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My favorite CAS experience was cooking vegetarian dishes. It felt rewarding that I was able to help the environment and lessen my meat consumption, even if it was just for a few weeks.

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One of my gas experiences was developing my digital art skill and I had so much fun learning new tips and tricks and adding them to the once I already know.

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The most challenging experience I had was my learning guitar. Although I had so much fun trying to learn a new instrument I really had to have perseverance to learn all the chords.

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My personal favorite CAS experience was probably the one involving the project posters. It helped me put my skills to the test, and improve them.

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One of my CAS experiences was to create and donate art kits to one of the DSWD orphanages. This really taught me to have initiative and planning because to achieve packing 70+ individual art kits for the the children. I think it really helps me in IB because I was able to be more involved in the community despite the pandemic. It was also really rewarding to see that the children still remember me and recognize and call out to me even when we they only saw me from afar (I was wearing mask and face shield too!). I think it made me realize that being involved in the community really does leave a big impact in the lives of others and leaves u with a full heart.

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My favorite CAS experience was connection with a school in Texas to host a programming class. I was able to meet really admirable and nice people and improve my programming skills as well.

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One of my favorite CAS experiences was probably making food packages for the front liners. This allowed me to show initiative and engage in planning and collaborative skills, while servicing and showing appreciation to others.

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One of my favourite CAS experiences is a collaboration with students from a school in Texas to host a programming workshop. Programming is something that I somehow enjoyed and it's nice to learn other kinds of programming language and meet new people while doing it. Through this experience, I was also able to touch upon organising an event and keeping people entertained.

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My favorite CAS experience was crocheting. Crochet has been a hobby of mine in the past and I have always wanted to improve my skills by making stuffed toys etc.

Amanda Perez

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One of my favorite CAS experiences was learning how to play the ukulele. Here, I got t develop new skills and made me appreciate the art of music more.

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I was able to develop debate through competitions and training. I think this helps me in IB since it helps my critical thinking also.

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One of my CAS experiences was participating in one of SASS's online outreaches last school year. Through this experience, I was able to focus on the learning outcome of global engagement as that event opened my eyes to issues such as poverty and lack of proper education.

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An experience I liked was making a short film video. It was really challenging because it required a lot more planning than I expected and it had a lot of stages I had to prepare for.

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One of my CAS experiences is volunteering in a community pantry. I was able to realize the importance of engaging with the community.

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My favorite and most memorable CAS experience will be relearning violin. I stopped learning violin when I was 5th grade and I never touched my violin again. This summer, I decided to learn again and I am really happy with it. It showed me the importance of perseverance, commitment, as well as having new growths.

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The most challenging yet rewarding CAS project I have planned was creating children's workbooks with my SASS partners that we sent out to ICA's beneficiaries. Through this, I was able to strengthen my creativity and improve my collaborative skills.

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Among my CAS experiences, my favorite one was probably through donating rice to the UN through answering questions on their app. In connection with this experience, the learning outcome that I focused on was engaging with different global issues because I was able to understand each issue the UN advocates for, and how we can help solve them, even if we cannot physically meet those who need our help the most.

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One of my CAS experiences is "Summer Bokashi Composting" where I gather food scraps from home and go through different steps to make compost. This experience helps me contribute to reduce waste disposal and help my mother grow organic vegetables at home.

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The CAS experience that I looking forward to the most is relearning how to play the piano because this experience is something that I enjoyed when I was small.

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It took me a while to realize (sometimes I still feel overwhelmed) that being in the national team is just as much a commitment and responsibility as much as it is an honor. At one point last year, I really wanted to leave the team to make more time for myself but I realized that this sport is an important identity of mine too. My commitment and priorities were really challenged and this is something I need to improve on as I continue to grow as a person and as an IB student.
-ML

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My most memorable CAS experience was Unity through Ulysses. It was the most hands-on project I had in a very long time. I was able to conduct 2 outreaches and get to see the beneficiaries of the project. It was also one of the most rewarding, since I had gone through so much challenges to make the project a success.

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The most memorable CAS experience I had was consistently following a difficult work out routine for a whole month because I was able to face some of my biggest weaknesses which are exercise and consistency.

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I feel that the CAS project that was the most rewarding in my opinion is when I worked with fellow IB students to be able to gather funds and donate goods to children last year during Christmas season. It brings me joy that the project was able to move smoothly and I was able to give back to the community.

Angeline

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The memorable CAS experience I have done was teaching kids the importance of having a healthy lifestyle through Yoga. Through that, I was able to raise awareness on keeping a healthy lifestyle and make the kids understand that staying healthy can be fun

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The Project I am looking forward to the most is Caroling with my organization through social media. It just brings us together, and through this experience I will learn for to plan and organize a project and work/ teach with my peers. I will also further push my editing and creative abilities.

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After the first year of CAS, I was able to develop

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After experiencing CAS, i started thinking of skills that i have yet to hone. It reminded me of some areas for improvement, that the skills i have now may not be enough in the long run. It made me think about more unconventional ways to ponder upon my experiences.

