Stony Point High School is proud to be an IB World School.
Click the links below to read about the IB ProgrammeWhat is the IB Diploma Programme?
Do Universities Recognize the IB Diploma?
Core Requirements:
I. Extended Essay
II. Theory of Knowledge
III. Creativity, Action, Service
IB Courses Offered at Stony Point:
-Art
-Biology
-Chemistry
-English
-French
-German
-History
-ITGS
-Physics
-Psychology
-Math
-Music
-Spanish
-Theory of Knowledge
Objectives
The objectives for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
at Stony Point High School are:
1. To raise the level of the academic expectation for all students
2. To raise the rigor and relevance of instruction for all faculty and
staff
3. To reduce the achievement gaps currently present
4. To increase student performance on all state, national, programme,
and college entrance assessments
5. To incorporate rigor, relevance, multicultural and international
focus of curriculum which will better prepare students to become life-long
participatory citizens of local, national, and international communities
of the 21st century
6. To prepare students for their academic and/or vocational futures
7. To nurture in students a life-long commitment to learning and inquiry
Stony Point High School IB Programme
- Juniors Summer Reading- English
- Juniors Summer Biology Assignment
- Seniors Summer Reading- English
- Seniors Summer Extended Essay Assignment
Stony Point IB Students participating in an Extended Essay Workshop
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme
is a challenging two-year curriculum, primarily aimed at students aged 16
to 19. It leads to a qualification that is widely recognized by the world’s
leading universities. Students learn more than a collection of facts. The
Diploma Programme prepares students for university and encourages them to:
- ask challenging questions
- learn how to learn
- develop a strong sense of their own identity and culture
- develop the ability to communicate with and understand people from other countries and cultures.
The curriculum contains six subject groups together with a core made up of three separate parts. This is illustrated by a hexagon with the three parts of the core at its centre as shown below.
THE HEXAGON The curriculum is displayed in the shape of a hexagon with six academic areas surrounding the core. Subjects are studied concurrently and students are exposed to the two great traditions of learning: the humanities and the sciences. Students study six subjects selected from the subject groups. Normally three subjects are studied at higher level (courses representing 240 teaching hours—2 yrs.), and the remaining three subjects are studied at standard level (courses representing 150 teaching hours—1 yr.). All three parts of the core—extended essay, theory of knowledge and creativity, action, service—are compulsory and are central to the philosophy of the Diploma Programme.
At the end of the two-year programme, students are assessed both internally
and externally in ways that measure individual performance against stated
objectives for each subject.
Internal assessment
In nearly all subjects at least some of the assessment is carried out internally
by teachers, who mark individual pieces of work produced as part of a course
of study. Examples include oral exercises in language subjects, projects,
student portfolios, class presentations, practical laboratory work, mathematical
investigations and artistic performances.
External assessment
Some assessment tasks are conducted and overseen by teachers without the
restrictions of examination conditions, but are then marked externally by
examiners. Examples include world literature assignments for language A1,
written tasks for language A2, essays for theory of knowledge and extended
essays. The grading system is criterion based (results are determined by
performance against set standards, not by each student’s position in the
overall rank order); validity, reliability and fairness are the watchwords
of the Diploma Programme’s assessment strategy.
The IB diploma is widely recognized by the world’s leading universities.
The IB works closely with universities in all regions of the world to gain
recognition for the IB diploma.
Texas Senate Bill 111 directs Texas public colleges and universities to
award no less than 24 hours credit to all IB Diploma Programme graduates.