IB Highlights: CAS Experiences

SGS students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme participated in a variety of Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) experiences in the past few weeks.
 
CAS Experience Highlights: CAS experiences for all of our Upper School students (in the US and in China) include working on the yearbook, hiding geocaches for SGS 4th graders, adding underglow lights, making soccer fan shirts, participating in a basketball league, making flyer about the pandemic, making flyers about volunteering, moving a tree, playing piano for Monday morning meeting, exploring bunkers at Fort Wordon and Fort Flagler, building a custom keyboard, going for a bike ride, helping set up the blood drive, and creating an album cover in Blender, practicing graffiti with friends, baking raspberry lemon rolls, building a PC, playing soccer, and cleaning the Ala Kahakai Trail.

IB Question of the Week:  How does SGS help 10th graders prepare to choose their two-year IB courses for 11th and 12th grades?
In January, February and March, the IB Coordinator meets with each 10th grader and at least one parent to answer questions and go over all the IB course choices.  From this meeting, students create a rough schedule for their six IB courses.  Registration for courses doesn’t occur until April or May, so the student and parents have time to evaluate and reflect after the meeting.  

CORE Highlight:
DP student Sea Yun Joung shares with IB World how the TOK course makes an IB education unique and benefits him as a lifelong learner

IB Overview:  The Diploma Programme (DP) curriculum for grades 11-12 is made up of six subject groups and the DP core, comprising Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) and the Extended Essay (EE).  Please refer to our IB webpage and to the IB Resources page in PowerSchool Learning for detailed IB information.