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As a culmination, on  February     The  event  was  followed  by       caring     and    responsible
          19, 2020, we celebrated the        a  ballet  dance  performance       citizens.”
          students’ CAS journey thus         by  Aarushi  Bhargava.  She
          far. Students showcased their      added:  “CAS  has  been  a          Next was a play in which our
                                                                                 students portrayed how some
                                             highlight  of  my  DP  journey
          learning with their peers and
       1. 1.                                 and  the  showcase  marked          of the eminent changemakers
          the parent community. The
                                                                                 in the world, being IB alumni,
                                             the  culmination  of  it  all.  It
          showcase started with a
          musical performance by Ojas        provided  me  with  a  great        succeeded  in  life  with  their
          Shukla, a DP student.              opportunity  to  exhibit  my        exposure  to  CAS  and  its
                                             creative  and  athletic  skills     lifelong learning.
          In the words of Ojas Shukla:       as  well  as  develop  my
          ”The CAS showcase has been         confidence as a ballet dancer.      The CAS showcase signified
          an  amazing  opportunity  to       This showcase enabled me to         the  end  of  the  programme,
          present  my  understanding         document my progress over           allowing  me  to  showcase
          of the CAS programme. My           the zeal-filled two years.”         my  two-year  journey  and
          journey with the guitar had                                            functioning     as    another
          started before DP; however,        The  CAS  showcase  was  an         challenging experience. The
          the  two  years  under  CAS        event that gave students an         skit  was  a  new  experience,
          were  when  I  seriously           opportunity to celebrate their      challenging  my  confidence,
          picked  up  the  instrument        achievements as soon to be,         communication,        creative
          and  decided  to  learn  the       ‘DP alumni’, and share their        skills and acting was the final
          intricacies of music theory—       initiatives  to  motivate  their    opportunity for me to display
          the performance acted as a         successors.                         my skills while simultaneously
          beautiful, final culmination of                                        experiencing  the  fear  and
          months of creative expression      “It was a delight to see how        uncertainty        associated
          and calloused fingers.”            CAS  has  achieved  the  IB         with all experiences” added
                                             mission of learners becoming        Aparna Maansi Aggarwal.
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