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To IB or not to IB Booker T. Washington High School |
A decision to complete the IB diploma is a huge commitment and will be a great accomplishment. Students and families need to appreciate that this can limit opportunities to participate in other elective offerings such as Career Tech and Pre-Engineering.
· All IB courses must be taken at BTW. Off campus studies cannot be given IB credit.· Exam dates and times are fixed by the IBO and cannot be altered. Students should note that end of the year competitions, sports events, trips and family obligations often conflict with the exam schedule. IBO does not permit any changes to the exam schedule.
· ALL testable work MUST BE COMPLETED DURING THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS. Students may not test prior to the Junior year and may only take two SL exams in the Junior year.
· IB does not allow students to test both IB Biology and IB Environmental Systems because of excessive focus in one subject area.
· Work completed during the junior year alone CANNOT BE COUNTED TOWARD A HIGHER LEVEL (HL) EXAM!
Full Diploma Planning Checklist
Use this checklist after you have completed the 4-year planning sheet.
· Do you have 3 (and no more than 4) HL classes?
· Do you have 3 (or 2) SL classes?
· Have you met graduation requirements for US History, Technology, PE, and Fine Arts?
· Have you scheduled TOK in Junior and Senior years?
· Check HL/SL sequences. Course sequences that end junior year will ALWAYS be SL. HL means a class sequence is taken both junior and senior years.
A student who fails to submit an extended essay will be awarded N for the extended essay, will score no points, and will not be awarded a diploma.
A student who fails to complete the TOK requirements will be awarded N for TOK, will score no points, and will not be awarded a diploma.
Performance in both the extended essay and theory of knowledge of an elementary standard is a failing condition for the award of the diploma.