IB Grade 8 Information session for Admission September 2012

Date : Nov 24, 2011
Location : Glenforest S.S. - Auditorium
There will be 2 sessions (identical information covered at each)
Session 1 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Session 2 7:15 pm - 8:45 pm

Please note this session is designed for students currently in grade 8 who are interested in the IB Programme and the grade 9 IB Preparatory Programme admissions process for September 2012.

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Pre IB Optional Music Course Information

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Grade 9 Pre IB Parent Information

Session handout for Admissions 2012-2013

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Announcements from the I.B. Administration

Pre IB Gr 9 - Sept 2012

Fall Gr. 9 Pre IB students. The GFSS IB staff are very busy marking and processing your files right now. Please watch in your mail - the week of Feb 13th - for an IB GFSS information letter. Thank you. Ms. D. Habib, IB Coordinator

Posted on Thursday 2nd of February 2012 09:31:47 AM by IB Office

IB Gr 11 Courses Fall 2012-2013 Year

Fall Gr. 11 IB students go to this website's tab for - Student Services - Course Selection - Option Sheet Entry for 2012 School Year. Any questions talk to the Student Services Dept. at GFSS.

Posted on Wednesday 1st of February 2012 05:22:35 PM by IB Office

Pre IB Gr. 9 Applications

PRE IB Gr. 9 Applications. Deadline was Jan. 11, 2012. Intake is closed for Sept. 2012. We have now processed all of the applications and are proceeding to the second stage of the application process. We received over 450 applications. All of the applications were wonderful to read and it is clear that the students put a lot of hard work into completing the requirements. After careful consideration we have invited 250 to write the admissions test on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. We will use the results of the test to determine those students who will be offered a placement in our GFSS Pre IB Programme. We can only accept 116 students. You should all be very proud of yourselves for all of the hard work and perseverance that it took for you to put together your application. As T.S. Elliot said: “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go”. Thank you for your interest in the IB programme. Best of luck in your future education. Ms. Habib, IB Coordinator

Posted on Friday 20th of January 2012 03:39:05 PM by Ms. Habib

Pre IB Gr. 9 Admissions Test is Jan. 21 only

Selected students will be phoned & invited to write the IB Admissions Test. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Times are: 9:00 am – 11:00 am, or 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm. GFSS doors open at 8:30 am, or 11:30 am. Parents are to drop-off students at the Glenforest S.S. foyer. Thank you to all who submitted an application. The office is busy processing your files. Please keep checking this website for updates. Thank you. Ms. Habib, IB Coordinator

Posted on Monday 16th of January 2012 07:00:50 PM by Ms. Habib

Pre IB Gr. 9 Not Accepted for Sept. 2012

After carefully considering all of the applications those students to whom we are unable to offer an admission test will be notified by mail. Ms. Habib.

Posted on Friday 13th of January 2012 11:38:07 AM by IB Office

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28 October 2008 marks 40 years since the official founding of the IB Organization in 1968.

"The International Baccalaureate was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1968 as a non-profit educational foundation.

A group of talented, forward thinking teachers at the International School of Geneva, with assistance from several other international schools, created the IB Diploma Programme. What started life as a single programme for internationally mobile students preparing for university, has today grown into three programmes for students aged 3-19.

The programme in the early days consisted of a common pre-university curriculum and a common set of external examinations for students in schools throughout the world, seeking to provide students with a truly international education. Although the first IB schools were predominantly private international schools, they included a very small number of private national institutions and schools belonging to state education departments. This has changed over the years and today over half of all IB World Schools (authorized to offer one or more of our programmes), are state schools.

Although the first IB schools were predominantly private international schools, today over half of all IB World Schools are state schools. Carrying forward the ideals and dreams of the IB founders, the organisation exists to provide high quality education for a better word, as expressed in our mission statement.

IB Programmes continue to encourage this international mindedness in students and educators through the IB Learner Profile a set of values that represent our mission and principles."

Reprinted from the IBO website: http://www.ibo.org/history/index.cfm

For more background details on the global IB Programme, please visit: www.ibo.org
For the information booklet about this programme, click here

The IB Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.