Welcome, Grade 10s and your

parents

Please take a course selection

form and a package

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

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

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

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

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)

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.

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”

DP students

select:

1 subject

from each of

the

6 subject areas

of the

IB Circle

Lets look at the

courses we

offer:

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

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?

English HL

French B SL

"La Francophonie: Allons-y!"

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

“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

Galileo Galilei

Stephen HawkingChemistry SL & HL

Biology SL & HL

Physics SL

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of

logical ideas. ~Albert Einstein

MATH STUDIES SL

MATH SL

MATH HL

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

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

Balance

Extra Curriculars

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

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

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)

Q and A with our teachers and

DP Students

Glenforest Alumni

Thank you for coming!

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