Jessica Liu (Year 12) performing at Aria Gardens Home and Hospital
Centre: Christina Min (Year 13) who created dental hygiene classes, and together with student helpers from other countries, delivered these to primary schools in Nepal
Beibei Liu (Year 12) performing at Aria Gardens Home and Hospital
CAS at Kristin It is easy to see Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) as being just for IB Diploma students because it is indeed one of the three core components of the programme. However, it is a celebration of ALL things happening outside the classroom at Kristin and beyond our walls, embracing and including everyone. It is a privilege to introduce the following CAS commitments, driven by students, putting into action their own initiatives and ideas.
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A group of like-minded students are running a campaign in the Senior School, alongside Politics Club in its second year, around civic education, encouraging young people to vote and become interested in politics. New clubs have been established this year; for instance, Stock Trading Club, where students learn about share trading and financial ethics involved in other markets such as derivatives, and Folk Arts Club, where all forms of traditional folk arts from different cultures are brought together, taught and performed in school and to the local community throughout the year. Later this year, other students will be working towards projects such as a blood donation drive, Junior MasterChef for the Middle School, and creating an ultimate Frisbee team at Kristin.
Kristin’s Year 13 students, expanding their focus to both local and global issues.
Locally, students are testing and monitoring water around the school, where water data, such as temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen concentration, is continuously measured in various waterways around the school, with reports sent to Auckland Council for their general monitoring purposes. Some students are serving as moderators and content creators for the K-pop (Korean pop music) appreciation community! Other projects are being planned, too – for example, running, dance and music workshops at local primary schools, or working with students with autism at a local special school. Kristin-AlbanySenior Model UN has also taken place, organised by a group of
Let us consider the breadth and depth of these projects, run by secondary-school students, which are just small tips of big icebergs of Creativity, Activity and Service outside the classroom at Kristin School. Then, let us marvel at what Kristin students will be able to achieve in the future.
Two Kristin students are running a new logo competition for the Global Alliance for Innovative Learning (GAIL), which Kristin is a member of, along with seven other schools across the world. There have been dental hygiene classes created by a Kristin student, delivered to primary schools in Chitwan and Kathmandu in Nepal. Another student is serving Afrika Tikkun Tech as a service leader, tackling the issue of the gender and wealth gap seen in the IT field in South Africa. Another programme is being planned to help Equity Brilliant School, a fee-free school for underprivileged families in Kenya.
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