My project week group is going to Kolkata which is where our GC is located. Our service partner is the NGO that our school already knows about
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Coding for Good Hackathon Reflection
We conducted a SWOT analysis with service and it was really useful. We learned a lot of things and have begun planning for next years hackathon. Growing from our learnings, we want to make it more professional and invite a larger audience. This will require a lot more planning and we should probably start planning […]
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Coding for Good – SWOT + New members
In Coding for Good we did very little advertisement but were still able to get 10 new members. They all seemed interested and something that Coding for Good is very happy about is its high retention rate. We guess that this is because people who sign up are very interested in engineering and design and […]
Creativity: Book review
I have taken up reading again and I decided that since I have opinions on the books I read I might as well put them somewhere. After reading Great Gatsby in SL Lang Lit with Mr. Sweeting, I was recommended Hemmingway. I had asked a friend for recommendations and I told him that I had […]
Art: Blender Project – Newtons Cradle
I love art and I miss it a lot. I wish I had not given it up completely this year as that was my ‘thing’ for so long. Moving towards a more tech-centric me, I have taken up 3D animation. I find this interesting and challenging and I enjoy it. I did a few projects […]
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SheLeads w Ruki Roy: Reflection
SheLeads was an event that I found out through Coding for Good. It was an event where the organizer Ruki Roy reached out to her contacts for help. Coding for Good was part of helping build their website and part of their advertising team. The event was a conference aimed towards young female aspiring engineers; […]
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Participating in the Knitathon
The service knitting for Katike held a Knit-a-thon where volunteers came together for 24 hours to knit as much as they could. All of the finished products would be sent to children in Katike with not enough protective clothing to withstand the harsh winter months in the mountains. The knitathon was open to pro knitters […]
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IFP Training Day 2
We had our second training day on Saturday. It was held at UWCSEA East and lasted till 4pm. I found it very interesting and I liked that it built upon our training from the previous training session. It became more evident that our trainers are preparing us for how to host a conference and interact […]
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IFP Reflection
Here we are trying to link words and meanings and see how it is all related. IFP always creates a lasting impression on me. We saw this very interesting and concurrently horrifying video. It showed us the drastic nature of humankind and terrifyingly how that could be amplified in children.
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Joining Service Exec: New Portfolio Head!
I have joined Service Exec as a newbie this year. Having never joined before, I, along with other old dogs, had to attend a before school started training day where we become familiar with the process of how it runs and what we had to accomplish for this year. It was interesting to see how […]