Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) Projects
As part of the full IB Diploma, students explore new areas of growth, set personal goals, and learn to apply their knowledge outside the classroom to engage and impact their community. Students document and reflect on these Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) activities throughout their junior and senior year. Before graduation, students also undertake a CAS project of their own design. There is a lot of freedom in how these projects develop and the form they can take. Typically, it involves identifying a need or area of interest, creating an action plan that can be individual or collaborative in nature, and executing that plan. In the 2025-2026 school year CAS projects included:
- Organized a Trick or Trot Fun Run, raising $10,000 for CCS Early Learning Center
- Planned and led a 50/50 Split-the-Pot Fundraiser and food drive for the Sandwich Project
- Coordinated a Community Hygiene Drive
- Organized a Pet Supply Donation Drive benefiting the Mat-Su Animal Shelter
- Produced a School Talent Show
- Established the Grunge/Pep Band to support the arts and foster school spirit
- Coordinated Christmas Caroling to give back to the community
While these projects are designed by IB Diploma candidates, they often rely upon the involvement of community members and non-diploma students volunteering. Thank you to everyone who helped make these CAS projects a success!
The CAS subject brief can be accessed here.
For more information, you can also contact our CAS coordinator, Joseph Bentel, at Joseph.Bentel@matsuk12.us
