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GRADE 10 HONOURS and INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMME 2013-14

GRADE 10 HONOURS and INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMME 2013-14. GRADE 10 HONOURS AT SALISBURY. Grade 10 Honours is the start point for International Baccalaureate (IB) Advanced Placement (AP). CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADE 10 HONOURS. FAIR: grade based on Alberta curriculum

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GRADE 10 HONOURS and INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMME 2013-14

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  1. GRADE 10 HONOURS and INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMME 2013-14

  2. GRADE 10 HONOURS AT SALISBURY Grade 10 Honours is the start point for • International Baccalaureate (IB) • Advanced Placement (AP)

  3. CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADE 10 HONOURS • FAIR: grade based on Alberta curriculum • FOCUSED: greater depth than regular course • FLEXIBLE: allows students to specialize

  4. GRADE 10 HONOURS • Prerequisite: 80%+ aggregate average • Recommended routes of programming: • FULL • SCIENCE • HUMANITIES

  5. HUMANITIES HONOURS English 10-1(H) Social Studies 10-1(H) French 10-9Y(H) may also be taken as an option

  6. SCIENCE HONOURS • Pure Mathematics 10C(H) • Science 10(H) • Biology 20B or Biology 20AP • Physics 25

  7. FULL HONOURS • English 10-1(H) • Social Studies 10-1(H) • Mathematics 10C(H) • Science 10(H) • Biology 20B or Biology 20(H) • Physics 25 • French 10-9Y(H) may also be taken as an option

  8. Sample Grade 10 Timetable (full)

  9. THE IB CURRICULUM • RESPECTED international curriculum since 1968 • PORTABLE accepted by major universities • FAIR criterion-referenced marking (no mark inflation) • RIGOROUS designed for highly-motivated students

  10. SALISBURY’S HEXAGON English History of Europe Biology Options: Physics Chemistry French Mathematics

  11. TYPES OF IB STUDENT • Course • Diploma

  12. The COURSE student • most IB students are Course • take between 1 and 6 courses For example, an IB student may take only IB French or only IB Biology and Chemistry

  13. The DIPLOMA student • 10-20% of IB students are Diploma • diploma students select one subject per group • three core requirements

  14. DIPLOMA CORE • Creative, Action and Service • Extended Essay • Theory of Knowledge course

  15. CREATIVITY, ACTION SERVICE GOALS • encourages a balance between intellectual, physical, creative and emotional experiences • occurs in grade 11 and 12

  16. CREATIVITY, ACTION, SERVICE EXAMPLES • Creative: music, visual art, web design, dance • Action: sports, dance, beginner lessons • Service: volunteerism at the school or in the community

  17. EXTENDED ESSAY GOALS • 4000 word essay in the Fall of grade 12 • To develop independent research and writing skills expected by universities

  18. THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE GOALS • to explore different ways of knowing • to increase awareness of subjective biases • programmed course in grade 12

  19. CURRENT CLASS SIZES

  20. We choose to do … these things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard -John F. Kennedy

  21. More Information on IB International Baccalaureate Organization www.ibo.org/diploma Salisbury Composite High School http://www.salcomp.ca Email hugh.ross@eips.ca

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