January 28, 2016

All during the fall, I played club soccer. I practiced 3 times a week for a little more than 3 months and played games on most weekends. This is a very time consuming sport, but it definitely makes me happy and helps me clear my head from the stress of school. It has taught me how important time management is. Also, being on a team sport really helps me be a better person because I learn that it is okay to let other people help you. I will have tryouts for my school team in a few weeks.  I have been and will continue to work to be prepared to do my best at tryouts. I have been playing indoor soccer this winter. If I make the team I will have to work really hard at time management. If I make the team I will have practice or games every day of the week. It is a lot of time, but it is worth it because it is my main/basically only, source of exercise other than running. I mostly run so I can play soccer. From soccer I have gained and am gaining many of the IB learner profiles including: inquirer, communicator, well balanced, reflective and thinker. I learned to become and inquirer by wanting to know how to improve at soccer. I have become a communicator because it is a necessity for success on the field. Also, well balanced because I am playing soccer, going to school, working on an art portfolio and doing service learning. I have become a thinker and reflective from soccer because with soccer the mental game is just as important as the physical part. Ultimately, much of my time has been spent playing soccer and thats okay with me because it does make me truly happy. It is a great Action to participate in because I learn and grow from it all the time.

Experience	Creativity (hours)	Activity (hours)	Service (hours)
Total Hours Overall:	Total Creativity:1 hour	Total Activity: 15 hours hours	Total Service: 6.5

January 25, 2016

This past week I worked with the Grimsley Key Club to prepare advertisement and boxes for a Book Drive at Grimsley. The book drive will go through February and all the books collected will go to Wiley Elementary. This was a very hands on activity and I enjoyed making posters and boxes. During this time we got to distribute the boxes and posters throughout Grimsley. This activity showed me that the more people work together the faster activities can get done.