INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME An Education for Life

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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA
PROGRAMMEAn Education for Life
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Agenda

• Introduction
• IB Video
• Coordinators Presentation
• Question and Answer session

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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/Drivers 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.com
• IB 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 IBit 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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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.

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Contact Information

• Joe Roh
• Daphne High School
• 626-8787 ext. 341
• jroh_at_bcbe.org