Feedback on full IB in mcps
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Anonymous
This is not true. Mine played HS soccer and lax while being at an IB program. Plus their sports travel team as well. Had no problem at all. |
Anonymous
maybe not band, then, but I know for a fact many IBDP students do a lot of other activities, my own DC included. |
Anonymous
First year full IB - IB English1, TOK1, Math, IB History1, IB language, IB Science class, BAND. Second year Full IB - IB English2, TOK2, IB Math, IB History2, IB language, IB ?, BAND. |
Anonymous
When did they sleep? |
Anonymous
That is one schedule. Others tailor to what their interest is, for example Business HL. Band can fit if that's what your kid wants. Did I miss why band can't be on the schedule? |
Anonymous
We make it work when we can. Helps if the student is interested in taking IB Music too! |
Anonymous
Unless band is only in (for example) Period 4, and one of your other IB classes is also only during (for example) Period 4. |
Anonymous
Those are not classes and after school. |
Anonymous
Does the school have IB Music? Ours does not. |
Anonymous
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First, our experience with IB at an MCPS HS (my kid is now a senior) was that he could not do the IB diploma program and do band. It had to do with the mix of SL (1-year) and HL (2-year) classes. My understanding is that different schools may have different classes as SL or HL, and the mix will determine how much room there is, if any, for non-IB classes in a students schedule.
While my kid isn’t doing the diploma because of the band problem, most of his classes are IB. They are work. It seems on par with AP classes, maybe with more writing. My kid enjoys the writing, but does complain that IB writing is very specialized and you have to abandon ‘good’ writing practices to be successful at IB writing. Anyway, the main advantage of IB, in my mind, has been ensuring my kid is in classes that have high expectations and some rigor. |
Anonymous
That’s not true at our school - though most people who do have tech, PE, and health done before junior year (which generally means they take some through summer school). |
Anonymous
| You might find this thread helpful: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1153633.page |
Anonymous
My kid, and a good number of their fellow IB diploma candidates, are taking instrumental music at Einstein. It definitely requires taking both health semesters over the summer. My kid decided to take AP Computer Science Principles for the tech credit, which isn’t offered over the summer, so they did that sophomore year instead of music. If they’d done tech over the summer, they could have taken music all four years. |
Anonymous
If it's only HS soccer and lax no big deal. Many of our kids are doing much more outside school. |
Anonymous
Yeah, it’s sometimes less about the number of credits and more about the availability of classes. I’d guess it’s probably easier at RMIB, which has more sections of the various IB courses. My non-RMIB kid had to make a few compromises to get all the pieces to fit, but felt it was worthwhile for a well-rounded life. |