WHAT'S HAPPENING IN IB AT WEST?
March Parent Newsletter
CAREER-RELATED PROGRAMME NEWS
Do you own or work for a business/institution that may be interested in partnering with one of West's new IB Career-Related Programme pathways? Our opening CP pathways will be 1) Health Sciences, 2) Dietetics/Nutrition and 3) Coding. A pathway partnership would mean:
- Your company/insitution would gain public recognition for their partnership with the pathway
- Partner may provide field experts to come speak to our students during instructional time
- Partner may provide a capstone experience for students to physically get into a working environment in their final year of the CP.
- Our community partners will be an integral part of helping West High students to explore a chosen field of focus and serve as a real life example of what it is like to work in that field!
Please contact Shannon Siebe at shannon.siebe@knoxschools.org if you are interested or would like more information.
CAREER-RELATED CANDIDACY STATEMENT
PERSONAL PROJECT
FROM THE STUDENT SERVICES OFFICE
LIBRARY NEWS
Friday, April 5th - Medic Blood Drive in the library
Tuesday, April 16th: International Night; more information coming
FULL DIPLOMA SENIORS! IB UPLOADS ARE HAPPENING NOW!
All of these uploads MUST be completed by 3:30 PM on Friday. Friday is an IB deadline and CAN NOT be extended. Mrs. Siebe is coming to TOK classes on Wednesday to facilitate EE and TOK essay uploads- if students are not ready to upload during that time, they are responsible for uploading before the Friday deadline. Mrs. Siebe visited Spanish and French classes last week to facilitate uploads. German is uploading this week, as are both English SL and HL.
This is a very important process and must be completed by Friday in order to remain eligible for the IB Full Diploma.
FULL DIPLOMA SENIORS AND FAMILIES: STOLE DINNER SAVE THE DATE
MAY 2019 IB EXAM PAYMENTS
IMPORTANT!! PLEASE NOTE: If students have outstanding fees of any kind, including outstanding IB exam fees, library dues, or cafeteria balances, they will not be able to purchase tickets to prom. Please be sure to take care of all IB exam fees and any other financial deficiencies asap. Mrs. Williams in the library has a list of all deficiencies.
MAY 2019 IB EXAM SCHEDULE
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nWsjAWuu-5X8atWPoBJMCUBDHJsIVGh4u4p3aFhk7yE/edit?usp=sharing
Please make note:
- Some locations have changed.
- There are IB exams on graduation day. Students will have plenty of time to get from the Physics exam to Thompson Boling for our 5:30 PM graduation. English exams are that morning. Please plan accordingly.
- IB Exams extend after graduation this year. Please check the schedule before making any travel plans following graduation!
SSPDC= Sarah Simpson Professional Development Center
801 Tipton Ave. Knoxville, TN 37920
Lecture Hall = West High Lecture Hall
Library Classroom= West High Library Classroom
STUDENTS SHOULD ARRIVE 10-15 MINUTES PRIOR TO EXAM START TIME.
PARENT HELP NEEDED- IB EXAM PROCTORS
May 13th: 12- 3:30 PM (all maths)
May 14th: 8-11 AM (all maths)
May 16th: 12:30-2:00 PM (all English)
May 17th: 8:30-10:00 AM (all English)
If you know you will be available to proctor any of these sessions, please email Shannon Siebe at shannon.siebe@knoxschools.org. Additional help on other dates may be needed, but these are the largest exams and we will most certainly need help from parents. Any help is greatly appreciated! P.S. You may proctor an exam your child is sitting for :-)
MARCH IB DIPLOMA COURSE HAPPENINGS
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about IB English coursework in March
SPANISH
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for any other questions about IB Spanish in March .
YEAR 2 SL:
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 March work.
REMINDER OF IB SPANISH DUE DATE NEWS FOR YEAR 2!!!
GERMAN
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about March work.
HISTORY OF EUROPE
TESTS:
YEAR 1: Unit 7 Test: Upheaval of the Late 19th and 20th Centuries on 3/15
PROJECTS:
YEAR 1: NONE
YEAR 2: NONE
NEWS: Please see calendar on Canvas for daily reading schedule for both Year 1 and Year 2
PSYCHOLOGY
NEWS:
Please check Aspen to make sure your child is staying caught up on their homework.
We will have several in class writings that the students will know about ahead of time as well as take home writings. Please check in with your child to see how their writing is going. IB Psychology exam dates-Paper 1 May 10 and Paper 2 is May 13.
WORLD RELIGIONS
The World Religions IA was set to be due on Friday, March 15, but because of missing so many days & having to finish their first in-depth religion, I have decided to move the IA due date to April 5th to allow time in class to work on the IA.
GLOBAL POLITICS
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about March 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
CHEM HL:
Year 1: Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about March 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 March work.
ESS
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about March work.
MATH STUDIES
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about March work.
MATH SL
Please contact teacher or course syllabus for questions about March work.
MATH HL
Year 2: MATH HL IA DUE on March 15 - DOUBLE TEST GRADE
IB ART
NEWS: The IB/AP art show will be Friday April 5th and Saturday April 6th from 5-8 in the atrium at the Miller's Building (445 Gay Street). The students must: hang their work on Thursday, April 4th (from 3:30-6), Curate their exhibit Friday and/or Saturday from 5-8, Remove their work Saturday (8-9pm) or Sunday (8-10am).
IB THEATRE
Student are working diligently on their Collaborative Theatre Project. Due to flu/flood days out, they are behind. I am staying every day after school for groups to rehearse. This is the last of their IB assessments.
Collaborative Project, first half of Process Portfolio, sections A and B due March 14
Collaborative Theatre Project PERFORMANCE on March 26
The first half of the WRITTEN PROCESS PORTFOLIO is DUE, March 14th, electronically, by midnight. This covers A and B in the rubric. Students will be performing their collaborative piece in class on March 26th. To finish their portfolio, they will need to choose a 2-4 minute cutting from this video to submit. On MARCH 28, at 7PM, they will be performing their pieces in a show for the community!! Please plan to attend! Email me with ANY questions you have. THANK YOU!
IB MUSIC
Exam on Baroque Music and Composers on 3/12
TOK
TOK Essays must be uploaded to IBIS for assessment BEFORE Spring Break. IB deadline is March 15 and can not be extended!