CAS stands for Creativity, Action, and Service (CAS). It is a programme, within the IB Diploma, that provides a focus for students outside the demanding school curriculum. The creative, physical and social development of an individual can be shaped by his or her own experiences.
Participation in CAS encourages students to share their energies and special talents while developing awareness, concern and the ability to work cooperatively with others. CAS is about the education of the whole person, enabling a student to recognize that there are many opportunities in life, away from formal academic study, to grow in knowledge of life, self and others.
What is CAS?
Creativity is interpreted as imaginatively as possible to cover a wide range of arts and other activities outside the normal curriculum that include creative thinking in the design and carrying out of service projects. This could involve doing dance, theatre, music and art, in groups, and especially in new roles, wherever possible.
Action can include participation in expeditions, individual and team sports, and physical activities outside the normal curriculum; it also includes physical activity involved in carrying out creative and service projects. Students are encouraged towards group and team activities, where they undertake new roles
Service projects and activities have the potential to nurture and mould the global citizen. Service involves interaction, such as the building of links with individuals or groups within the community. The community may be the school, the local district, or it may exist on national and international levels. Service activities should involve doing things for others with others and developing a real commitment with them. The relationship should therefore show respect for the dignity and self-respect of others.