CAS at Pelion (links go to Facebook events)

 

General Garden Chore Days:

(All grades welcome. 5th&6th graders must be accompanied by adult or responsible older sibling)

Thursday, October 1st, 3:30-5pm 

Saturday, October 3rd, 10am-noon

Thursday, November 5th, 3:30-5pm (final veggies harvest)

Saturday, November 7th, 10am-noon (close garden Pt.1)

Wednesday, November 11th, 10am-noon (close garden Pt.2)

 

Harvests & Workshops:

Chokeberry Harvest*:Thursday, September 24th, 3:30-5pm 

Plum Harvest & Tree Care*: September 26th 10am-noon (location=micro orchard at Southampton and Masten intersection, just down hill from CHS/Masten Park entrance)

Pelion Sketch Meetup: Saturday, October 3rd, 2-4pm

Potato Harvest*: Saturday, October 24th, 10am-noon

Three Sisters Potluck & Corn Grinding Demonstration*: Thursday, October 22nd, 5-6:30pm

Worm Hunting Sessions*: Students must bring gloves. Dress for the weather; costumes welcome. October 29 is for 5th grade & October 30 is for 6th grade. 3-4:30pm both days. 

Natural Dye Workshops: TBD based on CAS/Personal Project student interest/availability

Beekeeping Program Events:

Mason Bee Cleaning*: Friday, October 2nd, 3:30-5pm

(grades 7-12th welcome)

Honey Harvest Demonstration*: October 17th, 1-3pm

(all grades welcome)

Hive Inspection #1: September 25 3-4:30pm

Hive Inspection #2: October 9 3-4:30pm

Hive Inspection #3: October 16th 3-4:30pm

(Note: Inspectors must be 9-12th graders. Hives cannot be opened in the rain so students must text Ms. Caesandra if there's a questionable forecast to confirm)

Hive Winter Preparation: October 27th & 28th, 3-5pm 

 

PDFs of PPT from Junior and Senior IB DP Info Sessions from September 10, 2020

Here is a link to the PDF of the PowerPoint from the Junior meeting (Class of 2022) held the evening of Thursday, September 10th

and

here is a link to the PDF of the PowerPoint from the Senior meeting (Class of 2021) held the evening of Thursday, September 10th.

CAS in the time of COVID

We'll be talking in TOK about "getting creative" with CAS. For now, one thing you can think about doing that counts for a CAS experience: your physical education class (when you are doing things that make you "break a sweat.").

You'll want to add an experience in ManageBac named "Physical Education." You will want to have at least two reflections per unit. The first will explain the unit you're working on and what your goals are for the unit - and how long it is going to last. The second will be the end of the unit and how you met your goals. If the unit is longer than a month, you may want to have a reflection towards the end of the first month/beginning of the second month on how things are going and how you are progressing toward your goals. Finally, you will want to make sure you add evidence for each unit (picture of you participating, a screen shot of you in the class, etc.).

Please contact Mrs. Banas or Mr. Moses if you have questions. 

Local CAS opportunities

Helping out with the CHS with the Winter Bazaar on Friday, December 13th.

Helping out with the Fruit Belt Community Christmas Party from 1-3 pm on Saturday, December 14th

 

Dec 14-  1-3  Fruit Belt Christmas Party

Sign ups for both experiences are available outside the guidance office door.

See Mrs. Bertucci if you have any questions.

Garden Help!

Pelion Community Garden is looking for one to two grade 10-12 students to help with its mobile vermicompost outreach. It's one of the ways Pelion/CHS can get into enviro-fairs and schools to educate about healthy soil, invite people to Pelion, and encourage them to volunteer in the garden. 

These volunteers would go out to attend more events and maintain continuity as students graduate or become busy with other activities.

Often times these outreach events coincide with Saturday workshops or volunteer sessions that are scheduled at Pelion and the garden coordinator cannot supervise both locations. Therefore, volunteers must be mature, responsible, and not afraid of the worms or meeting humans of all ages

Interested students should contact the garden coordinator, Caesandra Seawell directly via email peliongarden@gmail.com or txt 716-803-5566.

Trinity Church Speaker Series Volunteer Opportunity

Trinity Church, located at 371 Delaware Avenue, needs volunteers for Saturday afternoon - November 23rd to take down chairs for a speaker series entitled, Fresh Voices: Seeking the Scared in our Broken World. This event will feature Andrea Ó Súilleabháin from Partnership for the Public Good and Rahwa Ghirmatzion from PUSH Buffalo. The event begins at 3:00 pm and will end by 4:30 pm.

Volunteers would need to arrive at 4:30 pm and will be finished by 6:30 pm.

If interested, please contact Catherine Lincoln by email: ccarrclincoln@gmail.com or cell phone: 203-506-5887 by Friday, November 8th. This opportunity is eligible for CAS.

Help out with Tall Ship events at the Buffalo Harbor

Several Tall Ships are visiting Buffalo from July 4-7 and the group putting this even together need assistance!

If you would like to help with the event, it is eligible for CAS, please email Stasia Vogel at buffalolightshines@gmail.com.