​"The CAS requirement is a fundamental part of the programme and takes seriously the importance of life outside the world of scholarship, providing a refreshing counterbalance to academic studies." CAS is at the heart of the Diploma Programme. With its holistic approach, CAS is designed to strengthen and extend students’ personal and interpersonal learning from the PYP and MYP.

CAS is organized around the three strands of creativity, activity and service defined as follows.

• Creativity—exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance
• Activity—physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle
• Service—collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need
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As a shining beacon of our values, CAS enables students to demonstrate attributes of the IB learner profile in real and practical ways, to grow as unique individuals and to recognize their role in relation to others. Students develop skills, attitudes and dispositions through a variety of individual and group experiences that provide students with opportunities to explore their interests and express their passions, personalities and perspectives. CAS complements a challenging academic programme in a holistic way, providing opportunities for self-determination, collaboration, accomplishment and enjoyment. 

CAS Hours Completion | Grades 11 and 12
Students are expected to complete hours on a monthly basis.  We are asking that students turn documentation for their hours during each month of the school year. It is our expectation that students will document 8-10 hours EACH month throughout the school year. This will result in a cumulative 64-80 hours completed throughout the school year, spanning the areas of Creativity, Activity, and Service.
 
CAS Checkpoints
Hours will be due the first Monday of each month.
Completion of hours will be reviewed the first Thursday of every month in 8th hour, which the exceptions of September and June.
 
In regards to social activities at City, students will be expected to have fulfilled the minimum requirement of 8 hours all months prior to the event.
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