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Stacy – Service February 8, 2020

Today was the second round of healthy snacks. As always, Cata took care of buying the food and I took care of getting the paper bags. This time we only had to pack 7 bags for ...

Building my team

Once I heard that the word team means Together Everyone Achieves More. Along the CAS experience teamwork is key to success. Throughout my CAS experience teachers, parents, stu...

Stacy – First yearbook meeting of 2020

…. because every picture tells a story… -Unknown That’s what the yearbook committee is all about. To capture valuable memories to remember throughout sch...

Stacy – Journal Entry January 26, 2021

Today I find myself being helpful. Two of my classmates are still planning their second CAS project. Which consists on raising money to fly to Mexico and visit a tribe. I felt...

Stacy – Journal Entry January 7, 2021

¨Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher. Student Sponsoring Students has money left to spend after corona arrived. Me and my ...

Stacy – Día de las Mascaradas

The day finally arrived. The one which me and Cata had been working hard to achieve. All the teachers were congratulating us afterwards and it felt satusy after all the hard p...

Stacy – Getting Started

After meeting with Martina various times, I still didn´t felt ready. My insecurity took over. How was I suppose to cary a big and serious project with Cata. We were only 10th...

Stacy – First Obstacle

What are the early obstacles you’ve had to work around with your project? The main obstacle was working collaboratively with my partner. Like people say, ¨you can´t mix wa...

Stacy – Journal Entry April 17, 2020 ¨Service¨

Everyone that has been in Costa Rica knows is really hot. Fortunately, some of us have the privilege to have an AC at home. Which makes our lives easier. In 2020, a pandemic a...

Stacy – Journal Entry April 17, 2020 ¨Activity¨

In my opinion, I think that being healthy is having harmony between your mind and body. In order to have good health a person has to exercise daily. As a person, I hate exerci...

Stacy – Journal Entry April 17, 2020 ¨Creativity¨

Once Anne Frank said “No one has ever become poor by giving.” Me and my cousins were making signs to hang around the community. We made signs of all kinds. The materials w...

Stacy – Journal Entry September 7,2020 ¨Update¨

Is this project still feasible? If so, how? This project is still feasible. Students Sponsoring Students will continue with online teaching. What does the end of the project l...

Stacy – Journal Entry November 10, 2020

What have I learned? The CAS experience has taught me to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with a partner. Some people will say thay working with a friend is ...

Stacy – Journal Entry September 24, 2020

What did you do to work on your project? Progress I made from last week to this one was reaching out to Tati and asking for students who were struggling academically. She ga...

Stacy – ¨5 examples of global conversations ̈

IMAGE 1: Twitter She attended college and now she's become a voice around the world. IMAGE 2: Google The European Commission gave 58 million euro aid to Sudan, since 6.3 milli...

Stacy – Journal Entry Activity (BREAK)

Playing ̈mejenga ̈ at the beach with your friends is the best feeling a tico can have. This break at Nicolle ́s 18th birthday beach party, me and my friends decided to play...

Stacy – Journal Entry Creativity, Service (BREAK)

Along my break, I decided to help my 9 year old little cousin with math and to better her reading comprehension. Her name is Sofia, we go to the same school. Along this amazin...

̈ ̈First S.S.S meeting ̈

Students Sponsoring Students is a powerful group of students who seek to motivate and support the scholarship program by bringing the community together. Today we had the firs...

̈¨Beach Clean up with class ̈

Three of my classmates, Amanda, Cindy and Kati, took the initiative to plant trees at Playa Penca and clean Potrero. Therefore, they reached out to the class in order for th...

Stacy – Journal Entry September 17, 2020

FINALLY. Genesis and I finally met. After various tries, here we are :) First of all the main take away from this experience was knowing that tutorías aren´t going to work i...

Stacy – Challenges and new skills (journal entry)

Getting into the future? Challenges were undertaken and new skills were learned. On November 3rd, 2020, for the first time I was doing an internship at a restaurant. I´m not ...

Stacy – What have you learn (Journal entry)

What have I learned? The CAS experience has taught me to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with a partner. Some people will say thay working with a friend is ea...

Stacy – Journal Entry September 24, 2020

What did you do to work on your project? Progress I made from last week to this one was reaching out to Tati and asking for students who were struggling academically. She gave...

Stacy – Differentiation

2020‌ ‌ Let‌ ‌me‌ ‌tell‌ ‌you‌ ‌a‌ ‌story‌ ‌that‌ ‌happened‌ ‌the‌ ‌entire‌ ‌year‌ ‌of‌ ‌2020.‌ ‌Once‌ ‌upon‌ ‌...

