The H-F IB Prep Academy & IB Diploma Programme Homewood-Flossmoor Commuity High School
Challegig Academically Taleted Studets Federal law requires schools to provide a appropriate educatio to childre with cogitive, physical, ad emotioal hadicaps but is largely silet about the eeds of kids at the upper ed of the educatioal curve. Kroholz, J. (2011). Challegig the gifted. EducatioNext. Retrieved from http://educatioext.org/challegig-thegifted/ Fear of elitism False assumptio: The really bright studets will lear by themselves. Illiois, like most states, o loger fuds gifted programs. Math ad readig scores of the brightest studets remai stagat. Faster learers should ot be kept waitig for others to catch up.
H-F IB Grads Class of 2015 23 IB Certificate Studets 5 IB Diploma Earers Class of 2016 17 IB Certificate Studets 11 IB Diploma Earers Class of 2017 5 IB Certificate Studets 3 IB Diploma Earers Total IB Studet Scholarship $$ Approximately $5M IB Studets Top College Destiatios Baylor Bosto Uiversity Emory Griell Howard Marquette Northwester Notre Dame Purdue Spelma Uiversity of Califoria, Los Ageles Uiversity of Chicago Uiversity of Illiois Uiversity of Michiga Villaova Wellesley
Choose Your IB Adveture IB Prep Academy (Grades 9 & 10) IB Diploma Programme (Grades 11 & 12) IB Diploma Or IB Certificates
H-F IB Prep Academy Studet Profile Successful H-F IB Prep Academy studets Have a history of earig high test scores & grades; As freshme, are prepared to take Algebra 2/Trig H; Frech, Madari, or Spaish 2H; Eglish 1H; ad AP World History; Cotiue to ear high grades throughout high school, maitaiig a miimum 3.0 GPA; Take 7 classes all 4 years of high school; Tackle at least 2 3 hours of homework a ight; ad Are ivolved i at least 1 sport or activity each semester of high school.
How Is IB Differet from AP? A aalogy
IB Learer Profile Iquirer Thiker Kowledgeable Reflective Commuicator Pricipled Ope Mided Balaced Carig Risktaker
IB Diploma Curriculum
4-Year Course Overview IB Graduatio Requiremets Summer 1 Grade 9 Summer 2 Grade 10 Summer 3 Grade 11 Summer 4 Grade 12 IB Group 1 Eglish Eglish 1 H AP Laguage & Comp. IB Group 1 HL Eglish 1 IB Group 1 HL Eglish 2 IB Group 2 Foreig Laguage Spaish 2H, Frech 2H, or Madari 2H Spaish 2H If eeded: FULL CREDIT Spaish 3H, Frech 3H, or Madari 3H Spaish 4H, Frech 4H, or Madari 4H IB Group 2 SL Spaish. SL Frech, or SL Madari IB Group 3 Social Sciece AP World History AP US History US G & P H optio: FULL 5. CREDIT IB Group 3 SL Ecoomics US G & P H optio: FULL.5 CREDIT Music Esemble, US G & P AP or H, or IB Group 4 Sciece Biology H optioal: FULL CREDIT Biology H, Chemistry H, or Chemistry H optioal: FULL CREDIT Chemistry H, AP Gov. & Politics, or IB Group 4 HL Physics 1 IB Group 4 HL Physics 2 IB Group 5 Math Geometry H if eeded: FULL CREDIT Algebra 2/Trig H Pre-calculus H IB Group 5 HL Math 1 (Calculus AB or BC) IB Group 5 HL Math 2 (Advaced Math Topics) IB Group 6 Arts PE/Health/ Drivers Ed. Music Esemble, Art Studio, or PE/Health Music Esemble, Art Studio, or PE/Drivers Ed. Music Esemble, Art Cocetratio, or Theory of Kowledge 1 or IB Group 6 SL Music, SL Art or Theory of Kowledge 2 or
H-F IB Prep Academy & IB Diploma Programme Studet Supports ad Provisios Studet cohort experiece A collaborative cohort of teachers at each grade level Idividualized 4-year course pla, icludig summer school advacemet ad erichmet opportuities O-goig idividual ad small-group couselig Special programmig ad field trips No fees for AP Exams IB Exams PSAT Test Prep Course
IB STUDENT PANEL
Next Steps Meet with a Couselor o Saturday, February 17 Sig up for a Summer Opportuity: BIOLOGY HONORS (1.0 hoors credit towards graduatio) OR GEOMETRY HONORS (1.0 hoors credit towards graduatio) AND/OR GATEWAY TO ALGEBRA 2/TRIG HONORS