Acronyms and Terms

Acronyms and Terms:

IB:  International Baccalaureate

IA: Internal Assessment (A paper scored by the IB teacher)

IO: Internal Oral Assessment (Scored by the IB English teacher)

TOK:  Theory of Knowledge

Papers 1,2, and 3:  They're actually not papers, they're end of course assessments/tests that students take in May

SL: Standard Level Class (Students need to take  2-3)

HL: High Level Class (Students need to take 3-4)

DP: Diploma Programme

EE: : Extended Essay. During the two years of the IB Program, students write an original essay including research of up to 4000 words on a topic of their choice with supervision from an IB teacher who mentors them in the research for the essay. 

C.A.S.:  Creativity, Activity, Service. Essentially, students in grades 11 and 12 are required to complete a long term project and at least 18 months of reflection on experiences in the areas of creativity, action and service.