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IB Junior Information Night

IB Junior Information Night. Laura Pereira, IB Coordinator. The MHS IB Team. Coordinator: Mrs. Laura Pereira Theory of Knowledge/Extended Essay Mrs. Molly Oehrlein Mr. Bruce Taterka Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) Ms. Caitlin Dziublenski Ms. Kathleen Tucky. Why IB?.

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IB Junior Information Night

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  1. IB Junior Information Night Laura Pereira, IB Coordinator

  2. The MHS IB Team • Coordinator: Mrs. Laura Pereira • Theory of Knowledge/Extended Essay • Mrs. Molly Oehrlein • Mr. Bruce Taterka • Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) • Ms. Caitlin Dziublenski • Ms. Kathleen Tucky

  3. Why IB? • Concurrency of Learning • Internationalism • Academic Integrity • Breadth and Depth of Study • Education of the Whole Person

  4. The IB at Mendham HS • Given “World School” status in 1998 • One of 12 other IB World Schools in NJ • 2-year program: 11th and 12th grades • Precursor courses taken in 9th and/or 10th grade • 52 IB Diploma candidates in 2014 • 143 students sat for at least one of 30 different exams May 2014

  5. Diploma vs. Certificate? • ALL students are invited to participate in IB • Students may participate in full diploma program (Diploma Candidate) or • Students may sit for individual subject certificates (Certificate Candidate)

  6. The Certificate Student • Completes ALL internal and external assessments for the course • May choose to sit for the exam • Will receive certificate from IBO in each subject they sit for an exam • Can apply for college credit or advanced standing • DOES NOT take TOK, fulfill CAS hours, nor write EE

  7. Six IB areas of study (hexagon) 3 (or no more than 4) Higher Level HL courses 3 (or 2) Standard Level SL courses Completes the Internal Assessment (IA) for the course Sits for all 6 exams (up to 2 SL in May of 11th grade) Central Elements Completes Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course Submits an original Extended Essay (EE) Completes a Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) plan The Diploma Candidate

  8. What is CAS? • Old: A total of 150 hours divided among 3 categories completed over 2 years • New: Regular basis, over 18 months • Creativity • Action • Service • Reflection (via binder or other collection) • Achieve Learning Outcomes

  9. What is TOK? • A course called Theory of Knowledge • Areas of Knowledge (AOK) • Ways of Knowing (WOK) • Students get pulled out of their physical education class once per 4-day cycle

  10. What is the EE? • A student’s original Extended Essay • An in-depth study and college-level paper of a topic chosen by the student • Supervised by a school mentor • No more than 4000 words • Approximately 40 hours • Graded via IB Rubric of student determination

  11. What can IB do for ME? • Provide the student with an entry-level college experience • Prepare the student to think and analyze information at a high level • Provide the student with the most challenging and rigorous curriculum at Mendham • Provide the student with possible advanced standing in a college program and/or possible college credit

  12. Is the IB for ME? A serious IB student MUST be: ORGANIZED and MOTIVATED

  13. Cost of the IB Program at MHS • One-time Registration Fee: $160 • Individual Exam Fee: $110 The cost of a full diploma in 2014-15 is $820.

  14. Useful Information • IB Handbook (available at www.wmmhs.org) • My website (link through www.wmmhs.org) • IBO Site (www.ibo.org) • College Recognition (www.ibo.org/country/US/index.cfm) • MHS IB Boosters • Grace Chu gracexchu@gmail.com • Cecil Smith cecilers@springmail.com

  15. Upcoming Dates • Deadline to register: October 15! • IB Boosters Meeting (October 30) • To Be or Not to IB (November 11) • IB Recognition Ceremony (December 22)

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