International BaccalaureateThomas A. Edison High School

26 February 2019

IB Leadership at Edison High School

Pamela Brumfield Belinda WilliamsPrincipal Assistant Principal

IB Coordinators

Heather Browne Megan GarnettMiddle Years Program Diploma Program

● WHAT● WHY● HOW

What is IB?Since 1968, IB has offered an education focused on “teaching students to think critically and independently, and how to inquire with care and logic.”

Experience of the Classroom

Realities of the Outside World

Middle Years Program (MYP)● Student-centered

● IB framework of

learning

● 8 subject areas

● Projects, action, and

service

Diploma Program (DP)● Student-centered

● IB framework of

learning

● 6 subject areas

● Theory of

Knowledge (TOK),

Extended Essay, CAS

What does IB look like at Edison?● July, 1998 - authorized IBDP school; MYP authorized - December, 2016● 514 10th graders registered for the MYP Personal Project● 425 students registered to take 929 IB exams this session ● 38 Full IB Diploma Candidates● In 2018, our students:

○ Earned highest scores in the county for Chinese SL, and Chemistry SL○ Earned highest possible marks in English Literature, Chinese SL,

Spanish SL, History of the Americas, Psychology SL, Chemistry SL, Math Studies SL, Math HL,

○ Scored above the world average in English Literature HL, History of the Americas, Chemistry SL, and Math Studies SL

Why Should I Take IB?

Full IB Acceptance RatesUniversity/College IB Students

Acceptance RateTotal Population Acceptance Rate

Univ. of Florida 82% 42%

Univ. of Miami 72% 30%

Univ. Michigan - Ann Arbor

71% 51%

UVA 64% 32%

UNC Chapel Hill 63% 32%

Full IB Acceptance RatesUniversity/College IB Students

Acceptance RateTotal Population Acceptance Rate

UC Berkeley 58% 26%

NYU 57% 30%

Cornell 31% 18%

Duke 28% 16%

UPenn 24% 14%

Full IB Acceptance Rates, Continued

University/College IB Students Acceptance Rate

Total Population Acceptance Rate

Brown 18% 9%

Yale 18% 7%

Stanford 15% 7%

Columbia 13% 9%

Harvard 10% 7%

Why Should I Take IB?Voices from the Experts

Admissions Representatives● Jim Duffy, Randolph College

● Melissa Stoker, Towson University

Student PerspectivesEdison Alumni

Colleen Arthur, class of 2014 (VCU & Johns Hopkins)

EHS Class of 2019 Diploma Candidates

● Hussain Hassan● Maggie Landis● Mateo

Segura-Rivadenyra

How do I do IB?

9th & 10th Grade Recommended Courses9th Grade❏ English 9 (HN)❏ World Language 2❏ WH2 (HN)❏ Bio (HN)❏ Geometry (or higher)❏ Health & PE❏ Elective

10th Grade❏ English 10 (HN)❏ World Language 3❏ Govt HN❏ Chem (HN) or IB Chem❏ Algebra 2 (or higher)❏ Health & PE❏ Elective

IB Diploma v. IB CertificateIB Diploma

Take classes in ALL six subject areas:❏ Group 1: English ❏ Group 2: World Language❏ Group 3: Individuals & Societies❏ Group 4: Science❏ Group 5: Math❏ Group 6: the Arts (or an elective)PLUS, complete three CORE requirements:❖ IB Theory of Knowledge❖ Extended Essay❖ 150 CAS Hours

IB Certificates

● Given in individual IB courses● Earned when students complete

course of study in an IB subject AND pass the IB exam

Final thought . . .The function of education is to teach one to think intensively

and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is

the goal of true education.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

To Schedule a Meeting:Contact Ms. Garnett: MeGarnett@fcps.edu OR

See Ms. Garnett in the Cafeteria after the Student Services presentation.

Come see Personal Projects!After the student services

presentation in the

auditorium, the lecture hall

will be open from 8-9pm to

view student projects.