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.
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