WHAT'S HAPPENING IN IB AT WEST?
January Parent Newsletter
CAREER-RELATED PROGRAMME NEWS
CAREER-RELATED CANDIDACY STATEMENT
MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME & ADVISORY
10th graders will continue work on Personal Project papers. From now until February 26th, students will be working on their Taking Action portion of the project. If your child is in Ms. Fisher's advisory, she is back from maternity leave and has a separate plan to get them caught up and on the right track to finish in March.
Personal Project Major Due Dates
Product: March 4th- will be turned in through library
March 27th: Papers Due
Personal Project Exhibition tentative date: April 9. This date will be finalized and communicated in February newsletter.
FROM THE STUDENT SERVICES OFFICE
LIBRARY NEWS
January 24th: Britney Taylor, Mental Health Professional is talking to students about mental health, mindfulness, meditation
IBDP CURRICULUM NIGHT!!!
This evening will be dedicated to a discussion of IBDP coursework and curriculum. Most IB teachers will be there to present their course and answer any questions you may have. This evening is meant to equip you and your child with the information you will need to make solid registration decisions when the registration window opens in February.
CLASS OF 2021 IBDP REGISTRATION IS COMING!! THINGS TO CONSIDER:
2) Your child can choose to either pursue the full IB Diploma or take classes for certificates/course completion. We will explain the difference during our classroom visits.
3) Summer assignments may be required for IB courses just as in AP courses. Details regarding summer assignments will be released later in the spring.
4) Please plan to attend our IB Curriculum Night on January 24th from 5-7 in the Lecture Hall. This will be a time for our IB teachers to discuss their course curriculum so that you and your child can be well informed before the registration window opens.
5) Please remember that students enrolled in an IB course MUST take the IB exam at the conclusion of that course in order to receive the 5-points added to their final grade. Things to know:
- In 2-year IB courses, students must complete all internal assessment requirements during year 1 to get 5-points at the end of Year 1. They must take the official IB external exam at the end of Year 2 to get the 5 points added in the senior year.
- In 1-year IB courses (Psych, World Religions, Theatre) students must complete all internal assessments and take the official IB external assessment at the end of the course.
6) There are registration and exam fees required to register for IB exams. If you are eligible for financial assistance, that assistance DOES extend to IB exams and registration fees. You are only responsible for exam fees during the year the student takes the final external assessment.
MAY 2019 IB EXAM NEWS
If a student chooses to cancel an exam, they may do so and receive the $119 exam fee refund BEFORE JANUARY 15. However, the $172 registration fee is non-refundable at this point. After January 15, no refunds can be given.
Please also remember that if a student does not sit for the IB exam, they will not receive the 5-point bump to his/her final grade in May.
JANUARY IB DIPLOMA COURSE HAPPENINGS
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about IB English coursework in January
SPANISH
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about IB Spanish SL Year 1 and HL Year 2 coursework in January
YEAR 2 SL: Written Assessment Sources Due ON 1/20/19
Please feel free to periodically check our daily class schedule for any in class activities, important dates, and homework assignments. https://tinyurl.com/WestSpanSL2s19
YEAR 1 HL: As many of our readings and assessments pop up as we go, please refer to our class daily agenda for important dates, class activities, and assignments.
https://tinyurl.com/WestSpanHL1s19FRENCH
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
REMINDER OF IB SPANISH DUE DATE NEWS FOR YEAR 2!!!
GERMAN
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
HISTORY OF EUROPE
TESTS:
YEAR 1: Unit 6 Test on 2/4
YEAR 2: Unit 3 Test on 2/22
PROJECTS:
YEAR 1: NONE
YEAR 2: NONE
NEWS:
Year 1: In class essay--Jan. 18
PSYCHOLOGY
NEWS:
IA papers were due before winter break. If your child did not turn one in, it is a zero at this point. Remember, to get the 5 points added at the end of the year, your child MUST take the IB exam and turn in their IA paper. IF they do not do these things, they do not receive the 5 point boost to their grade in May.
No major exams this month.
WORLD RELIGIONS
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
GLOBAL POLITICS
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
BIOLOGY
KREBS:
KREBS YEAR 1 CALENDAR LINK:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A3ktv9nEPtlRFhdREhvFuuw6KOWI-STwiMz7qZXvbjs/edit?usp=sharing
KREBS YEAR 2 CALENDAR LINK: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-bgxrg-5d76WlORteEtSxSDb2hTfC327t2CQPzNstY/edit?usp=sharing
BELL: Class calendar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hj0enKTST8JfyePN733dKbV4aaczps1VbehK8pYzQXY/edit?usp=sharing
CHEMISTRY
Year 1: Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
YEAR 2 Class calendar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16n1q1BW75ffrrYjnlg2zA9VtV732Pkt5EPplx6I2554/edit?usp=sharing
PHYSICS
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
ESS
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
MATH STUDIES
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
MATH SL
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
MATH HL
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
IB ART
IB THEATRE
ASSESSMENTS/PROJECTS:
FINAL and FINISHED Director's Notebook DUE 1/31/19. Hard Copy AND Electronic Copy.
READINGS: Students are doing research on given Collaborative Theatre Companies. They are beginning the Collaborative Project. This will be included as part of the 10 minute play festival on March 28, 7pm.
NEWS:
FYI: South Eastern Theatre Conference in KNOXVILLE. Feb 28-March 3
IB MUSIC
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about January work.
TOK
TOK Year 1 - We have begun to examine the Areas of Knowing. TOK Year 2 - In our last semester together we will be working on our TOK Presentations and TOK Essays.
These two assessments are how TOK is scored for the IB Full-Diploma.