Creativity, Activity, & Service
MAP St. Louis supports the development of student leadership skills, passion projects, service of community (both on and off campus) and self-expression via creative and physical outlets. We orient these elements to eventually support readiness for the IBDP’s Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) project.
Our approach to creativity, activity, and service across the program continuum sets MAP—and our students—apart. In addition to our rigorous academic program, CAS truly recognizes each student as an extraordinary individual, and encourages lifelong learning through explored interests and skills-building in accordance with each student’s journey.
“The freedom we have here really enables you to follow your dreams. This is my dream, and I get to do that here.”
Hayden, Class of '28
MAP students engage through Creativity, Activity, & Service (CAS) ongoing through interest-based initiatives they outline featuring clear timelines and targeted outcomes. Elements of CAS include Creative Expressions, Physical Expressions, Student Projects, MicroEconomy, and Service Learning, all of which are core to the MAP student experience.
When students choose these explorations according to their own passions, they are innately invested and motivated because they are taking on work that is meaningful to themselves, their school community, or the broader world.
- Creative and Physical Expressions
- Service Learning
- Student Management
- MicroEconomy
- Independent Projects
- CAS as an IBDP Core
- Overnight Trips
- Community Work, Jobs, & Student Management