international baccalaureate diploma programme an education for life
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
An Education for Life
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What is IB?
• A rigorous diploma program in the 11th and 12th grades
• Most highly respected diploma program in the world
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Components of IB
• 6 subjects• Extended Essay• Theory of Knowledge• CAS hours
– Creativity– Action– Service
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Ninth Grade Classes• Advanced English• Advanced Biology• Geometry• Advanced World History• Spanish 1• Leadership• PE• Elective (Algebra 1 if not
taken in 8th grade)
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Tenth Grade Classes• Advanced English 10• Chemistry• Spanish 2• Spanish 3• Advanced US History (2007-
2008)AP European History (beginning 2008)
• Algebra II/Trig• Health/Driver’s Ed.• Elective
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Eleventh Grade Classes
• IB English• IB History of the Americas• IB Science • IB Math• IB Spanish• IB Arts• Theory of Knowledge• Elective
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Twelfth Grade Classes
• IB English• IB History of the Americas• IB Science • IB Math• IB Spanish• Theory of Knowledge• Elective• Elective
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Why Be in IB?
• The best educational program in the world
• The program focuses on creating a complete student
• Students are well prepared for college experience
• Potential college credit
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Characteristics of an IB Student• Poise• Confidence• Possesses the ability to
reach considered conclusions and can express them with conviction
• Sense of intellectual curiosity
• Respect for all people• An international perspective
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Who Can Apply?• All eighth grade and ninth grade
students in Baldwin County• This program is for self-motivated
students• Application process
– Applications are online at school and county websites – www.daphnehs.com
www.fairhopehs.comIB Schools will obtain GPA and
standardized test scores– Writing assessment and interview
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Why Join in the Ninth Grade?• Less Transition• Eligibility• IB Trained teachers in 9th
and 10th grade classes• Establish friendships
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IB and Athletic Eligibility
• Students who transfer to an IB school from a school that ends at 8th grade are automatically eligible for athletics.
• Students who transfer to an IB school from a high school must sit out a year.
• Students who drop out of an IB school will have to sit out a year when returning to the home school.
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Application Timeline
• Applications due at respective IB schools by April 4, 2007
• Interview and writing sample appointments held on April 10 and 12
• Students will be notified of acceptance by the end of April
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What do Universities Say about IB?
“Send us prepared students a la IB…it is the best high school prep curriculum an American school can offer.” Marilee Jones
Dir. Of Undergraduate Admissions, MIT“I have always been a supporter of the
International Baccalaureate… There is no other curriculum anywhere that does a superior job of both educating students and inspiring a true and broad-based love of learning.” William Shain
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Vanderbilt University
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All ApplicantsIB Diploma Applicants
Stanford 12.6% 18.3%GA Tech 53.7% 88%Florida St 48.8% 98.7%MIT 16.9% 26.2%UNC 35% 68.4%USCalif 30.3% 72.2%Vandy 37.3% 73.1%UFlorida 51% 98.2%Cornell 28.5%1 51.0%
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IBO Web Site Information
www.ibo.org/country/US/
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The Cost of the Program
• There will be a charge of $800 to the student
• This cost will cover the price of the IB tests, postage costs, and the costs of educational materials
• $400 will be due at the beginning of the junior and $400 at the beginning of the senior year.