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We are proud to announce that Tates Creek High School is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme school!
Fall 2008 ACE/Pre-IB and IB Diploma Programme picnic for students and their families: August 16, 2008. Click HERE for more details.

Any student applicant (ACE Pre-IB or IB Diploma) who lives outside the TCHS attendance area needs to do two things in addition to filling out the TCHS IB application form.
(1) Complete an online FCPS Out-of-Area Request Form for 2008-2009, which is available on the FCPS website.
(2) Complete the enrollment process (see Teri Harper for additional information).
All 8th grade students (this includes all upcoming ACE Pre-IB students) who will be enrolling in Advanced Geometry or higher for their 9th grade year are required to take the FCPS Math Placement Exam.

In March, high school math department chairs visited all FCPS middle schools to administer this test.

On Thursday, May 1st, private school and home school students took their placement exams at Tates Creek High School.

If students (public, private, and home school) are not satisfied with their scores, they may retake the
exam(s) at TCHS on Monday, August 4th at 9:00am. Proof of summer tutoring is required. Parents should contact Ms. Shannon Cole, TCHS Math Department Chair, if their child should wish to retest on that date.

IB Curriculum

In order to earn the IB Diploma a student must complete each of the following requirements:

Complete the full two year prescribed IB course of study.
Take all parts of the exams for each of the six required subjects.
Achieve at least 24 points from test scores, TOK (Theory of Knowledge), and the Extended Essay.
Average at least a 3 on Standard Level exams.
Average at least a 4 on Higher Level exams.
Complete and submit all Internal Assessments and Oral Components.
Complete and submit an Extended Essay of approximately 4,000 words.
Complete and document a minimum of 150 hours of CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) activities during the junior and senior years.

	Junior Year	Senior Year
Group 1: Language	English HL	English HL
Group 2: World Languages	French SL, Latin SL, or Spanish SL/HL	French SL, Latin SL, or Spanish SL/HL
Group 3: Individuals and Societies	History of the Americas HL OR Psychology SL OR Business Management SL	History of the Americas HL OR Psychology SL OR Business Management SL
Group 4: Experimental Sciences	Biology HL OR Physics SL	Biology HL OR Physics SL
Group 5: Mathematics and Computer Science	Math Studies OR Math SL	Math Studies OR Math SL
Group 6: The Arts and Electives	Theatre Arts SL/HL OR Elective from Groups 2, 3, or 4	Theatre Arts SL/HL OR Elective from Groups 2, 3, or 4
Theory of Knowledge	2nd Semester Only (1/2 credit)	1st Semester Only (1/2 credit)
Seminar Courses	Junior Seminar - 1st Semester Only (1/2 credit)	Senior Seminar - 2nd Semester Only (1/2 credit)
Elective	Student Choice (1 credit)	Student Choice (1 credit)

In addition, IB Diploma candidates will be required to complete their Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) hours and the Extended Essay.

SL = Standard Level
HL = High Level

**TCHS has an IB Academic Monitoring Support System in place to help all IB students be successful. Click HERE for more information.

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