Service

All service activities must be approved by your school's service coordinator and/or IB coordinator.

All activities must include student reflection, using Harding's IB Reflection Forms.

Students must complete 8 activities/25 hours each year. Activities may not roll over to the next year.

CAS begins in the fall of junior year and should be completed by January of the senior year.

CAS has 7 learning outcomes which must be fulfilled across all CAS activities. Students must:

• identify own strengths and develop areas for growth;

• demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process;

• demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience;

• show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences;

• demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively;

• demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance;

• recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions.

Students must complete a rough balance of activities in each category of Creativity, Activity, and Service.

Students must complete a CAS project, a long-term, student-planned endeavor.

Creativity may include:

• artistic endeavors (visual or performing)

• planning events

• teaching/tutoring/coaching

Activity refers to physical activity and may include:

• organized sports

• campus/neighborhood cleanups

Service involves experiences which benefit others and for which students are not paid.

Students must complete a reflection for every CAS experience using Harding's IB Reflection Forms.