Columbia River IB Parent Group Meeting

October 2013

This presentation will be archived at http://crhsib.weebly.com.

• ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Seeking 2 co-chairs for ad hoc committee to plan IB-related fundraising activities. Please e-mail us if interested.

‣ Will work with other parents who will implement fundraising activities.

• Next meeting on November 19.

• Please sign up to be on CRIB parent group e-mail list at http://crhsib.weebly.com/index.html

Agenda

• Recap of last meeting: IB program overview

• October topics:• Teenage Stress - preview• IB English and IB History - overview• Cost-benefit of IB

• Update: IB Diploma/Certificate and WA high school graduation requirements

IB Program overview•Students have two choices:

•Option 1: Select 1 to 6 IB courses along with other “non-IB” classes, OR

•Option 2: Complete the IB Diploma program:

- 6 IB courses + Theory of Knowledge + Creativity, Activity, Service + Extended Essay

Option 1: Individual IB Courses

•Students may take a selection of IB classes offered at CRHS. •Students on boundary exception MUST take at least 3 IB courses or risk having exception revoked.•If they take the IB exam for that class – they are “IB Course Candidates”

IB German

IB French

IB English

IB World History

IB SpanishIB Chemistry

IB Biology

IB MathIB Music

IB Art IB PhysicsIB Philosophy

IB Film

Option 2: IB Diploma

•Six subjects: 3 Higher Level, 3 Standard Level, PLUS•Theory of Knowledge (TOK), PLUS•Extended Essay (EE), PLUS•Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS)

IB German

IB French

IB English

IB World History

IB SpanishIB Chemistry

IB Biology

IB MathIB Music

IB Art IB PhysicsIB Philosophy

IB Film

IB Diploma Program

CRIB Meeting topics

• Sept: IB Acronyms & CAS

• Oct: History, English

• Nov: World Languages, Art, Music, Film, TOK, Philosophy

• Dec: Science and Math

• Jan: Freshman/Sophomore info night - meet former IB students

• Feb: IB Diploma requirements, EE, TOK, CAS, Diploma commitment

STRESSED?Lou Gill

IB English & IB World History

Shantel Silbernagel & Tavia Quaid

• IB fees for 2013-14:

• One time IB registration fee of $157.00

• Exam fee for each IB subject of $108.00

• For IB Diploma candidates in 2013-14 (taking exams in May 2014) the total fees are $805.00

IB testing Costs & Benefits

IB costs - is it worth it?

• Some colleges award credits to students completing IB Diploma or individual IB courses (including exams),

• Other colleges may not offer credit but allow students to take more advanced courses as college freshmen

Some examples – tuition only

*IB Exam passing scores range from 4 to 7

School IB Score Credit GivenCost of credit (2013-2014)

Cost of IB Credits(2014)

Total Savings(2013-2014)

UW 5+15 credits

(3 courses)

$ 4,132.

(for 10-18 credits)

$ 481.

(3 exams)$ 3,626.

WSU 4+13 credits

(3 courses)

$ 5,698.

(for 10-18 credits)

 

$ 481.

(3 exams)

 

$ 5,200.

U of Oregon

5+12 credits

(History - Americas)

$ 7,044.

(12 credits)

$ 265.

(1 exam)$ 6,779.

Western WA

4+45 credits

(3 courses)

$ 8040.

(45 credits)

$ 481.

(3 exams)$7,559.

 Whitman 51 year

(30 semester hours)

$ 43,150.

(1 year tuition)

$ 805.

(6 exams)$ 42,345.

Other benefits / costs

• Higher acceptance rates at colleges - Higher 4 year graduation rates from college

• Higher grades / better research at college

• Sophomore standing allows for priority registration

• Like minded community for academically oriented

Potential benefits Potential costs• It is MORE rigorous

coursework

• Includes More Homework

• More student stress!

• Grades and class standing are NOT weighted

Right from the horse’s mouth

"For many years we here at CMC have considered the full-IB Diploma to be the "Gold Standard. We automatically consider that curriculum to be the most rigorous possible. Unlike an AP program in which students who can pick and choose which AP courses to take, sometimes based on playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses, the full IB diploma is consistent, coherent, rigorous, and takes two full years to complete.""

Richard Vos

Vice President/Dean of Admission,

Claremont McKenna College

More admissions recognition

"IB is well known to us as excellent preparation. Success in an IB program

correlates well with success at Harvard. We are always pleased to see the credentials of the IB Diploma Program on the transcript."

Marlyn McGrathDirector of Admissions, Harvard

"Send us prepared students a la IB...it is the BEST high school prep curriculum an American school can offer."

Marilee JonesFormer Director of Undergraduate Admissions, M.I.T.

Institution # of Students Applied

# of Students Accepted

General Acceptance

rate

IB Student Acceptance

rateBrown 218 38 8.7% 17.4%

Cornell 190 60 18.0% 31.6%

Duke 187 53 12.6% 28.3%

Princeton 168 29 8.4% 17.3%

Stanford 229 35 7.1% 15.3%

U of Penn 190 47 12.3% 24.7%

Columbia 221 30 6.9% 13.6%

IB can increase admission success

http://www.ibo.org/iba/commoncore/documents/GlobalDPDestinationSurveyUS.pdf

CRIB Activity Update• Resolution of Occupational/PE waivers for IB Diploma

candidates• Under Washington State law IB DIPLOMA candidates meets

state graduation requirements as long as they complete WA State History, State assessments, and Senior Project

• Read law at http://tinyurl.com/od6vxus• Students who are NOT IB Diploma candidates (Course

Candidates) or who DROP IB Diploma candidate status must meet all WA graduation requirements (Health, Occupational Ed, etc)

• Recommend that even students who expect to be IB Diploma candidates, fill as many WA requirements as possible before junior year.

WA Law: RCW 28A.230.122• (1) A student who fulfills the requirements specified in subsection (3) of this section toward completion of an

international baccalaureate diploma programme is considered to have satisfied state minimum requirements for graduation from a public high school, except that:

     (a) The provisions of RCW 28A.655.061 regarding the certificate of academic achievement or RCW 28A.155.045 regarding the certificate of individual achievement apply to students under this section; and

     (b) The provisions of RCW 28A.230.170 regarding study of the United States Constitution and the Washington state Constitution apply to students under this section.

(2) School districts may require students under this section to complete local graduation requirements that are in addition to state minimum requirements before issuing a high school diploma under RCW 28A.230.120. However, school districts are encouraged to waive local requirements as necessary to encourage students to pursue an international baccalaureate diploma.

(3) To receive a high school diploma under this section, a student must complete and pass all required international baccalaureate diploma programme courses as scored at the local level; pass all internal assessments as scored at the local level; successfully complete all required projects and products as scored at the local level; and complete the final examinations administered by the international baccalaureate organization in each of the required subjects under the diploma programme.

• Passed - 2011

• Overwhelming support in the House: 82 - 16; Overwhelming support in the Senate: 46 - 2

Next meeting: November 19th

‣ Sixth subject offerings:

- Art, Music, Film, Philosophy

‣ World Languages