Welcome to the Home for 
Spruce Creek IB!

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Welcome to the SCHS IB website. Current IB students will find helpful links to testing dates, CAS information, and more that will benefit their IB experience. Some pages may be password protected due to requirements from IB world. (If you encounter a password protected page, remember that you can ask any IB teacher or your IB librarian for the password!) Prospective students will learn more about the IB program and find contact information. You will also find information about the IB Advocates, their meetings, and officers.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Program is a special program located at two centers in Volusia County: Spruce Creek High School in the East Volusia area and Deland High School in the West Volusia area. The IB program is unique in that it provides an interdisciplinary liberal arts education leading to a diploma that is recognized throughout the world as a symbol of academic integrity and intellectual promise. The student who satisfies its demands demonstrates a strong commitment to learning, both in terms of the mastery of subject content in six areas and in the development of the skills and discipline necessary for success in a globally competitive world.

The IB program was founded in 1967 to provide a rigorous, well-rounded education for students throughout the world, enabling them to qualify for university study no matter where they had pursued their high school education. The IB program, therefore, has a common, broadly-based curriculum which is assessed by internationally developed and graded examinations. The curriculum follows the objectives, topics, and materials recommended by the International Baccalaureate Board in Cardiff, Wales. Students begin this program of study in grade nine and ten with courses in the Pre-IB program and actually enter the IB program in grade eleven.

The successful completion of the IB Diploma program requires the achievement of passing scores on examinations in six subjects, the completion of 150 hours of CAS (Creativity, Action and Service) activities, the researching and writing a 4,000 word Extended Essay and the taking of the IB Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course.

The IB program is designed for academically able and highly motivated students. Selection for the IB program is based on teacher recommendation, standardized test scores, prior achievement in school and a writing sample. Students who enroll in the IB program are regular members of the student body and are active participants in extracurricular activities and junior varsity and varsity athletics.

Around the world, about 1,329 schools in 110 countries (as of April 2002) are involved with the IB program with about 75% as diploma program schools.  There are about 435 member schools in the United States with 38 in Florida. IBO headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. For more information, visit ibo.org.

IB News You Can Use

Next IB Advocates Meeting:

Wednesday, September 14th
6pm, SCHS Media Center

Important Changes for FAFSA

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will have important changes beginning in the fall semester of 2016:
1) FAFSA will open October 2016 instead of January 1, 2017.
2) FAFSA will also allow use of prior-prior year tax returns. One of the largest roadblocks for students completing the FAFSA is that parents haven't filed their tax return yet. With prior-prior year return information allowed, that will no longer be an issue! Previously, students completing the 2016 FAFSA will need to report information from the 2015 tax return. With the new change, students completing the 2017 FAFSA can report the 2015 tax return information.

Junior Induction Ceremony

Monday, October 3rd, 7pm
SCHS Auditorium

Consider this.....

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Oglethorpe University-Atlanta
Credit given for most HL and SL classes. IB exam scores of 24 & up get automatic credit up to sophomore status. $2500 per year (renewable) for earned IB diploma.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
IB Diploma students earn an average of 25-28 credits; those accepted are automatically qualified for a scholarship worth $50,000
The University of Tulsa
Gives an IB Merit scholarship $3000. IB Diploma students can earn 10-30 semester hours.  TU application fee of $35 is also waived for IB diploma candidates. They accept HL & SL scores.
The University of Alabama-Birmingham
Offers credit for more than 40 HL & SL courses. IB Candidates receive $1000 scholarship, Diploma holders receive $2500, both per year and renewable 4 years.

IB Coordinator/Counselor A - E

Susan Chance 37782
sachance@volusia.k12.fl.us

IB Administrative Assistant

Linda Copp 37726
ljcopp@volusia.k12.fl.us

IB Counselors/CAS Coordinators

Karen Meadows,  F - T  37761
kkmeadow@volusia.k12.fl.us
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Kelly Delameter, U - Z  37712
kldelame@volusia.k12.fl.us​​

EE Coordinator and IB Webmaster

Samantha Murray
shmurray@volusia.k12.fl.us