Best of luck with the upcoming exams! Thank you for three wonderful years together, and we can not wait to see and hear about all of your amazing opportunities, careers, and adventures ahead! Great work, get some rest, don't forget to study, do not overstress, and see you over the next few weeks as you write your exams. Scroll down for our class photo and below that is a copy of the exam schedule.
On Wednesday evening, March 20th many families joined us for our information session focused on CHDHS' PreIB program and the IBDP we offer to grade 11 and 12 students.
We would like to thank guest speakers Dr. Yolana Wassersug (The University of King's College) and Ben Jollymore (Team Lead Software Engineer for MilkMoovement) for speaking at this event.
Also, thank you to our Year #1 Outreach Team members Seth, Jaxon, Denis and Matthew who were able to attend and support this event by facilitating breakout sessions with families.
UPDATE: To access the audio recording for this event, please click on the following link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JfSYNJrTpQ4H1TY4v-aiIPMY7C8Wzqp0/view?usp=drive_link
There will be an International Baccalaureate Year 2 (Grade 12) student, parent and guardian information session held this Thursday, September 21st, 2023. IB Diploma, Certificate candidates and their families are invited to attend this session in the cafeteria starting immediately after the curriculum night. This meeting will provide insight into the senior year for candidates, the May 2024 examination session and much more.
Key topics of discussion:
Internal Assessment (IA) deadlines & the senior year calendar
Diploma Programme Mandatory Assessments
IA / IO / Oral Proficiency / Exhibitions
IB Core requirements (EE, TOK & CAS)
IB Year 2 - Student Experience
September to April
May Examine session (with exam calendar)
After the May exams
Predicted grades vs. Final grades
What are they?
What do post-secondary institutions receive for marks?
How do post-secondary institutions interpret these grades?
How to submit electronic grades?
September 2023 - June 2024
July 2024 & later
IB courses for credit at the post-secondary level
Congratulations IB Class of 2023!
Congratulations IB Class of 2022!
If you are planning to attend CHDHS for Pre-IB Grade 10 or Year 1 IB and are not in-area, an official OOA request must be completed. Please click here to complete this form digitally.
Click here for Year 2 deadlines
Please remember to prioritize your focus on the highest value items.
We hope that you have had a good summer thus far and that everyone has remained in good health. We just wanted to share a few details with you regarding the Pre-IB classes starting this September.
1) All students In-Area (RR or SRB) who applied to CHDHS for Pre-IB have been accepted.
2) All students Out-Of-Area (OOA) from any other school who applied to CHDHS for Pre-IB have been accepted.
3) All Pre-IB course requests have been successfully built into each student's schedule.
4) There are still seats remaining in both Pre-IB English and Pre-IB French Immersion for any student who wishes to attend CHDHS for this opportunity. Any students/families interested should send me an email as soon as possible at mjean@gnspes.ca .
5) For all students enrolled in any Pre-IB classes, a schedule will be sent electronically to their GNSPES email address by the end of next week. PowerSchool should be accessible in the relatively near future for additional course information.
On February 4th our International Baccalaureate students had a remarkable opportunity to hear Dr. Renee Horton speak at our school.
About Dr. Horton: "Dr. Horton has excelled in her career despite going through many obstacles in her journey. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Material Science with a concentration in Physics from the University of Alabama as the first African American to receive this degree. Dr. Horton serves as a NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Quality Engineer at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Horton, has received numerous accolade and awards including the Black Engineer of the Year Trailblazer Award in 2011."
Thank you Dr. Horton for your time, life lessons and inspiration to all of us!
In case you missed it, some of our grade 11 IB students were recently on Global Television evening news discussing climate change, public policy and Greta Thunberg's inspirational impact.