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(Areas for personal growth)
I thank CAS for helping me realize that life is not all about me.
Maturity is when you can face your weaknesses and admit them to other people. After a year of success and failure projects, I realized that failure is not the act of failing itself but when you choose not to pick yourself up from it. "I'm growing especially when I think I am not." This mantra pulls me up when life feels like an unending merry-go-round.

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Challenge and Skills
I'm trying to develop new skills and challenge myself to do more and improve myself.

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Experiencing CAS made me realize that I have fun learning new skills and improving on those I have.

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I was able to develop different skills in CAS. I was also able to identify my strengths and weaknesses.

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Commitment and perseverance

I have to admit that I was behind in CAS during DP1 and that has really made me anxious these days. Now that DP2 has started, I really want to bounce back from what I was lacking in the past and improve this year. I may not be able to change the past but I can commit myself to doing better this year and persevere through challenges (especially balancing the different requirements of the IB alongside CAS).

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"Show commitment and perseverance"
The first year of CAS made me realize that to hone my skills, commitment and perseverance are really needed to help me learn and grow as an individual.

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Engaging in the CAS program has helped me enjoy stepping out of my comfort zone when learning new skills and appreciate more international mindedness

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Challenge and Skills
After the first year of CAS, the multiple experiences I have partaken in have helped me grow and challenge myself in various aspects. I was able to identify what my strengths are and how these may aid in achieving my goals as well as in my personal development.

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After the first year of CAS, I was able to gain a deeper appreciation for developing new hobbies as well as engaging in service activities.

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"Initiative and planning"
After the first year of CAS, I was able to strengthen my planning skills, more specifically how to efficiently plan great and meaningful initiatives with others.

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Every choice and action of ours have an impact may it be small or large. In the past, this is not something I really cared about until I started doing my CAS. CAS opened my eyes on how important my decisions are. Example of this is how I would usually let people do what they want as long as this doesn't affect me. I was somehow of a "bystander" may it be when people throw trash on the road or someone being mean. My CAS experiences thought me that these past actions of mine aren't ethical and dont promote a better world.

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I was able to identify my strengths and areas for personal growth during summer and school

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After the first year of CAS, I learned to be more committed to fulfilling my goals and to persevere in spite of difficulty or challenges; which thus enabled me to be more consistent and inspired in my creative projects. It let me figure out the things that I needed to improve and explore new experiences.
-Dana Lee

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"Identify your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth"
- Throughout my first year of CAS, I had to push myself and consider new things I want to work on to add as a CAS experience. This also gave way for me to be more confident in my skills and reflect on what I am lacking in both my current and newer skills.

Lara

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After experiencing how the CAS program was last year, I felt like I was able to push myself more to be more active, creative and generous while studying. The learning outcome that I chose is to identify my own strengths and develop areas for personal growth since I know that I need to improve myself both on a physical and mental level, which is why this year I strive to be able to improve myself overall.

Angeline

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After the 1st year of CAS, I realized how inherent service was in my life. I didn't struggle much when it came to thinking of activities to log under 'service". Conversely, I learned that I should be more intentional in getting movement in and getting exercise. Reflecting on the projects and activities I did also made me understand my feelings and the reasons that pushed me to keep on going.

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After the first year of CAS, I was able engage with projects within my community. However, given the current circumstances, I find it trouble to commit to certain projects.
Edrea Go

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Strength and Growth
After my first year of CAS,  I felt more aware of my self growth.  CAS pushed me to step out of my comfort zone and to develop my skills or try new things that I have not tried before. CAS taught me how to be more active in different areas aside from focusing on just my academics.

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After the 1st year of CAS, I now consider the different decisions and actions that I do. I also was able to identify my strengths and areas where i can develop for my personal growth.

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After the first year of CAS, I actually had this one experience I wasn't so sure I wanted to fully commit to anymore but I realized that this is something I really wanted for myself and something I really fought for. I found my motivation again somehow, considering that this experience continuously influences my growth as a person, not just as an athlete.
- Matthea

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I chose the learning outcome "exercise commitment and perseverance" because I believe that this is what I have been able to build on the most from my experiences in CAS Year 1. I also believe that this is the learning outcome that I will utilize the most in IB Year 2 and, of course, the future in general.

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After the first year of CAS I learned how to use certain skill I already have and develop them further while engaging with other people to help them. I also heard how to fully commit to learning new skills that Ive wanted to learn but never really took the time and made the effort to actually learn and aquire.

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Following the end of our 1st year in CAS, I was challenged to do new things and improve skills on which I am weak in.

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After the 1st year of CAS, I was able to value Service more and I became more of a charitable person. I choose the learning outcome "Recognizing the ethical impacts of my choices' because I realize why I did not really like out-reaches and those acts of services but I liked the ones this year because we aren't teaching kids that we are there to give them food and wait for us to come and give necessities, but we gave them books and tutored them so they get to learn and in the future, maybe, work for themselves and, even, reach for higher education.