Daystar Academy CAS Handbook
What is "CAS"?
What is "CAS"?
"Creativity"--Exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance
"Creativity"--Exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance
"Activity"--Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle
"Activity"--Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle
"Service"--Collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need.
"Service"--Collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need.
What part does CAS play in Daystar's DP program?
What part does CAS play in Daystar's DP program?
CAS is part of the "Core" in the DP. (In addition to CAS, the Core also includes the Theory of Knowledge course and the extended essay.) A student who fails to satisfy the CAS requirements will not be awarded an IB diploma, even if they have met all other DP requirements satisfactorily. In addition, students must fulfill the CAS requirements to graduate from Daystar Academy.
CAS is part of the "Core" in the DP. (In addition to CAS, the Core also includes the Theory of Knowledge course and the extended essay.) A student who fails to satisfy the CAS requirements will not be awarded an IB diploma, even if they have met all other DP requirements satisfactorily. In addition, students must fulfill the CAS requirements to graduate from Daystar Academy.
What are the "CAS requirements"?
What are the "CAS requirements"?
Students must:
Students must:
- Engage in and reflect upon 18 months of continuous creativity, activity and service experiences
- Participate in at least one month-long collaborative "CAS Project"
- Use the CAS stages as a framework for CAS experiences and CAS projects
- Maintain a CAS portfolio as evidence of their engagement with CAS
- Participate in a minimum of 3 CAS interviews during 11th and 12th grade, including a final CAS interview in which they discuss their CAS portfolio and reflect on their overall CAS experience
Why CAS?
Why CAS?
CAS compliments a challenging academic program in a holistic way, providing an important counterbalance to the academic pressures found in the rest of the Diploma Program.
CAS compliments a challenging academic program in a holistic way, providing an important counterbalance to the academic pressures found in the rest of the Diploma Program.
CAS enables students to:
CAS enables students to:
- Enjoy and find significance in a range of CAS experiences
- Actively participate in planned, sustained, and collaborative CAS projects
- Enhance their personal development, as unique individuals created by God for a purpose
- Demonstrate and develop the attributes of the IB learner profile in real and practical ways
- Grow in their interpersonal development and understand they are members of local and global communities with responsibilities towards each other and the environment
- Explore their interests and express their passions, personalities and perspectives
- Identify goals, develop strategies and determine further actions for personal growth
- Explore new possibilities, embrace new challenges and adapt to new roles
- Purposefully reflect on their experiences
