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International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme |
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Fort Dorchester High School |
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Creativity, Action, and Service |
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CAS is an opportunity for you to serve your local and global community and also for you to grow and try new things. You can start earning your CAS hours as soon as you finish your sophomore year of high school. Keep a log (try an excel spreadsheet) and keep up with evaluations to make the process less difficult. You will need an adult signature for each activity or project, but the signature can be on any kind of paper. Get a supervisor to sign a napkin at a picnic you help organize and attach that to your evaluation -- that's all you need! Our CAS coordinator will be more than glad to supply you with a CAS form, answer your questions, help you organize a group activity, or nearly anything else.
The diploma class of 2010 has different requirements for CAS than the diploma class of 2009, due to changes in the CAS program. Please make sure you are accessing the resources for your diploma class!
Diploma Class of 2009
Here are some great resources that you can use to help organize your CAS experience.
Follow these easy directions to understand the CAS process.
This explains the CAS requirements that students need to meet prior to finishing the IB diploma programme.
This should answer most of your questions — if not, Mrs. West will be happy to clarify and help!
This is a great resource for keeping track of hours, especially for long-term projects.
Two choices:
Use a custom Fort Dorchester IB CAS form,
or use the applicable questions and write your own CAS evaluation. Here’s an example.
Diploma Class of 2010
The IBO has modified the CAS experience for students graduating in 2010 and beyond.
This summarizes the requirements for CAS for the May, 1010 class. Remember, record-keeping is your responsibility. Establish a binder or blog (or whatever floats your boat) and keep your CAS experience updated.
The 8 Key Learning Objectives Project Planner
Question: Do you have to use these forms? Answer: NO! You can keep your CAS records in any format you’d like, but if you want to use these forms, you are welcome to do so.
Plan your CAS activities to meet these objectives:
¨ Increase your awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth
The learner profile evaluation meets the first key outcome.
¨ Undertake new challenges
¨ Plan and initiate activities
¨ Work collaboratively with others
¨ Show perseverance and commitment in your activities
¨ Engage with issues of global importance
¨ Consider the ethical implications of your activities
¨ Develop new skills
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