Future Plans in Service and Creativity

November 20th, 2014:

Service:

In today's 'Hope for Kids' meeting, my service group and I discussed our future plans for what we'll be doing at the cancer hospital. We recently had a milkshake drive during one the lunchtimes at school to raise some money and were able to get 10,000 rupees. Since the December is coming soon, my service group is planning on spending the money raised on a Christmas-type event at the the hospital. Last year, we had a teacher dress up as santa and give away presents to each of the cancer patients, as well as dry rations. (rice, dhal etc.) We'll probably repeat this same plan this year along with more Christmas-themed activities to do with kids. One activity our group has in mind is cutting out paper decorations and hanging them on a Christmas tree, which we will bring into the play area of the hospital. 

Creativity:
While I am still continuing the drawing club activity, another creative act I will be taking on is the lighting for the Gale concert in the first week of December. I already have some experience in lighting as I am currently working on lights for the senior production, 'Living with Lady Macbeth'. I have decided to take this opportunity because I wanted to take notice of my lighting experience on my CAS blog but was not able to that with the senior production as it is a class requirement for theatre and would not be considered 'creative'. I am however, able to take notice of my lighting for this Gala concert on my blog since it is an extra-curricular job and not a class requirement.     

   

Teamwork in Basketball

November 7th, 2014:

I have continued 'Fun Basketball' for the second block of after-school activities and there are actually more students that have joined this time. Much of my peers from my grade have joined the activity so it really does make the whole experience more engaging and intensifying. With my older age group joined in, the speed of the games flow much faster which puts a lot of my focus on my dribbling skills. The game plans used have also become more advanced as there are more people on court. Different techniques have been brought into the games such as walls in which a person from one team stands next to or behind an opposing team member so that their team partner can have a clearer path to dribble the ball and get to the basket. I am glad that these faster-paced matched we are having in this activity are giving me the opportunity to improve on my basketball skills and could help me when trying out for the SAISA basketball team next semester. Here is a short clip of a game we had: