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Thank you!
We appreciate everyone who participated in our
Barnes & Noble Holiday Bookfair.
We earned $403.71 for classroom enhancements.
It’s registration time!
Here is our advice:
1. Become educated about the IB requirements and the math and science course progressions (in the Navigating IB section of the website).
2. Plan ahead to optimize your student's satisfaction with the program and its flexibility. Plan an alternative progression in case a course doesn't "make" or your student decides to change his/her HL preference. (Sometimes the honors and IB math courses are more challenging than a student anticipates.)
3. Be aware that SUSD offers tiered diplomas and that your student must take three different lab sciences (biology, chemistry, and physics) in order to earn the most prestigious SUSD diploma. Three different lab sciences will also make them more competitive in the eyes of most colleges.
4. Keep in mind your goals when you make your plan. Your goals may include: completing three lab sciences, limiting your student’s science courses to three years in order to take another elective, or taking as many high level sciences courses as possible. Other goals may include completing economics and government classes during the school year, so that summer school and/or an on-line class is not necessary.
5. Encourage your student to sign up for the classes s/he wants to take as opposed to the classes s/he thinks will make. Sufficient interest will allow a class to go forward.
6. Confirm your student’s class schedule in April, and check with your student's counselor if you have concerns about a course "making."
Feel free to contact us with any questions!
Last year, members of the IBPA board met with the
DMHS science teachers to discuss
the science course offerings and science course progression.
Click here
for a summary of the questions and answers they discussed.
Additional information on course selection
can be found by clicking here
to go to the Navigating IB page. |
