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Welcome, Grade 10s and your
parents
Please take a course selection
form and a package
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The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) aims
to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young
people who help to create a better and more peaceful
world through intercultural understanding and respect.
Mission Statement
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Introduction/Welcome
Diploma Requirements – “What do SL and HL Mean?”
Course Selection Process
What does it mean to be an IB student
Introduction of the IB Students
Course Offerings
The Core
Marks and Exams
Ontario vs IB
Q and A with our teachers and DP Students
Agenda
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3 SL Courses
3 HL Courses
+
ToK CAS and EE
The strength and value of the IB diploma is that
students are provided with a well balanced group of 7
courses which are designed to be integrated with each
other and the center of the circle. Students are
offered experiential learning opportunities and
encouraged to reflect upon their learning.
What makes the IB Diploma Unique
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IB Diploma Requirements
• The IB Programme Provides a framework for
students to receive a broad based liberal arts
education.
• Students must complete the requirements of CAS,
EE and ToK
• Students complete 6 courses by the end of their
Diploma (grade 12) year
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What do SL and HL Mean?”• SL Subjects are 2 semesters long
• A max of 2 SL exams are written at the end of the
anticipated (grade 11) year
• The 3rd SL subject is completed at the end of the
diploma (grade 12) year.
What does the HL designation mean?
• HL courses are 3 semesters long - Typically 1
semester in the anticipated year (grade 11) and 2
semesters in the diploma year (grade 12)
• 3 HL exams are written at the end of the Diploma
Year (grade 12)
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Course Selection Process
Feb. 5 2016 Grade 11 DP course selection sheets
returned to Ms Holloway with four
cheques
Feb. 20 2016 Deadline
Important course requests and enrollment will be
based on when the cheques and completed option
sheets are handed in. They will be time stamped.
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What does it mean
to be
an IB student
An IB Student “gains an insightful
perspective on a unique international
program that encompasses a varying degree
of courses”
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DP students
select:
1 subject
from each of
the
6 subject areas
of the
IB Circle
Lets look at the
courses we
offer:
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Glenforest Compulsory Course
Selections
Group 1 Language A = English HL
Group 2 Language B = French SL
TOK Theory of Knowledge – delivered as
10 lectures in grade 11 and
a course in grade 12 with an oral
component and a written essay which is
due in Jan of the grade 12 year
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ToKDoes “knowing” something imply
“understanding” it?
Do the terms beauty and elegance
have a role in mathematical thought?”
What role do reason and imagination
play in science, history and the arts?
Which tells us more about human
nature: biology, psychology or
literature?
Does evidence alone have to power to
justify calling a belief knowledge?
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English HL
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French B SL
"La Francophonie: Allons-y!"
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Psychology HL/SL
“Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious.”
Carl Jung
“Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious.”
Carl Jung
“Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious.”
Carl Jung
“Enlightenment is not
imagining figures of
light but making the
darkness conscious.”
Carl Jung
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“Economic equality is the master key to non-
violent independence…” Ghandi
“True individual freedom cannot exist
without economic security and
independence. People who are hungry and
out of a job are the stuff of which
dictatorships are made.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
HL Economics
SL Economics
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Galileo Galilei
Stephen HawkingChemistry SL & HL
Biology SL & HL
Physics SL
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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of
logical ideas. ~Albert Einstein
MATH STUDIES SL
MATH SL
MATH HL
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Visual Arts HL & SL
SL/HL ART “A reason for art is to convince,
inform, inspire, criticize, persuade, make
the world a better place” Marvin Bartel
A reason for art is to help us pre visualize
ideas for buildings, bridges, cities, and
everything else that is imagined before it is
made Marvin Bartel
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Did you know:
That Music Training is far superior
to computer instruction in
dramatically enhancing children’s
abstract reasoning skills, the skills
necessary for math and science
And
66% of music majors who applied to
medical school were admitted, the
highest percentage of any group
Music SL & HL
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Balance
Extra Curriculars
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The Core
Theory of Knowledge (TOK)• Course aims to teach students the basic Philosophy of
Thought.
• DP candidates must write a TOK essay of 1200-1600 words.
Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) • 2 years of Volunteering
• C = Creativity, A = Action and S = Service
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_O2zmOrzo
Extended Essay • Must be submitted to receive diploma
• Approx. 4,000 word essay
• Topic of the student’s choice
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IB Exams
Paper 1
Paper2
Paper 3
All roads lead to MAY…
“you will never feel more
relief than after IB exams” an IB student
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FeesThe IB Diploma fees are $2,600.00 for the 2 years
Please provide 4 post dates cheques of
$650.00 each dated:
Feb. 29, 2016
Sept. 30, 2016
Feb. 28, 2017
Sept 28, 2017
Please print Student Name and Peel Student Number
on each cheque.
Submit cheques with completed option sheets to
Ms. Holloway in the main office.
Fees are non refundable after the date on the cheque.
(A receipt will be issued)
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Q and A with our teachers and
DP Students
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Glenforest Alumni
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Thank you for coming!
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For more information, visit us
online at:
http://schools.peelschools.org/sec/
glenforest/Pages/default.aspx
To learn more about the IB Programme,
visit:
www.ibo.org