In India, a significant fraction of the population lives in slums under adverse living conditions. There is disparity between the rich and poor. As part of my CAS project, I came up with an idea of going to various slums and making underprivileged children play traditional games: sack race and lemon and spoon race. We […]

Here is my video reflection and some pictures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb_KUsHKvnA  

Softball is very similar to baseball. Even though sports is not my favourite thing to do, I decided to join the Varsity Softball team during spring to get an experience of being part of a team on my exchange.    L1 – Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth   I discovered my strengths […]

Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love. Hence, me and my friends decided to celebrate it with the people who needed it the most. We went to an old age home where we filled up balloons and gave them to each resident.   L3- initiate and plan a CAS experience   We planned and […]

I’ve always been an adventurous person. And since I was in Central New York, I took up skiing as a new challenge. And despite my dislike for sports, skiing was a great experience since it gave me an adrenaline rush every time I went skiing.   L1 – Identify own strengths and develop areas for […]

Sports has always been my weakest area. I’ve never had an inclination towards it. But I understand its importance and hence wanted my physical education classes to be a part of my CAS.   L4-commitment to and perseverance   My physical education classes definitely required perseverance and commitment since they occurred every alternate day. It […]

Kathak is one of the eight Indian classical dance forms. It originated in Northern India. My mom has passed all levels in it and is a trained dancer as well. Following her footsteps, I wanted to learn this dance form. It has always been my passion.    L4-commitment to and perseverance   With perseverance and […]

Ballet is a beautiful dance form originated in Italian Renaissance. I’m a trained Indian classical dancer. But I’ve always wanted to learn ballet, to explore a new, completely different dance form. Hence I joined ballet classes occurring every Wednesdays.    L4-commitment to and perseverance   A lot of perseverance and commitment was required towards them. […]

Navratri (an Indian Hindu festival celebrated for nine nights, where friends and family gather in their traditional attires and indulge themselves in a folk dance called Garba in my state, Gujarat) has always been one of my favourite festivals. But I was disheartened for not being able to celebrate it since I was away from […]