Creativity Activity Service
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)
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)
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
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