clippings, or quotes in any way that I see fit. I also enjoy using watercolors and markers to draw and paint random things (they don’t look amazing, but it’s enjoyable). The main point of creating all of these collages, paintings, drawings, and poems is to combine them and make somewhat of an art mural on my wall in my room. This will be something that allows me to develop new and original pieces of art as well as new skills.

Create a coloring book

•  I also simply enjoy coloring. I like being able to create patterns with the colors of my choosing, and it’s also very satisfying when a page is completed. I would like to be able to create my own coloring book using pictures that I have taken myself. To do this, I will use adobe illustrator or photoshop to change the images so that they are “colorable” pictures. This is going to be difficult for me as I have never worked with either of these applications, so I will have to learn how to do things as I go. Then I would like to print them out and make my own coloring book! This is going to take a long time so I plan to work on it for 10-20 minutes every weekend (it will be a work in progress). I also want it to be something that I can continue later on with pictures and moments that I capture. 

Join the yearbook group (maybe *)

• If and when school opens up again, I think it would be helping with the OSC yearbook would be a good challenge and also teach me some things about design. 

Learning outcomes for Creativity: 

LO2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process– art can be challenging for me, so I am learning from my mistakes and developing my skills, learning about how to make yearbooks

LO4: Commitment and perseverance- continuing to stick with the projects 

 

Activity:

Swimming!

 

• I swam on the varsity team at my old school and I want to swim here as well. Unfortunately with the current situation of the world, this is not an option. When things hopefully start to open up, my first mini goal is to join the OSC saisa swim team and even possibly a local swim club to help maintain my fitness and speed.  Once I begin swimming, I will create my goals for times, but I know now that I want and need to improve on all of my events (50 fr, 50bk, 100fr, 100bk, 200bk, 200 IM, 400 IM)

 

Workouts (every day or every other day- documented on a calendar)*

 

• Without being able to swim every day, I have had to find new ways to be physically active, I have started a calendar, and have recorded all of the exercise or physical activity I have done since October 1st. track of what I am doing every day. In order to remain strong and healthy, my goal is to get in at least an hour of physical activity or being active for five days a week. Some examples are: playing soccer, going on walks and runs around my neighborhood, rollerblading, swimming at the american club pool, and online workout programs and videos (eg. Chloe ting).

 

Learning outcomes for activity:

LO 1: Identify strengths and develop areas for growth– swimming: focusing on my main stroke as well as my weaker strokes and focus on improving them (technically and times). home workouts: targeting specific muscle groups or elements of fitness to focus on

LO2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process– challenging myself in and out of the pool, developing my strength and speed in swimming and workouts

LO4: Commitment and perseverance– not giving up on staying active and long workout programs 

 

Service:

Join a service club!

 

• As I am new to OSC, my service-related goal is simply to join a service group. I have heard about several clubs from school and am most interested in either reef keepers which is an environmental focused  or

 

Help Parents around the house*

 

• Without clubs being available while we are all stuck at home, I can focus on doing smaller things to help my family and neighborhood. These can include helping with my dog (feed and walk), make meals for everyone, help my parents with projects, help my brother with homework, and his room (I help organize it). I can also help pick up trash around my neighborhood, and check in to make sure that the stray dogs are all okay and safe.

 

Learning outcomes for service: 

LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively– work with others (at school or home) to help wherever it is needed

LO6: Demonstrating engagement with a global issue– climate change and its effect on the oceans, child education, pollution 

LO7: Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions

 

(In a way, everything relates to LO6 because all of this is being done during the Covid 19 pandemic)