IB Highlights: Food Drive & National Elections
SGS seniors have used the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to explore two timely topics of particular interest to them -- the SGS Food Drive and National Elections.
EE Highlight: In the time of our election, we thought we would highlight a research question that was at the center of an election… in India. Senior Chaitanya Nalluri wrote his extended essay topic on Hindu Nationalism. His research question is: How has the election of Narendra Modi caused a surge in Hindu nationalism and how has this affected religious minorities in India? We can’t wait to read this Extended Essay once it’s complete! (The school makes all EEs available for everyone to read. These live in our library, so please talk to Sara Smith or Elizabeth Tender if you want to read any EEs written by our full diploma students from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.)
CAS Project Highlight: Senior Dana Mogensen and junior Beth Swartzwelder are running the annual 2nd Harvest food drive this year from November 2-20. Grades 6-12 each have their own donation boxes with a competition between grades. The Lower School will be collecting as one unit with bins inside ESAC. Dana and Beth will be down at ESAC on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings to meet parents and grab any donations from them. These food donations go directly to local families that are unable to afford food. In Spokane alone, 1 in 8 people, including 1 in 5 children, are food insecure. “Saint George’s food drive is the biggest donation that 2nd Harvest gets from any organization,” according to Dana and Beth. Families choosing to social distance can donate directly to 2nd Harvest at: https://2-harvest.org. Every $1 donated equals 5 meals.
IB Question of the Week: What are IB subject briefs? IB provides short, two-page summaries of many of their most popular subjects including an overview of the topics, a teaching hours distribution and a sample assessment question or two. While not intended to provide a complete picture of the course, they do give some insight to the teaching philosophy and structure of both SL and HL versions of the course. Complete subject guides for actual teaching of every course are available to authorized and candidate IB schools. There are also many other resources available to IB Diploma course teachers; both online and in training sessions. Here is a link to a page with the available Subject Briefs.
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IB Overview: The Diploma Programme (DP) curriculum for grades 11-12 is made up of six subject groups and the DP core, comprising Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) and the Extended Essay (EE). Please refer to our IB webpage and to the IB Resources page in PowerSchool Learning for detailed IB information.