A bigger experience within your CAS!
In your CAS project, you will work with others, towards a stated goal, in one or more of creativity, activity and service.
ONLY FULL DP STUDENTS NEED TO COMPLETE A CAS PROJECT
CAS requires students to take part in a range of experiences and at least one project. These should involve:
real, purposeful activities, with significant outcomes
personal challenge
thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing progress, reporting
reflection on outcomes and personal learning
HOW DO I START MY CAS PROJECT?
Choose a CAS Strand/s to focus on and another DP Student/s to collaborate with (preferably inside school). Equal responsibility for all.
Complete this digital CAS Project form
While waiting for an email confirmation from Ms. Lee (CAS coordinator), reach out to a potential supervisor with following email template
Once you receive an email approval from both Ms. Lee and your supervisor, take a screenshot and upload them on CAS >> Documents (see below)
Go ahead and start working on your project!
Make sure to refer to the CAS Stages Questions for your reflection in each stage.
All CAS projects should have a defined goal. Individually, you should identify one or more learning outcomes you intend to meet to further guide your role and responsibilities in the CAS project. These could change as you complete the project.
CAS Projects must follow the following five stages:
Investigation: Look into your interests, skills, talents and areas for personal growth. For service, you should identify a need you want to address.
Preparation: Clarify the roles and responsibilities necessary for the experience or project to be a success, develop a plan of actions to be taken, identify specified resources and timelines, and acquire any skills needed to engage in the CAS experience.
Action: Implement your idea or plan. This often requires decision-making and problem-solving. You might work individually, with partners, or in groups.
Reflection: Describe what happened, express feelings, generate ideas, and raise questions. Reflection can occur at any time during CAS to further understanding, to assist with revising plans, to learn from the experience, and to make explicit connections between your growth, accomplishments, and the learning outcomes.
Demonstration: You make explicit what and how you learned and what you have accomplished. To do this, you could, for example, share your CAS experiences through your CAS portfolio or with others.
Can this idea be a CAS project?
Does it address one or more strands of CAS (creativity, activity, service)?
Does it last a minimum of one month from planning to completion?
Will it follow the five stages of CAS?
Are you collaborating with other DP students?
Did Ms. Lee and a supervisor approve this project?
For a service CAS project, please check the SFS community partnership tab for some ideas.
Some examples of CAS project:
A group plans, designs and creates a mural or wall display (creativity)
Organise and participate in a sports team over time, including training sessions and matches against other teams (activity)
Plan and undertake an unsupported expedition (activity)
Set up and conduct tutoring for people in need (service)
Choreograph a routine for their band or cheerleading squad (creativity and activity)
Plan, set up and run a not-for-profit business (creativity and service)
Plan and participate in the planting and maintenance of a garden with members of the local community. (service and activity)
Identify that children at a local school need backpacks, and then design and make the backpacks out of recycled materials. (service and creativity)
Rehearse and perform a dance production for a community retirement home. (creativity, activity, and service)
For a creativity project, a talented musician could learn a particularly difficult piece, or a different style of playing.
Read our blog about a group of students in New York who produced and performed a play to raise awareness of a real-world issue.
Activity projects do not have to be sports-related or competitive. A valuable activity project could help a student overcome a personal fear, such as rock climbing.
Read our blog about a student in Australia who achieved his dream of becoming a youth soccer coach through CAS.
Service projects must be beneficial for the community as well as providing a learning opportunity for the student.
Read our blog about students in Indiana who organized a huge recycling drive to help an IB World School in Flint, Michigan.
Any CAS project that involves fundraising will need approval from Mr. Gilmore and once it gets approved, he will notify the fundraising committee. If the fundraiser seeks support from parents or outside HS, the student responsible for CAS will need to submit a form to get approval from the fundraising approval committee.
For more information, reach out to Ms. Lee.