Creativity, Activity & Service

"CAS" stands for Creativity, Activity, and Service and is an essential element of the IB Diploma Program and a graduation requirement for all FIS students. Participation in CAS encourages students to share their energies and special talents while developing awareness, concern and the ability to work cooperatively with others. It goes beyond their classroom and textbooks. 

CAS is about the education of the whole person. It should encourage the development of new skills on many levels; for example, creative skills, physical skills and social skills.

Aims

The CAS program aims to develop students who:

• enjoy and find significance in a range of CAS experiences

• purposefully reflect upon their experiences

• identify goals, develop strategies and determine further actions for personal growth

• explore new possibilities, embrace new challenges and adapt to new roles

• actively participate in planned, sustained, and collaborative CAS projects

• understand they are members of local and global communities with responsibilities towards each other and the environment.

The responsibility of the CAS student

Key to a student’s CAS program is personal engagement, choice and enjoyment of CAS experiences. Throughout the Diploma Program, students undertake a variety of CAS experiences, ideally on a weekly basis, for a minimum of 18 months. They must also undertake at least one CAS project. Students reflect on CAS experiences at significant moments throughout CAS and maintain a CAS portfolio on ManageBac.  The core purpose of all CAS experience is to help to make the student a better person and/or make their world a better place.