International Baccalaureate Registration Information

Diploma Programme At

La Costa Canyon High School

Agenda

• Program Overview
• Model Schedules
• Q & A

International Baccalaureate

Diploma Programme

Two year program students participate

in during their junior & senior years

IB DP University Enrollment

IB Students Beyond LCC

• Brown University
• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Central Washington University
• Elon University
• FIDM
• Fordham University
• Harvard University
• Hofstra University
• MIT
• McGill University
• NYU
• Purdue University

• SDSU
• Stanford
• Ohio State University
• UC Berkeley
• UC San Diego
• UC Santa Barbara
• UC Davis
• UC Los Angeles
• University of Hawaii
• University of Utah
• West Point Military Academy

IB DP Team at LCC

• Justin Conn, Principal & IB Head of School
• Danielle Martinez, IB Counselor
• Thea Chadwick, TOK
• Cindi Schildhouse, IB Coordinator & IB Biology
• David Evers, CAS Coordinator & IB Film & IB Physics
• Michael Melzer, EE Coordinator & IB History of Americas & IB Psychology
• Michelle Anderson, IB Math
• Lara Antkowiak, IB Spanish
• Eden Borsack, IB Environmental Systems
• Melanie Emr, IB French
• Jocelyn Peck, IB Math
• Erika Wanczuk, IB English

IB at LCC

The programme aims to develop students who have excellent breadth and depth of knowledge and students who flourish physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.

Why IB?

• Experiences
• Connections
• Skills

Scheduling

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Planning & Considerations

High School Graduation Requirements

Please see your counselor for specific questions!

UC & CSU “A-G” Requirements

Please see your counselor for specific questions!

Junior & Senior

Student Pathways in IB

Student Paths

Focus in IB Courses

Full Diploma Candidate

Select

IB & AP Courses

Who are our IB DP Candidates?

• Academics
• Active Community Members
• Actors, Directors & Technians
• Artists & Designers
• Athletes
• Dancers
• Entrepreneurs
• Journalist & Editors
• Musicians
• Speech & Debate

Full Diploma Candidates

• Fully engage in all components of IB DP experience
• Have a rich experience within IB DP
• Able to earn the IB Diploma

Full Diploma Academic Requirements

Full Diploma Candidates Requirements

• Students must balance HL & SL courses
• Students must take a minimum of 3 HL courses
• Students may take up to 4 HL courses

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Full Diploma Core Requirements

• Students must take Theory of Knowledge courses
• Students must complete the Extended Essay
• Independent & Self-directed Research Paper
• Students must fulfil the Community, Activity, Service Requirement
• Student initiated involvement in activities and projects based on their interests and talents outside of the classroom
• Reflection of personal learning and outcomes

Full Diploma Courses

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11th Grade

IB English HL Year 1

IB History of the Americas HL Year 1

Spanish V

French IV

Math 3

Math 3 Honors

IB Math SL

IB Math HL Year 2

IB Physics HL Year 1

IB Bio SL

IB Env Sys & Soc SL

Theory Of Knowledge

IB Film HL Year 1

IB Film SL

IB Psychology SL

Elective

Full Diploma Courses

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12th Grade

IB English HL Year 2

IB History of the Americas HL Year 2

IB Spanish SL

IB French SL

IB Math SL

IB Math HL Year 2

Calc D/Linear Algebra

IB Physics HL Year 2

IB Bio SL

IB Env Sys & Soc SL

College Application Seminar (TOK Year 2 support)

IB Film HL Year 2

IB Film SL

IB Psychology SL

Elective

AP Stats

Sample Full Diploma Schedule

Interested in Science, Engineering & Math

Sample Full Diploma Schedule

Interested in Healthcare & Life Sciences

Sample Full Diploma Schedule

Interested in English, History & Business

Focus in IB Courses

• Students elect to participate in several IB courses
• HL courses are two year courses
• SL courses are one year courses

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• Students may elect to participate in TOK

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• Students are not required to complete the EE or CAS

Select IB & AP Courses

• Students elect to participate in IB courses as well as AP courses that are most interesting

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• Students may elect to participate in TOK

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• Students are not required to complete the EE or CAS

Sample IB Courses Schedule

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Sample IB Courses Schedule

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What questions do you have about IB at LCC?

Email

IB Coordinator

cindi.schildhouse@sduhsd.net

Question Form

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From our IB Graduates

• I am principled because I have learned that taking responsibility for my own actions also applies to taking responsibility for my prejudices as well, because those affect my actions. In this way, I think I better understand the importance of taking responsibility for one’s education, in order to unlearn prejudices that I might not even be aware of.

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• As an athlete, student, worker, and friend, I have learned many important lessons about balance and how to maintain a good attitude and energy levels throughout my life.

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• I have been given the opportunity to realize how much I take for granted. Reading and hearing from others has given me the opportunity to understand that I can reflect on myself, on my life and how I can better myself.

From our IB Graduates

• Having gained more knowledge, I have gained more confidence. With confidence, I am able to take risks and do things I have never done before. I am no longer afraid of the idea of failure or sounding incompetent (for the most part). I am able to make that effort to learn even if I have no clue what I'm doing.

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• I have always been inquisitive but IB has given me a great chance to research and answer a lot of those questions. I love that in history, biology and my EE I was able to choose topics that I was really interested in to talk about so that I could answer my own questions instead of someone else's.

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• Through the IB program, I learned that I am capable of more than I ever could have imagined. It has been a fantastic experience!