April 8-14

This week I went to soccer again, I really like the people who play. They are very nice and help me alot. This makes it easy for me to COMMIT and come out. It turns out that there are man interesting people who play. I've now met people from Mexico, Argentina, Jamaica, and Venezula! We all bond over soccer.

April 1-7

This week I went to soccer twice. This continues to show COMMITMENT because I continuously go. My goal is to try and be as good as some of the guys that I play with, me being the only girl that plays. This also shows INITIATIVE to go because it is pickup soccer within the community.

March 26-31

This week I went surfing again. it was super fun even thugh the waves were not very good. I also went to pick up soccer twice. I really enjoy this and its great exercise. Not to mention everyon is really good, so it hlps me with my soccer skills. this shows INITIATIVE because I made it out to practice surfing and socer. It also shows COMMITMENT because I have been going consistently.

March 19-25 (A.)

This week I went surfing. this was the first time I had been out since last summer! I wasnt too good but my goal is to get back up to where I was. I got to take out my new board and I felt great paddling out again. This is gonna bemy goal over the summer as well. Hopefully we get some good waves!

March 12-18 (A.S.)

This week I worked out alot. This was because my soccer practice was conceled. i dont kjnow itf I told you already but I joined a socer team! It is club and I play in Jacksnonville.Though it is a little bit of a drive I really enjoy it, because it helps to keep me active. So far my goal was to become a starter. Since then I have. Anyways I ran 2 miles and then did an ab workout. this shows initiative to get healthy. Then on Sunday I went and volunteered at the Celtic Festival downtown for 3 hours. I had alot of fun. I learned what a shillelagh was. I also got to enjoy listening to irish music and learning about the heritage. Though I was on trash pickup, it wasnt too bad. in the end it was a good day.

March 5-11 (S.)

This week I went to te library to volunteer. We helped the new librarian to organize her office a little and clean up from the Seusapalooza. It was a celebration of Dr. Seus. Then we straightened the shelves. Although this was a little less fun that doing crafts and creative type things it was nice to help out.

Februrary 27- March 4 (A. S.)

This week I ran and worked out as well as playe soccer and volunteered at the library. I go to the library every friday. This shows commitment and . We have recently got a new childrens librarian that replaced Ms.Alyssa . This is because she moved to Tampa. However I am excited to be working with the new librarian because she seems to have really good ideas. She is also very organized.

February 20-26 (A)

This Friday I played volleyball at the pier. i havent played in a very long time. Suprisingly I was tired by the end of it. However it was all worth it. I had a really good time. it was New skills and Challenge. The challenge was playing again after i had taken such a long break from it. The new skills was learning to play in the sand. I really hope I have time to play again sometime soon.

Februray 13th-19th C.A.S.

For my CAS this week I did several thins. Tuesday was valentines day. To celebrate I made valentines for everyone. I even helped my classmate, Sam, with making cookies for valentines day. Then Wednesday i played pick up soccer at R.B. hunt. it was really fun since I haven't played in awhile. A lot of diverse people come out to play as well. I met a man from Jamaica who was playing! I am going to go back and play again this Sunday. My goal is to score once! Then today i am going to go volunteer at the library.

February 6-12th A.

Friday, Februray 11th  I ran another mile. Once again I did not time myself. This is because I still haven't joined track and I dont really wanna look at my time since it has probably gone down since cross country season. This is Initiative since I took the time to go run.

January 27th C.S.

Last Friday the Sophomores were "shadowing" us around the school. The administrators thought that it would help them see what IB is really like. Its more of a way of convincing them to stay in and show them its true colors. I knew that one of the scariest things about IB for me Last year was the thought f CAS. No one had really explained it.The thought of so much community service can seem very daunting. So me Sam, and Nicole thought it would be a great idea to make a PowerPoint, showing all the pictures of our class doing our CAS service. We thought that if we showed them how fun CAS could be then it would help shrink the task down. it was a great success ion my book. We took pictures of our library work, Rosemary, the Gamble Rogers trails, and many other things. it went to a fun upbeat song, and really made CAS look not so scary. It was fairly easy to do as well. We had a couple problems with the music, but aside from that it was fun. We even had a slide of us making the presentation.It also helped me to reflect on what I had accomplished this year. Looking back our class as well as myself have accomplished many things that I haven't thought about. it helped me to think back and really appreciate what I did. this was the best part about the power point if you ask me. Collaboration because all three of us worked on this. Initiative because we should initiative by doing this. Awareness because we showed the sophomores what CAS is really like and brought them to awareness about the program.

