Colombo Operated Model United Nations (creativity + service)
This year I will be taking on the role of Secretary General of COMUN. It is a huge responsiblity to run entire confrence. My primary goal is, of course, to plan and an iniate an confrence that can go off with as few hitches a possible, but above and beyond that I want to improve my skill at leadership particualry in how I work colaborativly with others. My goal is to learn more about how to properly deligate, when to take things on my self and when it is best to let otherrs help me, as this has been an area for growth I have been aware of in the past. I also wish to practice, improve, and stay dedicated towards my ongoing efforts to become more orgonized. In the past COMUN has run a minimal service project collecting donated school supplies alongside the confrence and this year I hope to expand it.
Theater: The Bugsy Malone Musical (creativity)
I not be acting in the Musical this year, instead I will be taking an auxilary position as Head Designer for the musical. In this role I will be designing the set and drafting that design, as well as designing, mangaging, and running the lights. My goal is to show persevereance in the lighting design field that I entered during Arabian Nights last year. I wish to pimporive my skills at running light boards and to take on new challanges such as drafting designs and creating gobos (inserts that create shadows and colors when placed infront of white lights). I also want to improve my comunication skills when it comes to working collaborativly with the panel of teahcers running the show, the actors and other student designers.
Theater: Colaborative Devising Project (creativity)
Alongside my work with the musical this year I will also be working on a devised theater project for my own benefit with Nathan, a tenth grader. We will be meeting during lunch and on the weekends to devise a 15-25 minute theater peice from a stimulous. This project is not for a grade and is simply an attempt by both of us to expand our skills when it comes to devising and to create a piece that can be present in both our portfolios as we apply to colleges in the coming years. My goal for this is to undertake the new challange of writing for the stage and for planning and iniating a collaborative project with no help from a supervisor. I also just really want to create something beautiful that both Nathan and I can be proud presenting to the school at some time in the future.
Scuba Diving (action)
This year I will be continuing to refine my skills as a scuba diver. This is an activty that I have enjoyed for the past 4 years and I am excited to continue it. This year I want to improve my bouancy control and to continue to work on my oxygen use efficency. These have always been areas in which I need to improve, so this year I hope to really dedicate my slef to improving them. I also want to continue to engage with the continued threats to the reefs here on Sri Lanka. In the past my work with the Hannack family has involved making recordings of damage we see done to the reef. I also plan to continue that.
Dance Class (action)
Over the summer I spent a lot of time working on improving my flexibility and getting more comfortable with my body. This is year I will be taking a dance class at a local studio twice a month. My goal is to demonstrate comitment and persevereance to the task of improving my physicality. I am looking forward to developing new skills as it comes to dancing, which is an actiivty I neer thought i would have much interest in, but I want to becomes aware of my areas of improvement when it comes to my body. I also aim to use this activithy as an ability to engage with a wider comunity and to improve my ability to be open and anxeity free.
Outreach Writing for The Institite of Educational Leadership (service)
One of my cas activities this year is going to be doing out reach and article writing pro bono for IEL, a non profit focused on providing leadership and educaition trainging to those with disabilities and those who deal with disabilities. I will be writing about what it's like to grow up with multiple learning learning disabilities under the Intelectua Disabilites Act and writing articles for them discussing how to teach self advocacy from the students perspective. I will also be working to develope materials for them that they can provide to students and teachers around the globe. In my capacity as a volunteer for their orgonization I plan to engage with issues of golbal importance such as the awareness of learning disabilities and the deficite of teachers who know how to properly engage with children with learning disabilites. I will also be undertaking the new challange of non ficition and educational wiritng. My goal is to improve my comunication skills when it comes to personal writing and to get feedback on my writing for IEL. (read more about IEL at iel.org)
In School Service (Service) (to be updated)
I do not yet know what service I will be working with this year but where ever I may end up my goal is to engage in my service to the best of my abilities and to engage with both an issue of global importance and the ehtical implications of my serivce work.
