Our MISSION: To educate the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - and to help all students develop their God-given talents according to the Gospel values of Jesus Christ . . . Our MISSION: To educate the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - and to help all students develop their God-given talents according to the Gospel values of Jesus Christ . . . Our MISSION: To educate the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - and to help all students develop their God-given talents according to the Gospel values of Jesus Christ . . . Our MISSION: To educate the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - and to help all students develop their God-given talents according to the Gospel values of Jesus Christ . . .
Saturday, May 17, 2008
IB Diploma Program
What it the International Baccalaureate Program?

IB (International Baccalaureate) is an international academic high school program leading to the examinations for the International Baccalaureate diploma. The curriculum, considered the most rigorous high school curriculum in the world, is comprehensive and demanding and available to qualified candidates at high schools throughout the world. Based upon the educational program of study of no single country, it represents the desire of the founders to provide students of different linguistic, cultural and educational backgrounds with the intellectual, social and critical perspectives necessary for the adult world that lies ahead of them.

Among the goals of the International Baccalaureate program are:

  • students will learn how to learn
  • students will reach considered conclusions about man, his languages and his literature
  • students will understand the ways of man in society and the scientific forces of his environment
  • students will critically reflect upon the larger issues of international awareness
  • students will be informed, tolerant and willing to communicate readily with others on a range of topics about which they have already formed considered opinions as a result of having shared a common two-year experience with other young adults around the world.

The International Baccalaureate program, with its three subjects at higher level and three at standard level, requires all participants to engage in the study of languages, sciences, mathematics and humanities until the completion of their secondary schooling. The International Baccalaureate Program of Cardinal Newman High School endeavors to carry out the intentions of the International Baccalaureate Organization.

Only schools officially approved by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) are authorized to offer the IB curriculum and to present candidates for examination. Approximately 70-75% of Diploma candidates worldwide earn the Diploma. The student who does not satisfy the requirements for the full program is awarded a certificate for each of the examinations satisfactorily completed. Students who earn the IB Diploma are awarded advanced standing at universities throughout the world. Many colleges and universities recognize the IB Diploma for course credits. In Florida, all the state universities award up to 30 semester hours of credit to IB Diploma holders. The IB curriculum fulfills the requirements for the Bright Futures Scholarship.