IB News
Registration for the May 2010 International Baccalaureate Diploma
examinations is beginning, with a final registration deadline of Friday,
November 6, 2009. IB exam fees are shared between the school and the home.
Students’ share of the cost is $92 per exam, payable at the time of
registration. Checks should be made payable to
Portage Northern IB. Students who
qualify and file paperwork under the Free and Reduced Lunch program will
receive assistance with IB exam fees by speaking with the IB Coordinator.
NOTE: Candidates should
be aware of the following expectations and restrictions in the district's IB
testing policy, which has the full support of the administration:
Students who register for the IB examinations are expected to sit for them
and to adhere to all IB examination regulations. Registered candidates who
do not do so must:
·
Sit for the
Portage Public Schools second-semester exams in those subjects.
·
Reimburse the
school for the school's portion of the IB fees paid to the IBO on the
candidate's behalf.
Students are expected to be in attendance in all classes through the end of
the school year. They are not excused from school attendance
following the dates of their IB examinations.
Current juniors who intend to complete the IB Diploma in their senior year
(May 2011) may take up to two of their SL (Standard Level, one-year)
examinations this year. We advise candidates to sit for an SL exam at the
end of the year in which they complete the course.
If they wait until the next year to sit for the exam, they will
likely forget much of the course content on which the examination will be
based.
Completed IB exam registration forms, which
are available from IB teachers and in the IB office throughout the month of
October, should be submitted with the check for fees to the IB diploma
program coordinator, Mrs. Trepanier, in office 3F (adjacent to room 310).
Again, the final deadline for IB exam registration for the May 2010
session is November 6, 2009.
Special Needs Students and IB Exams
The International
Baccalaureate believes that “all candidates should be allowed to demonstrate
their ability under assessment conditions which are as fair as possible”.
[Candidates with Special
Circumstances, IBO, 2002]
That may necessitate special arrangements for candidates affected by a
long-term physical, mental, or learning disability, and the IB will work
through Diploma Program coordinators to ensure that these candidates do not
face adverse testing circumstances.
The key for students and parents, however, is to know that the IB
requires written applications for special accommodations, along with
supporting medical documents, to be submitted to the coordinator no later
than eighteen months before the exam session.
This means that a current junior intending to sit for IB exams in May
2011 as a senior must apply to the IB coordinator this autumn in order to
receive authorization from the IB for special accommodations in May 2011.
Please contact Mrs. Trepanier at 323-5474 or by email
[Ltrepanier@portageps.org] for further information.
AP Exam Registration
AP exam registration will
occur in February 2010 and will be publicized in the
Husky Tracks and on the NHS web page at that time.
IB Transcripts
Candidates who need to obtain an official IB transcript
must contact the IB at their "Transcripts" web page:
www.ibo.org/iba/transcripts
IB Class of 2009
Diplomas and certificates for candidates in the May 2009
IB exam session are available for pick-up in the IB office at Northern.
IB Class of 2010
The 2010 IB Diploma group will be the largest to date here at Northern. Over 60% of our juniors and seniors take individual IB courses each year, but a much smaller number completes the full IB Diploma Program of six IB courses, the Theory of Knowledge course, CAS (Creativity, Action, and Service), and the Extended Essay, an independent research project related to one of the student's six areas of IB study. For the May 2010 session, the following 26 students will pursue the IB Diploma in addition to their Portage Public Schools diploma: Claire Abee, Lizz Cardwell, Peter Chutcharavan, Monica Dubray, Hannah Dueweke, Steven Flack, Anne Fletcher, Michael Giguere, Alex Gray, Michael Kelly, Dominique Kudzia, Emma Lozon, Lili Marchak, Brianna Maroukis, Brianna Melgar, Ashley Mitchell, Emily Piper, Gabby Smith, Connor Sorensen, Adrian Warga-Kane, Linnea Whistler, Sydney Williams, and Dayon Woodford.
IB Notices to Candidates
Mrs. Trepanier's Eboard has an IB Diploma Program section in which candidates can find CAS forms and other documents specific to the DP.