CAS FAQs

Creativity, Activity and Service. It is to balance the academic demands of the IBDP and encourages students to develop their personal and interpersonal growth by learning through experience and by providing them opportunities to develop self-determination and collaboration with others.

Each student will build on their experiential learning from Creative Arts, Opening Minds, Enrichment and OEP. They will develop the reflective process through each experience they participate in and log each experience with evidence and reflections in an online portfolio on the platform called ManageBac

Creativity could include;

Drama and Theatre (Cast, lighting and sound, set design, costume design and sewing, make-up)

Musical ensembles (teach others; perform for public, such as Jazz Band, String Ensemble or Interlude)

Debate preparation or tournament (outside of class)

Setting up and running a school-wide video game championship

Emceeing or deejaying for a public event

Face painting at a charity event

Biology Book Reviews

Photography (perhaps as evidence of other CAS experiences)

Webpage design for school or community organization

Preparation for public speaking

School newspaper or yearbook writing and editing

Choreographing dance –learning a new dance form or starting a dance group for younger students

Learning sign language

Making bracelets or dolls for an international charity

Scrapbooking (perhaps as documentation of one's CAS project)

Making crafts for a charity sale

Pottery classes in the local community

Prepare and make resources for teaching a series of language lessons or working with young children/refugees eg Lisbon Project

Cooking classes where you create your own recipes and/ or menu planning

Learning to play a new instrument

Learning to drive

A skiing holiday with your family

Participating in any sport with no goals

Recreational swimming (for fun)

Walking to school (or anywhere else, for that matter)

Playing pool or bowling on a Saturday night

Painting a wall or playing an instrument

Dancing socially (at prom, spring formal)

Any physical activity already a part of your curriculum

Volunteer online with organisations like the Lisbon Project

Organising collections and delivery for local charities like CCPC and the Lisbon Project

Learning to construct and then producing cloth masks for the COVID-19 crisis

Clothing, stuffed animal, school supply or book drives

Cleaning up or planting flowers at a local park

Taking a CPR class and becoming certified

Raising money for and participating in an activity event to raise money for a cause

Bringing an online guest speaker to a class or club to speak on an important issue

Organizing a presentation to a group of students on an important issue to you or one related to class curricula

Joining and working with an NGO eg Amnesty International

Speaking at a local organization or charity event in support of an important issue

Projects/tasks within a student leadership committee: Student Ambassadors or House Captain

Collecting student data on SurveyMonkey, Naviance or other survey form to effect change within our school

Designing a fundraiser for the art/music/science department based on a meeting with staff to compile a wish list

Working alongside IB diploma candidates in an elective class to design a survey that benefits the local community

This is a collaborative set of experiences in which students learn together to achieve an outcome.

A project will include;

• real, purposeful experiences, with significant outcomes

• personal challenge

• thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing progress, reporting

• reflection on outcomes and personal learning

This is an online platform which allows students to keep an organised log of their CAS experiences over 18 months. It provides structure and guidance with help videos and answers.