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What is CAS? CAS stands for Creativity, Activity, Service. All IB students must participate in 150 CAS hours over the course of their Junior and Senior years combined. Students must have a balance between the 3 strands (a minimum of 40 hours of each) and must also complete a CAS project, which can be in ANY of the strands (or a combination of the strands). Students also reflect on these experiences, noting the challenges, moments of discovery and their feelings in an effort to increase a student's awareness of self.
Creativity: exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance.
participation in a school/community music or theater group
Cooking classes/Cake decorating classes
Creative writing workshops
Writing and/or performing a song/scene/dramatic reading at an open mic night
Participation in Mock Trial (the portions where you are creating and performing your dialog)
Detailing a car/bike (the portions where you are creating/working on design features)
Creativity Ideas
Join choir, band, theater or take an art class at Foothill (or elsewhere!)
Join yearbook or journalism
Join a Foothill club that does creative things (Blankets for Buddies, Chess, Creative Writing, Dungeons & Dragons, F.A.C.E. Magazine, Knights EV Racing, Palette Project, Photography, Students of Fine Art, Vocal Music)
Perform in Knights of Originals or at Open Mic Night
Orange County Public Library (the Tustin library has events for teens that are creative about once a month)
Orange Public Library (the Orange library has events for teens that are creative about once a month)
Marines in Flight Poster Contest
Submit a creative work to Knightwriter
Activity: Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle.
Participation in a school/community athletic team
Running/Jogging
Hiking
Bicycling
Dance classes/team
Musical theater (the portions where you are actively dancing)
Weight training (please consult with a professional)
Intramural sports (futsal/dodgeball)
Activity Ideas
Join a sport, dance or cheer on our campus (or elsewhere)
Join a Foothill club that does active things (Ace Badminton, Outdoors, Fishing, Dirt Mountainbiking, Surf, Roller Hockey, Pickleball, Surfrider)
Take a PE class
Take a dance or athletic class at a Junior College for a low price
OC Parks (they have organized hikes several times a week)
Attend Foothill dances
Participate in Foothill's lunchtime tournaments (3 on 3 basketball, dodge ball, pickleball, etc)
Service: Collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need.
Volunteering at a food bank
Second Harvest Food Bank
Mary's Kitchen
OC Rescue Mission
Volunteering to tutor through a school/community organization (tutoring a friend/sibling would not be included)
Knights for Knowledge (on Foothill's campus)
Orange Public Library (currently looking for volunteers!)
Volunteering at a beach clean-up
Surfrider Foundation
Bolsa Chica Beach Cleanups
Volunteering at a senior center/youth center
Boys & Girls Club, Tustin
Volunteering at a library
Service Ideas
Join a Foothill club focused on service (Arroyo Help, Blankets for Buddies, CA Kids Giving Back, CSF, Care for Cancer, Casa OC, Club SOAR, Ethan & Choco's Book Club, Friday Night Live, Girls4Girls, JustServe, Key, Knights Against Waste, Miracles for Kids, My Heart Beats 4 Noah, NHS, Operation: Be Kind, Red Cross, Rotary, Smile Train, Spina B, Steam for All, Surfrider, Sheepfold, Think Together, Tustin Public Schools Foundation, Whiskers & Wags)
Join a community based club that does service events (National Charity League and Assisteens are two examples)
Help a teacher after school or at lunch
Knights for Knowledge Tutoring
OC Parks (they have service opportunities)
Pageant of the Masters Volunteer (could also count for creativity)
Surfrider: surfrider.org
Orange County Food Bank: ocfoodbank.org
Second Harvest Food Bank: feedoc.org
Orange County Public Library: ocpl.org
Orange, CA Library: cityoforange.org
Race for the Cure: komenoc.org
Arthritis Foundation: arthritis.org
Special Olympics: specialolympics.org
Little League: tellbaseball.com
Blind Children’s Learning Center: blindkids.org
Habitat for Humanity: habitatoc.org
Alzheimer’s Orange County: alzoc.org
Shea Center for Therapeutic Riding: sheacenter.org
Ocean Institute: ocean-institute.org
Some guidelines for Service experiences
Service experiences for IB may not be self-serving. For example, volunteering at a fundraiser for your volleyball team directly benefits you, so it would not be included in service. Volunteering at a fundraiser to raise funds for a volleyball team in a low income area to buy equipment and uniforms would be included in service.
Service experiences must be in response to an authentic need. Volunteering to clean up a park that is already clean would not be an authentic need.
Service experiences must not include proselytizing or be overtly political.
Service experiences must not be for the profit of you or anyone else. For example, distributing flyers promoting a new business would not be included in service. However, if a business hosted a carnival event for families to attend for free, working or promoting that event would be included in service.
CAS Project: A collaborative, well-considered series of sequential CAS experiences, engaging students in one or more of the CAS strands.
C: A student group plans, designs and creates a mural
C: A student group plans and leads a knitting club at lunch
A: A student group organizes and runs an intramural sports league
A: A student group plans and conducts an informational hike
S: A student group sets up and conducts tutoring for people in need (or with community members)
C & A: Students choreograph a routine for Knights on Broadway
C: Students write, rehearse and perform a skit for Knights of Originals
C, A, & S: Students rehearse and perform a production for a community retirement home
C & S: A student group plans and films an anti-bullying PSA to air on Foothill TV
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