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The CAS student at BIS acts to establish solidarity with the marginalised and excluded; contests social inequality and asserts a common humanity (SERVICE); acts creatively in order to reignite the flame of his or her individuation and hold it up against the forces of conformity and dependency (CREATIVITY) and engages in ACTION so as to invigorate a productive and purposeful body-mind synergy. CAS is not for the fainthearted: it works, if the student does.
 
Have an idea. Overcome fear. Make it appear.
CAS bequeaths a bamboo school: now in its third full year of providing an education to young indonesians previously excluded from school.
All CAS activities reinforce the idea that to live is to become - and 'becoming' requires a hands on involvment with activities that explore the degree to which a student can create (for example nutritious meals for children whose diet is impoverished); can serve (for example, entering a team of scavenging children in the annual inter-school Coca Cola soccer League) and move (that is, engage in all kinds of sport).
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Alim, at 8, appeared to have capitulated to circumstances, and accept his lot as a pemulong, scavenging for a living. Age 8, he had to drop out of school and collected plastic and paper from the streets of Bintaro. Through the intervention of CAS students, however, Alim has been able to start over: he is now working in Yr. 3, assisting with displays; he will shortly work in the Technology Department's greenhouse - and he is being supported in a duck-rearing business by CAS students. For Alim, contact with BIS has been life-changing and life-affirming. He is a measure of how students at BIS refuse to take the world as it it but strive to make it better. One life at a time. Watch for Alim's duck eggs on sale at BIS! | 
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The CAS Journal
Without reflection, there is no CAS: any activity, no matter how rewarding, must include reflection. The meaningful growth of the student depends upon a consideration of the student's actions against the 8 prescribed Learning Outcomes. Action not embedded in reflection is in danger of being self-serving: reflection offers the promise of habitually thinking and behaving in such a way as to renew and refresh the world in a more socially equitable manner.
Students should write often, if not daily; students should write copiously, and share their writing to stimulate reflection in others.
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Where There's a Wall There's a Way to Teach English - thanks to CAS |
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| 4 | The UNESCO Award Winning CAS 'Free' School The project placed first in the DaimlerChrysler sponsored UNESCO-Mondialogo schools contest 2007 with Aaron Pushparatnam (Melbourne Uni. Engineering) collecting the award of Euros 3500 in Rome. |
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| 6 | Will you be a Fruit Friend? The Nutritional programme offers fresh fruit to local children attending the CAS Free School. So far this term, Rp650,000 has been raised for the project.
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| 7 | Compassionate Plots The compassionate plots initiative 'greens' in a productive manner a scavenger site close to BIS. Take a look at the Powerpoint and get involved! |
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| 8 | Pond Project The pond, at the Free School site, is to be rehabilitated by students as an environmental recovery project. Watch for images of the pond's regeneratation here - and become part of the eco-project yourself. Step 1: Dig the septic tank so efflugence no longer flows to the pond from nearby homes (due for completion 10th October 2007).
 
Before - and after stage 1 reclamation
After stage 2 reclamation |
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| 9 | The 10-strand IB Learner Profile adapted for CAS
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| 10 | CAS Collage Access this photo journal to get an idea of what CAS is like - in all its variety - at BIS - and add your own!
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| 11 | When Art Has a Heart Yr 13 graduate Mia Prasoma drew inspiration for her IB Art portfolio from children she met whilst undertaking CAS at LAPT, the boys' prison in Tangerang. She sold one canvas for 5.3 juta - which was then donated to the CAS scholarship fund, which sends five local children to our partner school, Pondok Pucung. See the image of the canvas here.
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| 12 | List of student activity groups for Term 1 2007: make sure your name appears on one!
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| 13 | CAS scholarships send 5 otherwise unschooled children to school funded by ice cream and cashew nut sales. Here there are!
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| 14 | Are You Nuts about Nuts? The CAS CAS-hew Micro-business starts this term.
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| 15 | Bina Ummat U15 Football Team begins training for this season's Coca Cola League: keep an eye of the CAS-trained team's progress here.
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| 16 | Touch Rugby with Pondok Pucung: view the slide show
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| 17 | "So far sew good". CAS supports sewing 'apprenticeships' with pupils from the free school
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| 18 | You can with CAS? Let us know how it is for you in this blog site.
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| 19 | Primary CAS: taking up the culture when young |
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| 20 | Me and Myanmar: CAS goes saffron in support of the monks who took a stand against oppression
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| 21 | The CAS Chilli Project: Don't be cool, be chilli!
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| 22 | Don't just work - work out! The new fitness opportunity every week.
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| 24 | A Bamboo and Steel School Evolves: The Free School is the brainchild of a group of 17 year old students who do not want to leave the world looking as it does. To see the CAD designs, click here. If you'd like to meet the students or the architect, Ahmad Djuhara, email the IB Secretary endah@bis.or.id |
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| 25 | The FEELSTEEL Exhibition blog: submit your impressions here.
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