CAS

Creativity: exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance

"Creativity is intelligence having fun!" Albert Einstein

Some ideas...

• School play or musical
• Summer camp volunteer
• Yearbook
• Dance/ballet
• Model United Nations
• Teaching
• Academic Decathlon
• Mock Trial
• Teaching a musical instrument
• School band or choir
• Art, music or dance lessons
• Martial arts
• Creative writing

Activity: physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.” John F. Kennedy

Some ideas...

• Church trip to Mexico to build a house
• AIDS, CHOC, MS walk
• Dance/ballet
• Beach cleanup
• RHS athletics
• Swim instructor
• Jog-a-thons
• Basketball referee
• Yoga
• Walking
• Working out
• Hiking

Service: collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need

“Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't even have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love..." Martin Luther King, Jr.

Some ideas...

• Tutoring
• Church trip to Mexico to build a house
• Volunteering in a doctor’s office
• Starting your own non-profit organization
• Working in a homeless shelter or soup kitchen
• Volunteering at a retirement home
• Beach cleanup
• Link Crew
• Teaching
• Planting trees
• Swim instructor
• Rose Parade float decoration
• Officer in a school club
• Canned food drive
• Trash Pickup
• Summer camp volunteer
• Volunteer Christmas gift wrapping
• Animal shelters
• Recycling
• Best Buddies
• Teaching a musical instrument
• Fundraising