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Welcome to the Sydney Academy International Baccalaureate Program WebSite

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We would like to acknowledge our IB Art teacher, Ryan Hawboldt, on receiving an Educator Award from the provincial committee during the Education Week 2025 ceremonies held in Halifax in May. 

Congratulations from all of us!!

At the beginning of April, Sydney Academy welcomed Nobel Laureate Dr. Art McDonald. In 2015, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Dr. McDonald is a Sydney Academy alumnus and generously took time in his schedule to speak to our IB and science students. His presentation was followed by a smaller question period where students were able to speak directly with Dr. McDonald. We thank him for his visit to our school.

In November, some of the Grade 12 CAS students planned a month full of awareness and activities for our school community that included, reading a daily fact on the PA, a school wide Kahoot, and a fundraising walk to Open Hearth Park (to mention a few).  We congratulate our students on their efforts with this project!

In October, our IB Diploma and Certificate students from grades 11 & 12 took part in an "IB Student Welness Day" in the school library. Our school psychologists presented on Stress & The Brain and the school's Health Centre nurse presented about the services available to students. The group then had a session on journaling, time-management, tracking stress, the power of positivity, and goal planning. In the afternoon, students had the choice to attend a paint session or yoga. There was also a Graffiti Board activity that took place throughout the day. We thank all of the students who attended and the teachers for accommodating our students for the day.  We also thank Mr. Hawbolt and Mrs. Halfyard for facilitating the afternoon activities!

For students considering Saint Mary's University as a post-secondary option, please see the following for information about new admission and credit recognition policies.  

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Please click on the icons below for more information about IB in Nova Scotia, about Sydney Academy, or from the IBO website.  You can use the drop down menu above for information about IB at our school.   

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Contact information for parents/guardians

• The first point of contact should always be the child’s teacher. 

• If the question or concern is unresolved, parents/guardians should contact the school IB Coordinator, Heather Urquhart at (902) 562-5464.  (The IB Coordinator will also make any Enquiry Upon Results requests for candidates once results have been released.)  

• If the question or concern remains unresolved, parents/guardians should contact the school Principal, Ron Martin at (902) 562-5464.

• If the question or concern still remains unresolved, parents/guardians should contact the school’s family of schools supervisor:

• Sydney Family of Schools - Kurt Kublek

(902) 562-6487 or kurtk@cbvrce.ca

If there is a general question, please feel free to contact the regional office in Sydney directly at (902) 564-8293 and they will refer your question to the appropriate person. 

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Once examination results have been released, candidates can request an Enquiry Upon Results by making a written request to the IB Coordinator and sending it to h_urquhart@gnspes.ca