CAS Program

Although the IB no longer imposes a minimum number of hours regarding
CAS, Lamar requires each IBDC to fulfill a 50 hours minimum in each of the three
categories of C.A.S. The categories are: Creativity, Action and Service. Please
understand that the C.A.S. program is a two-year commitment and the 50-hour minimum
in each category should be taken as such - a candidate may have over a hundred hours in
any given category. You are not encouraged to stop once you have fulfilled the minimum
requirement. Furthermore, no one activity may be used to fulfill any of the three
required components of the program.

The key to the successful completion of this component of the diploma program is
documentation. For each activity, you are required to properly document your
participation and to log the dates and hours. You must also provide an evaluation from
the activity supervisor/leader with his/her phone number. The IB does not
recommend using your relatives, friends or neighbors as supervisors; therefore, only
in special cases, and with prior approval, will there be an exception to this rule. If
you have questions regarding documentation, please feel free to make an appointment to
see me. I am available before school, after school and during third and eighth periods.
You should record all of your reflections, hour/date logs and supervisor reports on a disk
as you complete them. This will help you have everything at hand when you are ready to
submit your folder your senior year. Seniors are required to turn in their completed
C.A.S. folder by the last week of January.