The IB Mission Statement The International Baccalaureate aims

The IB Mission Statement The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right. The Somers CSD Mission Statement Our Mission Somers Central School District will ignite a passion in each student by engaging all students at a personal level to ensure success in a global society. Our Vision The vision for Somers Central School District encompasses three fundamental areas, each an important component of the Whole Child • 21 st Century Knowledge & Skills • Social-Emotional-Physical Wellness • Global Citizenship SCSD Vision Mission Values

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Brownies as pedagogy? One of the main concepts of the Theory of Knowledge course: Personal and Shared Knowledge

Can a bad person write a good book? book What do you think? Please write for 60 seconds

Can a bad person write a good book? • Can I still watch and enjoy the Cosby show? It was my favorite show when I was young. • Are Woody Allen movies OK to watch? What about a Roman Polansky film? • James Joyce was an alcoholic who used to fight violently with his partner, Nora; does that mean I shouldn't study his beautifully-written stories? • What is a bad man? • Who determines moral degrees? • We just had an impeachment trial, in which some people claim we have a bad leader and others claim we don't. Does this mean our country does not agree about or universally understand what “bad” is? • To whom can we turn in order to determine "badness"? • Is this a universal constant, or one that is decided or guided by community? Religion? Family? What happens when these groups disagree? • Does everything about a person have to be bad to for someone to be a "bad" person ? • If you do one really bad thing, but lots of other good things, are you still bad? • What's a good book? Does it mean enjoyable? Moral? Well-written? If I didn't enjoy Moby Dick, or if I loved a Stephanie Meyer novel, does that mean I don't understand what a good book is? • Who decides whether a book is good? What are the standards based on? • Can I think it's good if someone else thinks it's bad? • How are personal and shared knowledge involved?

What is the IB? from? Where did it come • WWI and the League of Nations The International School of Geneva (in French: Ecole Internationale de Genève), is a private international school based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1924 in the service of the League of Nations, it is the oldest and largest operating international school in the world. Among its founding board of education members were Marie Curie and Albert Einstein. Mission: “To educate for peace and to inculcate strong humanitarian values of inclusiveness, respect & intercultural understanding. ” • The 1960 s and the Civil Rights Movement The Inception of the IB officially came about in the mid-1960 s, when a group of teachers from International School of Geneva created the International Schools Examinations Syndicate (ISES), which later became the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) and then the International Baccalaureate. Mission: The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

1968: The First Three IB Schools Geneva, Wales, NYC Today • Celebrating 50 years • 5, 000 schools and growing • Milestone in 2019: Over a million students

What do I need to earn an IB Diploma? Let’s hear from a student voice: Ivy Lilia's You. Tube Video

SHS IB Offerings Group Course Options 1: Language A • English A: Language and Literature HL 2: Language B • Spanish B: Language and Literature SL or HL • French B: Language and Literature SL or HL • Pamoja Spanish or French B Ab Initio SL 3: Individuals • History HL and Societies • Business SL • Psychology SL 4: The Sciences • Environmental Systems and Societies SL • Physics SL • Sports, Exercise and Health Science SL 5: Mathematics • Mathematics Applications SL • Pamoja Mathematical Analysis HL 6: The Arts • • Dance SL or HL Film SL or HL Music SL Visual Arts SL

Let’s Revisit the Learner Profile Which of these easily fit together? Which seem challenging? Learner Profile Traits Turn and Talk Inquirers Knowledgeable IB Course Groups Thinkers Language A Communicators Language B Principled Open-Minded Individuals and Societies The Sciences Mathematics Caring The Arts Risk-Takers The Core: TOK, EE, CAS Balanced Reflective • Please find a partner sitting near you • Partner 1: Speak for one minute about which of these seem like the easiest pairings and which seem the most difficult. • Partner 2: Please do the same for one minute.

The IB and Your Future • The IB cares about what you do when you go out into the world. The organization sincerely wants your education to help you have a positive impact on the world. • The value in this is the person you become: • How can you learn to think like a scientist, rather than just learning science? • How can you learn to think like a historian, rather than just learning history? • How will deliberately nurturing your inquisitive nature impact you as a learner?

The IB and Your More Immediate Future: College • Many studies have confirmed that IB students finish college in 4 years in overwhelmingly larger numbers than any other group of students. • College Credit and IB Somers High School's IB College Page

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