International Baccalaureate Programs Welcome IB Parent “Tea” Laura welcome & intro Recommend talk about OOD briefly and emphasize why we think coming to SFHS as a FRESHMAN rather than waiting till JUNIOR year is wise. Please complete the survey form, one per family, sometime before you leave tonight

The IB “Core” component DIPLOMA side CAREER side Extended Essay (EE) CAS (Creativity-Activity-Service) TOK course (Theory of Knowledge) Reflective Project (RP) Service Learning (SL) PPS course (Personal & Professional Skills) Denney

What Questions about the CORE do you have? Open Forum What Questions about the CORE do you have? Denney

Growing Kids Academic Physical/ Social - Emotional Intellectual Denney Home & School Together

Parent College Information Night February 19 IB Junior Parents DIPLOMA Side CAREER Side Increased work load Rigor of program Stress Pathway completion exam end-of-year Increased work load Rigor of program Stress Parent College Information Night February 19 Denney

IB Senior Parents DIPLOMA Side CAREER Side Applications NOW IB deadlines hit Nov. through February EE in December CORE fini in Feb/March Beware!: Senioritis (January-April) Applications NOW IB deadlines hit in Dec. (except IA’s for courses) RP in December CORE fini in Dec/Jan Beware!: Senioritis (January-April) Denney CAS Capstone Night February 20 Discussion of Early Access/Early Decision

IB General Costs IB Registration fee = $176 one time only Exam fees = $126 per exam SFHS Admin fee = $30 per year Managebac fee (CAS/SL) = $11 per year Diploma Program: Six exams over two years Career Program: minimum two exams over two years ~ $1014 over two years Denney ~ $510 over two years

IB Cost Breakdown JUNIOR Year SENIOR Year CP & DP are same 1 or 2 exams, $126/exam IB Registration fee (covers “Core”, one time only) =$176 $30 SFHS Admin fee $11 Managebac Fee (CAS/SL) Typical Cost = $341-$467 DP = 4-6 exams, $126/exam CP = 1-2 exams, $126/exam IB Registration fee (only if not paid junior year) =$176 $30 SFHS Admin fee $11 Managebac Fee (CAS/SL) Typical CP Cost = $167-$467 Typical DP Cost = $545-$973 Denney Detailed Invoices will be sent home first week of October Payment via MyPaymentsPlus deadline is November 10th, 2018

Social & Academic Calendar Oct 13-14 = IB Retreat Oct 4 = Registration for Exams Nov 10 = Registration Deadline Dec 20 = Winter Break Celebration February 19 = IB Parent College Info night (Juniors) February 20 = CAS Capstones after school April 17 = IB Picnic after school April 26-May 24 = Exams May 17 = IB Graduation Dinner (seniors)

What General Questions about the year in IB do you have? Open Forum What General Questions about the year in IB do you have? Denney

SFHS IB Parent Booster Club Agenda Officers Membership Constitution/By-Laws Volunteers Other Denney

Kevin S Denney, IB Coordinator For More Information If you have a question or piece of information you would like to send me, please go to the link below and complete the short SURVEY Form on google: https://goo.gl/forms/cC8VmYpdXSrsuRJt2  Kevin S Denney, IB Coordinator kdenney@forsyth.k12.ga.us 770-781-2264 ext. 101120 School Website: www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sfhs/site/default.asp Click the Academics tab, then Advanced Studies, then International Baccalaureate You can also get more information about IB at www.ibo.org. Tracy Verrigni Change your extension? Change OOD deadline to 1/31/2017 Note: Please do not contact SFHS regarding OOD requests. This will be handled through the County Office?