IB Diploma Program

An Outstanding Record

Christ Church Episcopal School is an International Baccalaureate World School, authorized in 1999 to offer the IB Diploma Program. Since the first CCES IB graduating class in 2001, 95 percent of our candidates have successfully earned the prestigious diploma. On average, 20 percent of each class elects the IB curriculum.

IB Diploma Requirements

The program has four components:

  • Study of six courses, including English, a second language, social studies, science, math, and either a fine art or another subject chosen from the first five categories. Courses are offered at either a Higher Level (HL) or a Standard Level (SL). Students are required to study three courses at HL and three at S;
  • Extended Essay, a research paper in an academic subject chosen by the student;
  • Theory of Knowledge, a course designed to encourage students to examine the nature of knowledge by looking at different ways of knowing and different kinds of knowledge;
  • Creativity, Action, Service (CAS), an extracurricular activity requiring students to learn from experiences beyond the classroom.

Students take written examinations at the end of each course of study. These are marked by external IB examiners.

Students also complete assessment tasks in school, which may be assessed by classroom teachers or sent directly to external examiners. The diploma is awarded to students who attain the requisite number of points on their work.

For more information go to http://www.ibo.org.

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