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Quarter Three, 2008
IB World Schools
We welcome the following IB World Schools which are
authorized since June 2008.
Primary Years Programme
1. EtonHouse International School, Suzhou, China - 11 June 2008
2. St Andrew’s Lutheran College, Australia - 11 June 2008
3. Selwyn House School, New Zealand - 11 July 2008
4. Victorious Kidss Educares, Pune India - 8 Sept 2008
5. DRS International School, Hyderabad India - 8 Sept 2008
Middle Years Programme
1. Sekolah Mentari Junior High, Indonesia - 11 June 2008
Diploma Programme
1. Hwa Chong International School, Singapore - 11 June 2008
2. International School Aamby, India - 11 June 2008
3. St Peter’s School, Cambridge, New Zealand - 11 July 2008
4. St Andrew’s Cathedral School, Australia - 11 July 2008
5. Saint Kentigerns College, New Zealand - 11 July 2008
6. Trinity Lutheran College, Australia - 28 Aug 2008
7. Cairns State High School, Australia - 8 Sept 2008
IB community theme: sharing our humanity
Join in the first ever IB global lesson
The IB community spans 128 countries, including over 2,300 schools and over 600,000 students. As the IB celebrates its 40th anniversary, we invite IB World Schools all over the world to come together in our first IB global lesson on one of the key challenges facing the world—global poverty.
Schools are invited to teach the IB global lessons at any time during the month of October 2008. (International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is on 17 October).
Outline lessons, on ethical implications of global poverty will be available for Theory of Knowledge, and for humanities within the Middle Years Programme. Each will be for about 60 minutes, and will not require extensive preparation from teachers. Schools may wish to make global poverty a theme across programmes, and there will be suggestions for how other subjects can also consider global poverty.
Outline lessons plans will be posted to the IB community theme website in early September 2008.
Schools wishing to develop their own lessons will be welcome to share these with the IB community on the website.
We would then like to encourage students, teachers and parents to share their responses to the lessons, and to continue their discussions on the issue of global poverty in online forums on the IB community theme website, from 1 October until 15 November 2008.
The IB community theme aims to strengthen the whole IB community (students, teachers, parents, IB staff and others) as we look together at global issues and how we respond to these.
IB community theme website: http://communitytheme.ibo.org
IB Americas region →
The IB Americas includes IB World Schools in 31 countries and territories in Central, North and South America. IB World Schools in the Americas are state/public, private, magnet, charter, international, parochial and secular and serve a broad and diverse range of students in urban, suburban and rural communities.
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IB Africa, Europe, Middle East region →
IB Africa, Europe and Middle East (IBAEM) covers a diverse range of cultures, languages and economic realities. In a continually changing region, the IB delivers its education standards beyond borders. More than 80 countries in the region offer IB programmes today.
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IB Asia Pacific region →
The IB Asia Pacific region supports more than 400 schools offering more than 560 programmes in 27 countries. We are responsible for authorizing new schools, evaluating IB World Schools, providing professional development services in the schools and in sub-regional locations, and ensuring that the IB Diploma Programme is recognized by universities worldwide.
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