The SOTA Community Service programme aims to prepare students for lifelong learning and community engagements. It serves to prepare students to participate fully in today and tomorrow’s world demands. Through the pedagogy of experiential learning, it seeks to develop students who will learn to appreciate and respect social-cultural diversity, and demonstrate respect and care for the community. We strongly encourage SOTA students to use their artistic talents to partner and advocate for the larger good, and demonstrate the zest for challenge, adventure, and creative endeavours.

SOTA students are introduced to local service and experiential learning community and issues-based projects in Year 3, leading towards more rigorous community engagement projects at Year 4. These programmes will pave the way for the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) or Service Learning (SL) projects they will undertake during Years 5 and 6. CAS and SL are, respectively, one of the core components of the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) and IB Career-related Programme (IBCP).

Key Programmes

• Year 3: A 5-month Service, Action in Community (SAC) programme
• Year 4: A 5-month project research, discussion and preparation, leading towards local Service Learning (SL) community engagements and projects
• Years 5 and 6: An 18-month CAS or SL programme with a wide variety of community engagement and activities

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the challenges faced by different communities, build relationships, and serve members of the community
• Use artistic skills to serve a community, while exploring critical social issues, cross-cultural nuances, and his/her identity as a young artist
• Enhance personal and interpersonal development through experiential learning
• Initiate community projects which are sustainable and add value to the larger community

Learn more about the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) or International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) here.