1. 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

2. 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)
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3. What Questions about the CORE do you have?
Open Forum
What Questions about the CORE do you have?
Denney

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

5. 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
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6. 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)
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CAS Capstone Night February 20
Discussion of Early Access/Early Decision

8. 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
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~ $510 over two years

9. 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
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Detailed Invoices will be sent home first week of October
Payment via MyPaymentsPlus deadline is November 10th, 2018

10. Social & Academic Calendar
Oct = 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)

11. 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

12. SFHS IB Parent Booster Club
Agenda
Officers
Membership
Constitution/By-Laws
Volunteers
Other
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13. 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:
Kevin S Denney, IB Coordinator
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School Website:
Click the Academics tab, then Advanced Studies, then International Baccalaureate
You can also get more information about IB at
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?