December 5th, 2014- The grade eleven class conducted their first CAS, nervous and inexperienced with this IB task of theirs. The Christmas celebration was merry, classes performing songs and dances, filling the air with Christmas spirit. We set up three booths as a way of raising funds, including the photo booth, game booth, and the classic jail booth.
The photo booth, complete with a candy cane background and props for posing with, turned out to be a great success, with students, teachers, and even parents paying to take a picture with Santa, Mrs.Claus, and one of the pointy-eared elves. Many tested their aiming skills in the game booth, knocking down cans, shooting into holes, bouncing rubber balls into cups, and even catching fish! The jail booth was the most crowded of all, the curtained jail full of people, and even more were lined up to send their friends to jail, even our CAS staff were captured! Our main objective was to raise funds for charity, while at the same time having fun and spreading the joy of Christmas. I believe we achieved that.
I think that the MSHS students are all mature enough to see our CAS activity as something to enjoy, something mainly for fun and entertainment, and not something to use against other students. We are proud to say that our profit reached 3,000,000IDR, with the inclusion of what we earned from Christmas caroling earlier that day.
To say that this CAS had no problems at all would be a lie. We had a few small issues along the way, yet compared to the end result, they were insignificant. All that mattered was the time we spent, the effort we exerted and those long hours of cutting and pasting finally paying off. This was our way of contributing to Creativity Action Service. This was our Christmas.
-Gabs, 2015. Spotlight News Articles
Learning outcomes checklist:
3. Planned and initiated activities
Our creativity was tested when we had to impress the entire student body, as well as parents and teachers. Some of us designed the Photo Booth, some built the jail booth and others set up the games. Our idea came mostly from previous case activities by our older batches, but we made sure to add some tweaks to the game.
4. Worked collaboratively with others
We wouldn't have been able to do this alone. The entire thing was a class effort, and everyone did their part so well that it brought the whole school together.
5. Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities
As we were assigned to our booths, we had to take shifts in experiencing the fun ourselves. Despite having breaks, the booths were constantly full and it was up to us to treat our customers right, even if that did mean working overtime!
Our creativity was tested when we had to impress the entire student body, as well as parents and teachers. Some of us designed the Photo Booth, some built the jail booth and others set up the games. Our idea came mostly from previous case activities by our older batches, but we made sure to add some tweaks to the game.
4. Worked collaboratively with others
We wouldn't have been able to do this alone. The entire thing was a class effort, and everyone did their part so well that it brought the whole school together.
5. Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities
As we were assigned to our booths, we had to take shifts in experiencing the fun ourselves. Despite having breaks, the booths were constantly full and it was up to us to treat our customers right, even if that did mean working overtime!
6. Engaged with issues of global importance
All the money collected went to charity, supporting impoverished orphans to be exact. Unfortunately we could not meet them due to our tight schedule, but hey, its the thought that counts, right?
7. Considered the ethical implications of their actions
All the money collected went to charity, supporting impoverished orphans to be exact. Unfortunately we could not meet them due to our tight schedule, but hey, its the thought that counts, right?
7. Considered the ethical implications of their actions
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