Academics (MYp and IB)

IB Students, Be Ready for CAS Projects!

Written by: Meghan Carrington

CAS, which stands for Creativity, Action, and Service, projects are an important part of every IBDP student’s personal development. Junior IB DP students, who are committed to the full IB Diploma Program, are required to complete their own CAS Project.

In the fall of their Junior year, IBDP candidates are given the information and their own mentor for this important project. Students are responsible for meeting with their CAS Mentor once a semester. Mrs. Philips, a department chair and teacher at Hilton Head Island High School, gave her insight, saying, “IB DP Juniors have 18 months to complete one large CAS Project and a Portfolio.” This project is a demonstration of what IB students have achieved during their years of high school, though, it isn’t a grade.

This project allows students to do something they enjoy, while also practicing IB Learner Profile Traits. Mrs. Philips describes learning outcomes that IB students show. That they “demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process and demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience.”

There is a portfolio requirement along with this project. This “CAS Portfolio showcases the different activities they have done. They should start the portfolio immediately after the IBDP Junior Orientation,” Mrs. Philips describes. It focuses on the same learner objectives as the project, while showing activities being done in the process.

This crucial project is required for students who want the full IB diploma. They are given lots of time to compact their own arrangement they are truly passionate about. Though it may seem heavy, this project is meant for IB students to have fun!

Are You Interested In IB Courses?

By: Jake Ferguson, Isabelle Drake, Sarayah Graham

Ms. White is the head of the IB Courses. She took a minute out of her day, to answer some of TST questions about IB course prerequisites and requisites.

Q: How do you get into the IB classes?

A: “ IB classes are easy when you are in your IGP meeting you can ask to sign up for IB classes.”

Q: How do you get into IB diploma classes?

A: “ It’s also open enrollment we don’t have any kind of application process”

Q: What can IB classes do for your application into college?

A: “The IB program is well respected it’s an international program it’s known all around the world for how rigorous it is”

Q: What are the classes like?

A: “ They are pretty fast paced, they are mostly inquiry based where you are trying to find answers to things rather than a lot of memorization”.

Q: How many classes can you take at a time?

A: “There isn’t a limit on the number of classes you can take, but you can’t take two IB math classes because they’re very similar and they overlap too much.”

HHIHS Offers Tutoring In All Subjects

By: Brody Cooke

HHIHS is offering a new and revised tutoring program in all subjects for students who need assistance in their content classes. These tutoring sessions are free to students and are held in the Media Center on Mondays starting on November 29th for an hour after school.

Most of the tutoring is done by teachers, but math tutoring is done by Math Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, students.

Every Monday, students can get help from teachers in English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and World Languages. Teachers from these subjects can help students with content mastery, assignments, or study skills for these subjects.

Mrs. Robinson is in charge of the tutoring program for all subjects. If students have questions they should contact Mrs. Robinson.

Math tutoring began in October. Students can come in for math tutoring in Ms. Taylor's classroom on Wednesdays and Thursdays after school, or students can go Monday-Thursday before school. Math tutoring is done by the students in Math Honor Society and Ms. Taylor. Math Honor Society students get service hours for tutoring.

If students want to come to math tutoring, students can just show up to the sessions on Wednesdays after school. If students want to come to the sessions in the mornings on Thursdays, they need to talk to Ms. Taylor, who runs the tutoring, the day before to get a pass to get into the building for the tutoring. Ms. Taylor said, "students may come and get help with homework, content mastery, or get help to study for a test or quiz. All math levels are welcome!"

If students need help with math or any other subject and they do not fully understand how to do something, then it is highly recommended that they come in for tutoring.

Badges of Honor: Honor Society Inductions

By: Jacob Ferguson and Caleb Bison

National Honors Society is an organization for Junior and Senior high schoolers that promotes leadership, service, character, and scholarship. Honor Society Inductions were held on Monday November 22nd in the SCC.

The NHS Induction recognizes new members in NHS into the organization. Inductees are given a certificate and a rose, and are recognized in front of their parents and the school for their accomplishment in being accepted into the organization. According to Ms. Emerick, who is the head of Hilton Head High Schools NHS, to be inducted into NHS you must have a 3.8 unweighted GPA, no disciplinary referrals, must fill out an application form about why you’re a good fit for NHS, and must get recommendations from multiple teachers. “In NHS you’re leaders in your school and you’d do community service projects and would help out with different things, different activities and you’re a part of student life,” Ms. Emerick stated.

Quill and Scroll Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Art Honor Society, Beta Club, Science NHS, Spanish NHS, Chinese NHS, and French NHS also inducted new members on November 22nd.

Unifying All: Project Unify

By: Caleb Bison, Lola Gallagher, and Stella Piccioli

Mrs. Robinson is the club advisor of Project Unify. Project Unify is an education and sports based program designed to build an inclusive environment among youth with and without disabilities, as well as empower them to become youth leaders and for a change in the community.

The club meets once a month. The members of the club try to interact with the students with different abilities in and out of school. They might have lunch with them or compete in the Special Olympics. March is autism month, so the students in the special education classes are able to dress up for the week to get everyone involved in Special Olympics and Project Unify. SC Inclusive Special Olympic program includes, youth athletic programs, unified sports, and unified recreation.

Overall, this program does its best "to bring students with and without intellectual disabilities together through education, sports, and youth leadership to provide them with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to create and sustain school communities that promote acceptance."

Honor Society Inductions

Photos by: Mrs. Schoellkopf

Project Unify

Photos by: Project Unify