Spruce Creek High School International Baccalaureate

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Spruce Creek IB!

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

Summer Reading Lists!

All incoming 9th grade IB students will read:
The Secret Life of Bees

All incoming 10th grade IB students will read:
Fahrenheit 451

All incoming 11th grade IB students will read
Balsac and the Little Chinese Seamstress.

All incoming 12th IB students will read Pygmalion

BFTF Summer Institute

2014 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows (BFTF) Summer Institute
June 28-July 26, 2013 | Wake Forest University

The Department of Communication at Wake Forest University is offering 10 Scholarships for American students to attend the 2014 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows (BFTF) Summer Institute. For further information and an application for the program, you can visit their website (bftf.org) or their Facebook page.

Science Essay Contest

The Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science is sponsoring an international science essay competition for high school students. A complete explanation of the contest, along with rules for participation, can be found online.