Library (C.S)

Last week I went to the library. We cut out sharks teeth for the crafts for little kids. I thought it was fairly easy although I'm really bad at cutting a straight line. We are going to start volunteering on fridays and I cannot wait to get back into it. I wasn't really able to volunteer at the library much this past couple months because of occer season. But now that its over I have more free time. This is something unknown to me since I usualy do track. however I may still do track but I'm unsure. Initiative, commitment because I took the initiative to go, and commitment because I am keeping to a schedule. I am going to do this from now on.

2011 (C.S.)

Today me Nicole Milan and Stephanie all went to the library again. We haven’t been in a long time because we just don’t have time with soccer. However today we were able to and Im very glad  that we could. We got to make crafts! I haven’t made crafts out of pipe cleaners like that in a long time. I enjoyed it a lot, to my surprise. It reminded me of when I was a little kid. I never really thought about the sample crafts that were made. Some of the crafts wer a bit challenging but in the end I found it to be a fun and reminiscent time. Initiative because we all took the time to go. 

December 10th 2011(A)

 I decided to ride my bike again for the first time since summer. In the summer I would try and ride my bike everywhere to save gas. I even made it all the way to the pier once! However I haven’t biked in a long time since. So I went for a spin. I only went around the neighborhood though. This is because I was running short on time. I really like to ride my bike because you get a new perspective of st aug and it really makes you appreciate the town more. My goal is to bike downtown sometime soon.Challenge because I am going to work my way up to my goal.

December 3rd 2011

(AS) today me and some classmates (Stephanie N, Sara F, and Emma C) met really early by Moses creek on st rd 206. We decided to clean up trash along the road because the road was very dirty. We filled up five bags! Entirely! We found some weird things too; I found a bumper and a Nissan symbol. I also found whole unopened packages or screws, and some homework. It was really strange. I also found pieces of tires. All in all it was very successful. The road was a lot cleaner by the time we were done. I was proud of what we had done because it was a very noticeable change. Initiative, Challenge, Commitment because we all took time out to help our community and clean up the environment.

November 26th 2011

I got up really early this morning around 6 to run. I really want to win the school record this year. I have a little bit of competition on the team too. All this motivation really pushes me to try my hardest when I run. I didn’t time myself this morning. I ran about an 8 minute mile. That isn’t too bad considering I haven’t run in a while, I’ve been too busy with soccer, and that it wasn’t a hard run. I’m going to start running more, possibly even join track to try and win a record and work hard for next cross country season. Initiative, challenge, this is because i took the initiative to make myself better and run, and I am setting a challenge for myself to win the record.

(CS) November 18th 2011

Today we did a “minute to win it” type del. We put out an announcement that the IB clas would be doing this as a sort of fundraiser to help pay for Rosemary to get here. We went to classes asking for money, whoever put the most in won a prize, baked goods from our class. We did this for the top 3 places. We ended up making our goal! I’m really happy for our class because I know that we worked really hard for this. We even had a little money to spare.  It was really fun and exciting. Now e are planning something for rosemary when we get back, though I’m not sure what yet. Global Value, Challenge, Awareness, Collaboration, Initiative. it is global challenge because we are working to bring some one international to the USA. it is Challenge because we had a certain goal that we were trying to reach. Awareness because we made the school aware of Rosemary's coming. Collaboration because our whole class came together to help as well as the school. Initiative because our class took the initiative to do this challenge. 

December 29th (A)

Me and my Friend went ice skating on December 29th. Aka my birthday! It was really fun! Stephanie used to be a figure skater so she skated circles around me. However she taught me how to skate backwards! It was really fun because I had never skated backwards before. I also haven't skated in awhile. I only fell twice so I was really happy that i didn't fall more. Plus it was great exercise! My legs were sore! I cant wait to go again though. Hopefully we will get to go again soon! Challenge because i tried to learn how to ice skate backwards and because I tried not to fall when ice skating.

Last Saturday (A)

Last Saturday me and my friend Sara went on a bike ride. I have been really trying to ride my bike more because I have the goal of biking all the way downtown. It was for five miles. That may seem like a long way but once you actually start riding it doesn't seem like it. I know if I was running it would seem really far! This just shows me how quick riding your bike really is. Plus it gave us a good chance to enjoy the day. Challenge because I am working towards a gal, initiative because we took the initiative to try and train to reach this goal.