Creativity, activity, service, CAS, is one of three essential elements of the IB Core that every student must complete as part of the IB Diploma Programme (DP). Based on the philosophy that students learn the most from direct experience, IB students complete and document hours spent in creative, active and service experience.
CAS is intended to be an enriching part of the program, encourage students to find balance. Ideally, students should be logging or updating an experience every week of their junior and senior years. This can mean adding in hours from a supervised or unsupervised sport, showing progress on a creative venture, or adding to their service hours. Students will also undertake a CAS Project during their junior or senior year.
See the Handbook for detailed requirements, examples, and forms. It also includes a step-by-step guide on how to use the ManageBac app to log CAS experiences.
NOTE: While CAS Activity Log forms are used to collect hours and service organization representative signatures, at Robinson IB students use the ManageBac website to keep track of CAS hours and complete their reflections for each activity. Freshmen receive their passwords and instructions for accessing ManageBac by email before the end of the 1st semester. Homeroom teachers can collect signed forms from organization supervisors, approve information entered into the system and can answer student questions about CAS or ManageBac.