IB DP CAS Handbook 2021-2023

CAS INTERVIEWS - TEMPLATE

Thaleia Vladimirou
Pupil’s Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………

Interview 1 Date: ……………………………..

1. Do you have any questions or concerns about CAS?

I used to have some questions related to CAS but my CAS coordinator

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and advisor were there guiding me through and solving all of my
questions. For now, my only concern about CAS is whether i will have
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time to complete all the CAS needed and if writing up the CAS diary will
be harder than i imagine
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2. Which aspect of the Programme excites you the most? Which aspect seems most
challenging?

What excites me the most is the fact that i get the chance to experience
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things i’ve never imagined i would throughout my teenage years and
getting together with my classmates but not only. However, trying to
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complete all the CAS needed while trying to be up to date with my IB
work seems to be the most challenging for me throughout this journey
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as my time management is not really good.
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3. What do you hope to achieve most from CAS?

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I hope, CAS help me achive my goal which is to grow as a person and
improve my life skills as well as help me gain as many memories as
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possible from highschool and IB
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4. How do you think your CAS Programme will enable you to grow?

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The CAS programme is giving me a great opportunity to grow as an
individual through giving me the opportunities to try something new but
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also by challenging me to find my steps alone in order to finish the CAS
activity. Throughout this, i will be able to find my strengths and
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weaknesses and being able to build on them
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5. What have you learned about the CAS Stages and how can this help you in CAS?

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Through the stages of CAS, i learned that before actually taking part to
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an activity, the steps must be followed carefully in order to fully
complete the CAS. This will then help me to stay organised and make
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the best out of the CAS activity.
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6. How will you plan for an equal distribution of the CAS strands across your CAS
experiences?

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Thaleia Vladimirou
Pupil’s Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………

Interview 2 Date: ……………………………..

1. What has been most enjoyable and beneficial for you so far in CAS?

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What i have being enjoying the most in CAS so far is when we have to
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work together with so many different people such as classmates, i get
to learn how to work in a team and also gain many memories out of
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this. Also, CAS benefit me when it comes to me growing as a person
and learning to do certain things by myself as it played an important
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role
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2. What has been a highlight of Creativity? Activity? Service?

The highlight for creativity the Erasmus+ Youth Exchange Project: climate change
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as it gave me the chance to be creative and think outside the box to find different
solutions for different climate problems we are nowadays facing
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The highlight for activity was my participation in the Marathon of colours as it was
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always my dream as a child to participate in one of these but i was always scared
of the throwing of colours and the CAS programme encourage me to finally
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participate
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The highlight for service was Junior Achievment as i always wanted to help people
and children especially the ones with late developments so helping and seeing kids
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and adults smile and feel confident in their achievments
3. What do you hope to achieve most from CAS? How can you do this?

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I hope one day, i look back and i have so many memories where i can
remember and laugh and this can only be achieved if i challenge
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myself to participate in all the CAS opportunities available
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4. When have you investigated, prepared, and taken action so far in Creativity,
Activity, and/or Service, or with your CAS Project?

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5. What goals do you want to accomplish through your CAS Project? Who are you
collaborating with? Does your CAS Project involve Creativity, Activity, and/or
Service? What are your roles and responsibilities? What progress have you made
so far?
Through the CAS project i want to be able to build on myself and grow
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as an individual and this can be achieve by the help of my classmates
while planning an activity or even by participating in as many CAS
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activities as possible. Until now, i have completed more than one
project per category, meaning that i have more than one for activity,
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creativity and service so far. Also, until now i have taken the
responsibility of planning a project and be the leader but i also played
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an important role in the planning of other projects as i had to help with
decorating, selling different things and vulounterring. So far, i feel like i
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gained many memories and i learned to fight for what i want to achieve
in life and noone can doubt me
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Thaleia Vladimirou
Pupil’s Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………

Interview 3 Date: ……………………………..

1. What did you most enjoy about CAS?

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I really enjoy CAS. CAS gave me the chance to meet new people,
work with all of my classmates at some point and even grow as a
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person by enabling me to work on my life skills. The CAS project i
enjoyed the most is the Junior Achievement as i always wanted to help
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those with late developments and show others their worth and how
special they are. Through junior achievement i was able to do so and
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watching those people smile gave me a sense of happiness
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2. Did you manage to reach your goals?

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Since the beginning i was worried i won’t be able to reach my goals but
with hard work and dedication to achieve my goals. i finally did so. I
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grew as a person, my life skills are improved and i have gained so
many memories i can look back and laugh
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3. What was your greatest challenge in CAS? How did you overcome this?

One of the greatest challenge was time management while being a

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part of Junior Achievement, having school work and also participating
in other CAS activities. In order to overcome this problem, i was trying
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to stay organised with all my work both in school and Junior
Achievement but i also tried to stay up to date and not leave anything
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for the night before and this helped me to being able to manage the
time given to me and not stress out much
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4. What have you achieved through CAS?

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CAS helped me to grow my life skills, manage my time and learned to
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work as a team and accept feedback from my teammates. Thus,
through CAS i achieved all of my goals
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5. What have you learned about balancing your time with your choices and

commitments?

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6. How do you already apply what you have learned from CAS in your daily life?

How can this continue as you make future choices?

Through CAS the most important thing that i learned was time
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management. Time management is something IB requires but also in
future choices as well. It’s very important to be able to manage the time
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given to you in daily activities and challenges and as we grow up, time
is limited so knowing how to manage it without stressing out it’s very
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important
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7. Looking ahead, have any new goals emanated from your CAS Programme?

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8. Describe your CAS Project: how you planned it, whom you collaborated with, your

roles and responsibilities, and the results of your collaboration. Were your

expectations met or were they exceeded?

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