Service 

 Direct service: Student interaction involves people, the environment or animals. For example, this can appear as one-to-one tutoring, volunteering at a nursing home/hospital/elementary school, or working at an animal shelter. All La Chat students are encouraged to have at least one direct service experience. Direct contact provides students with the most meaningful of service experiences and often can be expounded upon in college and university applications.

Indirect service: Though students do not see the recipients of indirect service, they have verified their actions will benefit the community or environment. For example, this can appear as re-designing a non-profit organisation website, conducting a renovation project at a local park, or raising funds and donating to a local or international organisation. Students should conduct and document proper research to determine if a community need exists for an indirect service project (such as a fundraising campaign.)

Advocacy: Students speak on behalf of a cause or concern to promote action on an issue of public interest. For example, this may appear as initiating an awareness campaign on hunger and presenting to a group of students to inform them of important issues; or creating a video on sustainable water solutions; or raising awareness of unnecessary use of plastic in school. Students need to recognise that advocacy is often a necessary step on the part of a CAS project to encourage direct or indirect service.

Research: Students collect information through varied sources, analyse data, and report on a topic of importance to influence policy or practice. All students looking to fund raise for an organisation must perform diligent research to verify that the organisation is authentic and will utilise any funds for the purpose they claim. Students should also note that data collection that is not followed by an attempt to change policy or practice does not constitute CAS.