CAS Goals for 11th Grade Semester 1 (2010-2011)

LIBRARY SERVICE

For Semester 1 of school, I’ve decided to do Library Service as my Community Service Activity at OSC. In this activity, a small group of fellow students and myself go to the Secondary Library after school to help out with tasks that need to be taken care off. The chief librarian, Mrs. Lockwood is very grateful for our help because all of the library sections, labeling, and organizing is all done manually. So she appreciates not having to do all of the work herself. The program is run by Keiko Tamura, who along with seeing that all of us do our assigned jobs correctly, also helps out with the work load. After 2 sessions I can roughly imagine what the rest of the semester will be like. I’m sure their be ample amounts of books to sort out, labeling to be done and delivering books and other resources our teacher’s classes. Although we don’t literally clean the surfaces in the library, we are tidying up the library bit by bit while organizing the books. Although Library Service is not the most demanding work physically, we do have to work  mentally while finding matching patterns and numbers to organize books. We are able to work “collaboratively with others” and “plan” how we are going to organize the library with the guidance of our peers. Although this is one of the less demanding CAS services that are available I am “fully committed to attend” every week and I will give 100% in my duty. Therefore I think Library Service will be one of my “Service” in grade 11.

Introduction to CAS (IBDP)

“CAS”, or more commonly refered to as “Creativity, Action and Service” is a crucial aspect of the 11th grade IB program. Our class was first introduced to the idea of CAS during our recent IB orientation trip. The CAS program is a 2 year commitment that is started in 11th grade and finished in 12th grade. By the time I have completed 11th grade I wish to have fully fulfilled my CAS duties as a student under the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP). The CAS program uses 8 criteria that help guide the students in completing their CAS requirements and obtaining new life skills along the way.

The 8 expectations from a student are as follows:

• Increased their awareness of their own strengths and areas for growth
• Undertaken new challenges
• Planned and initiated activities
• Worked collaboratively with others
• Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities
• Engaged with issues of global importance
• Considered the ethical implications of their actions
• Developed new skills