Creativity
Creativity—exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance
Creativity Activities Offered At Seisen in 2022:
* Although activities are listed here, they may not be offered every year.
Music Related:
Jazz Band EL (Ms. Hashimoto)
High School Choir (Ms. Mine)
Vocal Ensemble (Ms. Mine)
Guitar/Bass Guitar Lessons (Mr. Frain)
Music Production Club EL (Mr. Frain)
Symphonic Ensemble (Ms. Hashimoto)
Combined Band/SMIS (Ms. Hashimoto)
String Ensemble (Ms. Mine)
Writing/Speaking Related:
Journalism EL (Ms. Ndhlovu)
Yearbook (Mr. DeLeon)
Debate (Mr. Skulmoski/Mr. Granger)
Writing Centre (Mr. Dutki)
Speech (Mr. Dutki)
Story Writers Club EL (Vivi in G11)
Model United Nations (MUN) (Ms. Yunus, Ms. Maekawa)
Drama/Film Related:
Filmmaking and Photography EL (Ms. Tolino)
Fall Play (Ms. Tolino)
Spring Musical (Ms. Tolino)
Videography (Mr. Brittain, Mr. Steele)
Art Related:
Photography Club (Mr. Brittain)
Empty Bowls EL (Ms. Kotowich)
Pottery Club (Ms. Kotowich)
UI/UX Design
Tech Club (Mr. Walters)
Advertising EL (Aina, Chloe, Maya, Mia in G12)
Kraft Kidz EL (Luna and Natsuki, G11)
Other:
Firebird (Ms. Alatini and Mr. Cabiles)
TedX @ Seisen (Mr. Mitchell)
AI (Artificial Intelligence) Club
Dance Club EL (Janani, Lizzy in G11)
Gel Nail Art Club EL (Nanako, Haruka, G10)
Seisen Media Team EL (Judy in G11)
Seisen Event Production Team (Mr. Brittain)
Examples of Creativity experiences students can pursue on their own:
Write a script for a play
Participate in a community-based theatre group
Design or participate in awareness-raising performances for NGOs
Form a performance group
Run a children’s theatre group in the local community.
Organize an improvisation theatre troupe.
Learn how to perform magic and put on a magic show.
Form a music group.
Perform for clients in aged-care homes.
Conduct a choir or a band
Host a musical event at school.
Produce personal artworks.
Paint a mural for the walls of a local primary school or childcare centre
Design posters for school advertising particular events.
Organize or participate in craft activities.
Do photo shoots for NGOs or for senior citizens.
Enter a local art or photography competition.
Teach art for early childhood or primary school.
Join a ballet or jazz class.
Choreograph a flash mob
Run a school-based dance class.
Perform as a dancer in a school production.
Teach a junior dance class.
Participate in design projects to improve the local community.
Design and create furniture.
Assist an NGO with designing a website
Help a local hospital or clinic with a redesign.
Create an awareness-raising video for an NGO.
Create promotional footage related to a specific cause.
Make a documentary or a film.
Join the school publicity/media group.
Create a video archive for a local historical society.
Plan a film series for a senior centre.
Organize a film event for a cause to raise awareness and funds.
Organize a recycled clothing or clothes swap group to benefit a charity
Participate in a group that designs clothes from sustainable materials
Organize a school-based fashion show.
Run a knitting group and create items of clothing for a cause.
Start a sewing collaborative to make outfits for children in need.
Design reusable shopping bags with fashion flair.
Design and produce children’s toys.
Design information booklets or pamphlets for a specific NGO.
Design storyboards for a specific purpose.
Make animations
Create logos and designs for T-shirts with environmental messages.
Redesign an organization’s brochures, business cards and logo.
Edit a school newspaper or bulletin or do the same for a senior centre
Create children’s books for schools in need of these resources.
Organize a creative writing workshop.
Write a novella or a novel.
Start a poetry project that places poetry anonymously around school or the community
Cook for a locally based international festival.
Create a recipe book.
Run cooking classes.
Make a “how to cook” video series.
Document the results of cooking a new, challenging recipe once a week
Teachers Do Creativity
Before students came back to school in 2021, teachers were asked to reflect on their own hobbies and activities, and how they could be counted as CAS. The point is that CAS extends beyond the DP; it is about being a well-rounded human being beyond school and throughout life.
Creativity at Seisen: