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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many IB schools offer AP courses for the strongest students to take as freshmen/sophomores or those who don’t want to pursue an IB diploma. [/quote]

What a load of BS - what reputable officially IB high schools offer AP classes?  Name some or you're just making this up.[/quote]

Yes some schools offer both of which one is right in our backyard with Richard Montgomery which is a very good school. [/quote]

BTW I just asked AI and 8 schools out of 25 in MCPS offers both IB and AP of which RM is one of them.  Another one is Bethesda/Chevy Chase [/quote]

But DCI is a 100% IB school. IB isn't a track that you can choose or opt into/out of.

So of the 8 schools in MCPS that offer both, does that mean students in the IB program are taking AP classes too?  Or is it about whether you're in the IB track or not, and only students not in the IB track take AP classes?  And if any have IB students doing AP classes, please name the schools. I'd love to do more research into how and why they do it that way, which from my understanding is not aligned with the actual IB standards or model.[/quote]

You could start by studying the RMIB course bulletin.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/791d9e3ecf514dffa7e5f8b8cffd2a27/26-27-ib-course-handbook.pdf?usp=sharing
Descriptions of the ways AP courses and exams are woven into the IB program appear throughout the handbook. There’s an overview on page 5 showing which AP courses are standard for IB-track students during 9th and 10th grade. The graphic on page 18 shows how AP math courses are integrated into the IB math sequence. Also, many course descriptions note that students in IB courses are prepared for AP exams. Notably, juniors taking IB Lang & Lit take the AP Lang exam (see course description p. 11).[/quote]

Actually I took a quick look at the site and the Richard Montgomery School's IB Programme, and just as I predicted, IB is a PROGRAM at Richard Montgomery.  The entire school is not IB. It's a program that some students are in, which is entirely different from DCI's model, which is 100% of students are IB.  Some pursue an IB Diploma, the rest an IB Certificate (which is also a high school diploma but has less strict/hard IB requirements).

So again, I'm asking which specific DMV high schools are 100% IB and also have some IB students doing AP classes?  If there are any such schools?
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Look, if you want to be a Puritan about IB schools, be my guest. Protest on the lawn in front of the IBO on Wisconsin telling them to shut down heretical programs that sully themselves through contact with AP courses and exams. I look forward to the spectacle. But as a parent, it’s obvious to me that mixed systems like RMIB are tremendously successful at educating
 students and helping them gain admission to excellent American colleges. I see no reason to sign up for your crusade. [/quote]

+1.  Kids in the IB program off course have to take certain IB courses.  But it does not mean they can’t take AP courses also esp in 9th and 10th grade.

Lots of kids don’t want to do IB.  It’s no joke with all the course requirements, the writing, and the mini-thesis.  So they take AP courses but can take IB courses too if they want.

I don’t get what PP above is fixated on.   The high performing kids who want to do IB can go that route.  The kids who don’t want to do IB diploma at DCI doesn’t have to take a set curriculum of courses and can take what classes they want as long as they meet DCI high school requirements.[/quote]

Aren't current high school requirements grounded in IB for all tho? As a parent, I wouldn't be excited about more change and experiments until there was stronger footing/school identity...mostly for staff buy in and retention reasons. [/quote]

Eh. In the last year with data (2024-25), 87 DCI students out of the 200+ class participated in the full DP out of which 35 got a score > 24 (which is the bare minimum needed to get the diploma). IB for all may just be marketing.[/quote]

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