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David Roylance, J.E.B. Stuart IB Coordinator, 703-824-3945 David.Roylance@fcps.edu

The International Baccalaureate Diploma at J.E.B. Stuart High School

In the fall of 1994 J.E.B. Stuart High School became an official member of the International Baccalaureate Organization, a prestigious, worldwide program that offers a rigorous two-year pre-university course of study, leading to examinations, that meets the needs of the highly motivated eleventh and twelfth grade student. The IB provides students of different linguistic, cultural, and educational backgrounds with the intellectual, social, and critical perspectives necessary for the adult world that lies ahead of them.

While students make take individual IB courses separately, those students who wish to challenge themselves and to receive an excellent preparation for their college studies should plan their junior and senior schedules to pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Underclassmen need to carefully schedule their ninth and tenth grade years by taking recommended "IB-MYP” courses which prepare them to enter the IB Diploma program. All students who enroll in IB courses are required to take the IB exam.

Diploma candidates must “sit for” six IB exams in six different subjects. Diploma candidates must select three of the subjects to be studied at the Higher Level and three subjects to be studied at the Standard Level (or a maximum of four at HL and two at SL). In addition to the successful completion of the six subjects and their respective exams, the Diploma candidate must also take a unique course entitled “Theory of Knowledge.” TOK is offered both during and after school. Its purpose is to stimulate critical reflection upon the knowledge and experiences acquired both inside and outside the classroom, to evaluate the basis of knowledge and experience, and to develop a personal mode of thought based on critical examination of evidence and argument.

Diploma candidates must meet two additional requirements:
• They must research and write an Extended Essay in any subject within the IB curriculum that is offered here. This is an independent and original piece of research and writing by the student under the supervision of a teacher in school.
• They must complete the CAS program, at a minimum: 150 hours of extracurricular activities balanced between each of three categories: Creativity, Action and Service. The requirement is met by participating in and reflecting on planned and supervised extracurricular activities related to the school, local and/or international community.

After successfully completing these requirements, the student will be awarded the IB Diploma in addition to Virginia’s Advanced Studies Diploma. IB Certificates are awarded to students who successfully complete individual IB courses from within the IB Diploma program.

Each student chooses to attempt the full IB Diploma or individual courses.