International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) DIPLOMA PROGRAM

This program is offered at Lee County High School. Students interested in this program should see their counselor.

The LCHS IB programme is a two-year curriculum beginning in the junior year.

The currixulum for the IB Diploma Programme is "broad, balanced, conceptual and connected." It focuses on learners and develops effective teaching and learning. The programme also looks at issues in a global context; how issues are interconnected; and explores significant content. Inquiry, action and reflection are at the heart of each IB classroom. Students can be involved with the IB Programme in two ways:

Students may pursue the IB Diploma by taking one course from each of the six IB disciplines:
- - Studies in Language and Literature
  - Language Acquisition
  - Individuals and Societies
  - Mathematics
  - Sciences
  - The Arts

Diploma candidates also complete the core of the programme, which includes the Theory of Knowledge course, writing an extended essay on a topic from one of the six disciplines, and completing the CAS component, including an extended service project.

Students may also elect to take individual courses within the programme in my subject area. Students may receive course certifications without enrolling in the full diploma programme.

IB candidates should ideally apply prior to their freshman year in high school and will enter the pre-IB curriculum in order to prepare them for the expectations of the program.

However, students may also apply for the program any time prior to their junior year. It is strongly recommended that students also register for the AVID elective and the during their freshman and sophomore years. There is also a Pre-IB Inquiry Skills class that should be taken.

Visit: https://sites.google.com/lee.k12.nc.us/ib4lee/home?pli=1 to see full course descriptions, to view the IB Learner Profile, and to apply.