Transcript Open House PPT

What We Do Here:
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Challenging but exciting
curriculum
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Product Teams- where students
work in teams on a school or
community project
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Student Government
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IM Sports
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Once in a lifetime Enrichment
opportunities w/ travel
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After School help, 5 days a week
until 4pm
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Clubs/EnrichmentsBuildOn, Forensics,
Model UN, Drama, Team
Building, Film, Math
Modeling, Mural Design,
etc.
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Dances/Game
Nights/Food Nights/Movie
Nights
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Opportunities to meet and
learn with students from
around the world
Preparing students academically, socially and
personally for life after high school.
Fall Semester
A Day
B Day
World History
World
Literature
Mathematics
Biology
Art
Spanish
Spanish Culture
Physics
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Winter Semester
A Day
B Day
World History
World
Literature
Mathematics
Biology
Art
Spanish
Physics
Product Team
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Calendar:
190 Instructional days &
10 Enrichment days
School hours:
7:45 am – 2:35 pm
(block schedule)
Daily Schedule:
Four 90 minute blocks per day
Eight courses over two days
(A-B schedule)
Integrated Math
Unit Question: How can variation of data
be represented in the real world?
Students are studying how various functions are affected by the changing of the
intercepts, variables, and slope / variation. Students explore the basics of exponential
growth and decay through the exploration of various powers using negative, fractional,
and zero for an exponent.
World Art
Unit Question: How do we send a message with
pictures?
Students learn how to apply the basic elements and principles of design
while exploring new skills and techniques in order to convey the desired
message or feeling through their personal production.
World Literature
Unit Question: What is a hero?
Students analyze literature by identifying common archetypes while
identifying elements of the Heroes Journey. Students synthesize the
concepts by writing a Heroes Journey story and an essay.
Breakout Sessions
Session 1 - 7:15-7:40pm
Session 2 – 7:45-8:05pm
Session 3 – 8:10 – 8:25pm
Meet back in gym at 8:30pm
*WIHS is an IB candidate school
University Acceptance
Rates
College Name
Total Apps %
IB Apps %
U of M
51%
71%
University of Florida
42%
82%
Brown University
9%
18%
Harvard University
7%
10%
Duke University
16%
28%
UNC Chapel Hill
32%
63%
Source: i-graduate services (2011)
Mathematics
(proposed)
ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENT: TEST OF BASIC
ALGEBRA 1 SKILLS
PRE-IB INTEGRATED MATH 2
OR
PRE-IB INTEGRATED MATH 3
9TH GRADE
9TH GRADE
OPTIONS
PRE-IB INTEGRATED MATH 3
IB1 MATH STUDIES SL
IB1 MATH SL
10TH GRADE
10TH GRADE
10TH GRADE
OPTION
IB1 MATH STUDIES SL
IB1 MATH SL
IB1 MATH HL
11TH GRADE
11TH GRADE
11TH GRADE
IB2 MATH STUDIES SL
IB2 MATH SL
IB2 MATH HL
12TH GRADE
12TH GRADE
12TH GRADE
Fine Arts Offerings(pr0p0sed)
PRE-IB
ART 1
9TH
CHOIR
TH
9 GRADE
GRADE
PRE-IB
ART 2
10TH
CHOIR
TH
10 GRADE
GRADE
IB1
VISUAL ARTS
SL/HL
CHOIR
GRADE
12TH GRADE
ORCHESTRA
9TH GRADE
9TH GRADE
BAND
ORCHESTRA
10TH GRADE
10TH GRADE
BAND
IB1
MUSIC SL/HL
ORCHESTRA
JAZZ BAND
(club)
11TH GRADE
11TH GRADE
11TH GRADE
11TH GRADE
BAND
IB2
MUSIC SL/HL
ORCHESTRA
JAZZ BAND
(club)
12TH GRADE
12TH GRADE
12TH GRADE
12TH GRADE
11TH
11TH GRADE
IB2
VISUAL ARTS
SL/HL
BAND
CHOIR
GRADE
12TH
Experimental Sciences
PRE-IB BIOLOGY
+
9TH GRADE
PRE-IB PHYSICS
9TH GRADE
PRE-IB CHEMISTRY
10th GRADE
OPTIONS
IB1 EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE
(BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY or PHYSICS)
11TH GRADE
IB2 EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE
(BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY or PHYSICS)
12TH GRADE
ENVIRONMENTAL
SYSTEMS SL
11TH GRADE
ANY IB1 SCIENCE
for IA graduation requirement
(NOT TESTED)
12TH GRADE
Individuals & Societies (proposed)
PRE-IB WORLD STUDIES
9TH GRADE
PRE-IB AMERICAN STUDIES
Semester of Economics
10TH GRADE
OPTIONAL SIXTH SUBJECT
IB1 HISTORY SL/HL
Semester of Government
11TH GRADE
IB1 ECONOMICS SL/HL
11TH GRADE
IB2 HISTORY SL/HL
12TH GRADE
IB2 ECONOMICS SL/HL
12TH GRADE
Language B ----PRE-IB SPANISH and FRENCH
LANGUAGE B CULTURE SEMESTER
9TH GRADE
PRE-IB SPANISH and FRENCH
10TH GRADE
IB1 SPANISH and FRENCH
IB LANGUAGE B CULTURE SEMESTER
OPTIONAL SIXTH SUBJECT
IB1 AB INITIO SPANISH and FRENCH
AB INITIO LANGUAGE CULTURE SEMESTER
11TH GRADE
11TH GRADE
IB2 SPANISH and FRENCH
IB2 AB INITIO SPANISH and FRENCH
12TH GRADE
12TH GRADE
Literature
PRE-IB WORLD LITERATURE
9TH GRADE
PRE-IB AMERICAN LITERATURE
Semester Speech/Communications
10TH GRADE
IB1 ENGLISH
SL/HL
11TH GRADE
IB2 ENGLISH
SL/HL
12TH GRADE