What's going on? (ONE)

Here's a little update for those of you who are curious:

About half of the CAS projects I had intended to do (especially the in-school ones!) have already started. Planning is progressing for the long-term projects.

Piano lessons are going great with Bonnie. I've just finished learning the first part of Beethoven's Sonatina in G and I've begun the next part (Romanze). Along with these piano pieces, we have also started using pieces written by Czerny to work on improving my fingering as well as reading skills. We continue to go through the Theory book on a regular basis. Football has been successful so far (despite the dropping tempratures!), two senior girls matches have taken place and we've won both so far! For two weeks, I worked on the first of the small articles which will be featured in the Contact (weekly information online, emailed to teachers, parents and students) on active CAS students and their projects. Yearbook is moving forward, slowly but surely! Over the holiday, I have produced 2 layouts as well as help organize the order of the book, what jobs members will have etc. I also spent one evening counting the money collected for the Blind with Ms. Foucher.

For the longer-term projects, self-initiated, organization is sometimes difficult but some specifics have been decided on people have been contacted, but I expect that these will really begin to function properly in the next term (January 2011). The SOS Help Hotline has been contacted several times but they seem not to be very interested in my participation so (unfortunately) it may be a project that will have to be dropped and replaced by another. I was told that there was a possibility to volunteer as a 'classroom assisstant' at ISP, and this is something I am hoping I will be able to do for ESL (English as a Second Language) speakers. I will email Ms. Foucher and Ms. Chandler tonight to see if this is possible.

The Arts and Crafts as an after-school activity at Ranelagh will begin in January, every Wednesday. It will be open to students aged 6 - 8 years but I will only be able to make the class open to 10 students (max.) I will be looking for two other Grade 11 students to help me with this. I will  try to visit Ranelagh soon to speak to the Head of Primary to discuss specifics and make sure there is a classroom I could use there. I have to consider students paying a small amount to help pay for materials.

I will start to post some pictures, videos and articles relating to my CAS Program soon (including the first article as a documenting photographer for CAS)
Stay tuned for another update!
:)