Stacy – Evidence 26/Oct/2020

Right now, I´m in the process of meeting with Jimena and Genesis each week to discuss what needs to be improved academically. However, I feel really sad Día de las Mascarada...

Stacy – Vacational Journal Entry ACTIVITY

Riding on a jet ski, travelers experience what the ocean can offer. The main outcome I learned from this experience is to be careful with every step you take in life. I mean, ...

Stacy – Vacational Journal Entry SERVICE

¨DONATIONS FOR LA PAZ FAMILIES¨ This summer hadn't lots of activities to offer due to coronavirus. Workers that assisted in tourism stopped working due to the negative aspec...

Stacy – Vacational Journal Entry CREATIVITY

¨COOKING WITH COUSINS¨ Birthdays are an excuse for all families to meet. This past august 11th one of my cousins was turning 17. Due to coronavirus, this time was different....

Stacy – Human Resources Project Week 9

Penultimate Class People can’t really know about you unless you share aspects of your life. This week I shared my final reflection/presentation with my mentors and some ...

Stacy – Human Resources Project Week 5

During this experience communication has made me grow as a learner since it has allowed me to achieve my goals and objective of the project. Also, reaching out to teachers fro...

Stacy – Human Resources Project Week 8

Stacy – Human Resources Project Week 7

Jimena tends to understand english however, her reading comprehension is not quite improved. She understands the majority of the chapter, therefore we are still working on cog...

Stacy – Human Resources Project Week 1

From my perspective, this project shaped my understanding in a different way. I was able to learn how to create a research paper, a cover letter, how to organize my ideas, and...

Stacy – Human Resources Project Week 2

Starting my teacher journey The next reflection will deliver an insight perspective on my experience from this week. When I was choosing my interview questions I though...

Stacy – Human resources Project Week 4

Right now, my main goal or objective is to make sure Jime understands the chapters from the book. She wouldn't be able to do the assignments on the chapters. So far, I´ve had...

Stacy – Human Resources Project Week 3

Appraisals have the power to motivate employees because they provide a number of benefits. They demonstrate the need for improvement.Employees need to understand the work or e...

Grant Proposal Stacy and Cata – November 2, 2019

Students Sponsoring Students is an organization that was founded by a graduate student from La Paz Community School and continues to be run by students. This organization focu...

Stacy – Journal Entry November 12, 2019 ¨5 examples of global conversation¨

The intended message arrived in these texts consists on helping regards power, generosity, kindness and happiness. These articles connect to each other when organizations are ...

Stacy – Journal Entry October 29, 2019 ¨Twitter Post¨

Raising funds to help the outstanding scholarhsip program. Looking forward to creating events. Bringing joy and commitment to the community! #events #communityEngagement

Stacy – Journal Entry September 5, 2019 ¨First Meeting of S.S.S¨

Students Sponsoring Students is a powerful group of students who seek to motivate and support the scholarship program by bringing the community together. Today we had the firs...

Stacy – Journal Entry September 17, 2019 ¨Path questions¨

Are you really making a change in your community ? How can you become a better person by helping others? What are you doing to help others and see change? How do you help ...

Stacy – Journal Entry September 11, 2019 ¨Beach Clean Up with class (Gen 2021)¨

Three of my classmates, Amanda, Cindy, and Kati, took the initiative to plant trees at Playa Penca and clean Potrero. Therefore, they reached out to the class for this activit...

Stacy – Journal Entry October 20, 2019 ¨Mind Map¨

A mind map is a visual thinking tool that helps structure information, helping you to better analyze, comprehend, synthesize, recall and generate new ideas (Brainpower). While...

Stacy – Journal Entry August 7, 2019 ̈Training with Providence Christian College womens ̈

It all started with a group of soccer girls from La Paz Community School, who influenced other girls to play soccer and meet their goals in life. However, their coaches, Paola...

Stacy – Journal Entry July 25, 2019 ¨Anexión del Partido de Nicoya¨

The 25th of July is an important date for Costa Rica's culture. That's why I decided to help my community on this date. By selling the famous pasteles and juices to help Huaca...

I love to eat FOOD!

I'm always willing to try new things, because I don't have a favorite dish. However, I love food in general!

By Stacy

Costa Rica

I love to wear big shirts !

Style takes you to a little excursion into self-expression through clothes. Wearing big shirts make myself feel comfy and confident. It´s a way to help women not feel objecti...

By Stacy

Costa Rica