Colegio Fiscal Pintag

For the service part of CAS, most of the students in year 13 are involved in the project between our school and 'Colegio Fiscal Pintag' a public school very close to ours. The aims of this project were to establish a link between the two schools and help them by giving them school materials and working at improving parts of their infrastructure. We were well aware that this could not be completed in one year so we focused a lot of establishing and strengthening the link between the schools so that the students in the lower years can continue to work with them.

What we did manage to do was deliver a large amount of new school materials for them and help fix their library, nursery and main classroom. We also began work on the new designs for their playground which is not a place safe for children. It was a very fulfilling project, one which we hope will continue in the folowing years.

Huairasinchi AR World Series

Huairasinchi AR World Series is a three day adventure competition that is held in Ecuador every year organized by Proyecto Aventura. It is currently the highest race in the world due to the high altitudes in Ecuador and also one of the most diverse, thanks to Ecuador's wonderful landscape. This year, the competitors began the race on the 13th of February and the last team arrrived well past sunset on the 15th. I volunteered and was part of the organization team working at setting up, registering the teams, following the race, blogging and generally being involved in all the aspects of the competition. Proyecto Aventura and the main volunteers arrived to the resgistration site in the night of the 11th of February to set up and worked all day on the 12th carrying out the registration, generl assembly, press conference and campsite. For the following four days, everyone involved in the competition began work in the early hours of the morning carrying on to past midnight meaning that sleep was not often as everyone had to be available to follow the ongoing race. The race finished late on the 15th and culminated in the awards ceremony in the afternoon of the 16th.

Personally, I was part of the principal set-up team, meaning that we were stationed in one place where we were able to constantly update the website and blog, transport anything that was needed to the various locations of the competition and set-up and take down everything that was used. It is an activity that I would love to be involved in again.

http://www.sleepmonsters.com/racereport.php?page_action=rep&race_id=8050&article_id=6375

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(These are articles that were written by me at the time of the race)

'The Crucible' secondary play production

This year the secondary school play production was a performance of 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller. I was involved in the same way as I was last year; as Stage Director, Backstage Manager and part of Tiny Piano Productions (the student committee that takes part in the planning and organization of the play). In addition to this, the year 13 Tiny Piano members also took on the role of woking with the members from years 11 and 12 so that they would be able to carry on the committe in the following years. The play was a tremendous success and another great experience for everyone involved.

Tree Planting

In the school there is an organisation called MINGA that organizes social and environmental activities for the students to participate in. One of those activities was a day of tree planting in a town called Lumbisi where the school is very involved.

I was Play Manager and Backstage Director in the secondary school play production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" for the creativity part of CAS. Along with some other students, we formed a play committe group that was in charge of all play activities except for the actual direction. It involved finding a theatre, getting the set made, organizing rehearsals, making the costumes and many other activities. The play was performed on the 1st and 2nd of April and it was a great success. In total I did around 110 hours.

Girl's Football Team

For the Action part of CAS I joined the football extracuricular, and thus the Girl's Football team. We stay every Tuesday from 3:15 to 4:05 during which we warm up and generally end with a football match. Other activities include football matches with other schools and school tournaments.

Singing lessons and music club

An activity that I am doing for the Creativity part of CAS is singing lessons. This is something that I have been doing for the past four years and for the IB I also joined the school music club. In both of the places where I carried out this activity I've worked on developing and practicing singing skills either by myself or in groups. An important and fun part of singing is being able to perform in front of other people be it as a performance, exam or competition. This was difficult for me because although I don't have stage fright I do get very nervous when performing in front of others. I think that this was a great activity to be involved with and I've learned many skills I hope to be able to apply to my everyday life.