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What is IB?

What is IB?. International Baccalaureate. Jurupa Hills High School “ A School of Intercultural Understanding and Global Learning” May 1, 2012. Sponsors. California Steel Industries sponsors our efforts to form an IB program. We are seeking other sponsors.

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What is IB?

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  1. What is IB? International Baccalaureate Jurupa Hills High School “A School of Intercultural Understanding and Global Learning” May 1, 2012

  2. Sponsors • California Steel Industries sponsors our efforts to form an IB program. We are seeking other sponsors.

  3. Two-year program that spans the eleventh and twelfth grade years • Supplies the academic rigor to prepare students for the best universities in the world • Assures that the students are not only excellent in the academic sense, but that they are also good members of the world community

  4. HL vs. SL and Certificate vs. Diploma • Higher Level (HL) • Courses that require two years of study • Standard Level (SL) • Courses that require one year of study • Full Diploma students must engage in three HLs • Students can elect to take single classes (certificate), or the entire program (Diploma) • Students may elect to take the SL test instead of the HL test

  5. Extended Essay • 4,000 word independent research paper • Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) • Service projects having students participate in a variety of activities, including: music, drama, athletics, and community service • Theory of Knowledge (TOK) • Course in which students study the base of critical thinking

  6. An IB diploma can be worth 30 quarter units in the UC system! • An IB diploma can earn a student up to 45 quarter units at Stanford! • An IB diploma accounts for as many as 32 semester units at USC!

  7. IB Benefits for Parents Know your student is getting challenging curricula that makes the student learn globally Know that the student is working with a large team of teachers and community members Curricula is regularly updated Availability of regular parent meetings Regular updates on www.JHills.org

  8. Where are we in the process? We are authorized as an International Baccalaureate World School. We currently have 46 students registered to seek the IB Diploma for the next two years We will be offering 9 courses in the six subject areas Students have already been instructed in the EE and CAS

  9. IB Learner Profile • inquirers • knowledgeable • thinkers • communicators • principled • open-minded • caring • risk-takers • balanced • reflective

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