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IB 9th and 10th Grade Fall Parent Meeting

IB 9th and 10th Grade Fall Parent Meeting. Structure and questions now that your child is in the day to day…. Agenda. Purpose and commitment Options for participation Scheduling worksheet Clarifying Health/FACS/ PE requirements Questions…?. IB at HPSH.

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IB 9th and 10th Grade Fall Parent Meeting

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  1. IB 9th and 10th Grade Fall Parent Meeting Structure and questions now that your child is in the day to day…

  2. Agenda • Purpose and commitment • Options for participation • Scheduling worksheet • Clarifying Health/FACS/ PE requirements • Questions…?

  3. IB at HPSH • 52% of students take IB prep or IB Diploma level classes • Applying for MYP status • DP since 1994 - steady growth of 12 exams in 1995 to 387 exams last year • See IBO ppt

  4. Welcome all, support all in the IB program If students have a hard time in IB prep classes, look at strategies and look for supports, then make choices Supports: After school tutoring in Library - M, W, Th - Tutoring during Advisory by 11th and 12th graders - AVID IB curriculum will be taught in all grades and levels by 2010 Relationships with MIC, IGC, and other international minded groups Creativity, Action, and Service a part of IB students’ lives Vision/ Mission of HP

  5. Diploma, Honors, or Certificates? • Enrollment in IB classes the most important benefit • Certificates - take exams in 1-3 classes (some credit available) • Honors - 4 exams, 75 hours CAS, TOK, Speech - more credit available, and HPSH recognition guaranteed • Diploma - 6 exams, 150 CAS, TOK, Extended Essay, more credit guaranteed, and HPSH recognition

  6. What kind of credit? • Diploma: Uof M, 30 credits Northwestern - 4 credits for HL, 5 or higher UBC, Carleton, Grinnell, U Madison, also • $$ U of Arizona - 75% scholarship, U of Nebraska - 100% • McGill - recognition in acceptance and scholarship

  7. Honors • 4 credits per HL exam, depending on score and college • 2 credits at some schools for SL exams • Recognition in admissions, place in TOK class and Honors assembly senior year

  8. Getting to the Diploma or Honors • See scheduling worksheet • Minimum requirements: World language level 4 by 12th grade, and Geometry in 9th grade

  9. Navigating Health, FACS, and PE • 1 semester of each is required for SPPS diploma • If taking World Language and Music all 4 years, may be difficult to schedule • Work with your counselor as you choose the options • (see handout)

  10. Questions?

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