Endicott survey- SGA

Over the past 2 weeks the Executive Committee of the SGA has been looking over the Endicott survey results of the past 2 years. We have been comparing the areas in which OSC has been improving and where it has been depreciating. We brainstormed ideas of how we could make the necessary changes in school and what capabilities the SGA has to make those changes. We are currently trying to find a way to express the SGAs ideas and changes to the Board and HODs.

The SGA is also organizing more spirit days and a rally for the SAISA teams. 

Local Volleyball Tournament Hosted at OSC

Starting this Friday on the 17th and 18th of October OSC is hosting a inter- school volleyball tournament. We are hosting 4 teams and will be playing round robin games on Friday we will be playing the placement games. SAISA is only a week away and this tournament is a great chance for us to test our skill and our collaboration as a team in clutch situations. This will also be my first chance to be the captain of the team for a long period of time. We will be at school as a team for a total of 8 hours between Friday and Saturday, we need to concentrate on conditioning and being ready for every game. As captain it's my responsibility to make sure that my team is keeping up physically and mentally. Leadership is not a new skill for me but it is a skill that I have acquired over the past year and I still have many aspects in which I need improvement. I will be the Captain of the Basketball team in 2015 and I really hope I can carry my team to a medal.

Mother Tongue Project

This week Hasara and I went to the library to borrow a Sinhalese children's book. I am on par fluent in speaking Sinhalese and so is Hasara. I however cannot read and Hasara is at a grade 1 reading level. Therefore actually taking a book out, reading and explaining it was pretty challenging for the 2 of us. We did pretty well I think, reading Sinhalese is a new skill I wish to gain and I feel that this service project will really help my acquire it.

SAISA Volleyball Week 4

I've been selected as the Captain of the team.

This brings in a creativity aspect to my primary action. I'll be in charge of warm ups/cool downs and basic team management. This is a leadership role that requires a lot of responsibility and is actually a new skill for me as this the first SAISA team i'm captaining. I've taken up other leadership roles in sports day when I led Red House and in my Group 4 Project when I led my group. Being the Captain of a SAISA team however is a little different, it is a 10 week commitment and my captaincy stays off the court as well. I'm in charge of making sure my team does not get into idiotic trouble and organizing food for visiting teams. It's also added pressure on the court too, I need to be the one who keeps his composure and keeps the team together. I can't be having emotional outbursts despite my lack of performance and concentrate on keeping the team moral up. 

We are currently organizing our visa applications for Dhaka and have about 7 weeks left until we travel. The team is improving exponentially and I'm really looking forward to bringing home a medal. 

SGA- Treasurer

SGA organizes something for every school event. As treasurer I will be in charge of funds and making sure that we have ample money in the budget to support all the events we plan. Meetings are on Wednesday at lunch.

SAISA Volleyball

Last week was the start of SAISA Volleyball 2014. Practices will be on Tuesday, Wednesday,Friday and Saturday. I'm really excited for the weeks to come and to see the team at the end of the 10 week season, I feel we have a lot of potential. Can't wait for October.

CAS Goals

My CAS goals this year relate to 3 thing. SAISA, SGA and The Mother Tongue Project.

In SAISA,

I want to win one of the 3 SAISA awards for both Volleyball and Basketball. For volleyball I want to win the Most Spirited Award, I'm going to achieve this by communicating and collaborating with my team effectively throughout all training sessions and games. For basketball I want to win the MVP award, which has always been a goal of mine since I started playing SAISA. This being my last year is my only shot. I want to show perseverance and develop a lot of new skills to make me a candidate for the award.

In SGA,

A goal of mine is to be a reliable treasurer. As one of the 5 main SGA positions I not only want to concentrate on my job as treasurer but also have an impact on the SGA as a whole. For this I will need to work well with Shanthi Haaze, who is my co-treasurer.

In The Mother Tongue Project,

The goal is to become fluent in Sinhalese, which is my technical mother tongue. As growing up I never learnt it and I hope having a year long commitment to this service will let me achieve this. Another goal of mine is to teach another kid as much Sinhalese as I can to make sure he/she doesn't end up like me :)