HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE International School of Geneva, Campus des Nations 11, route des Morillons, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland

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1 HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE School Name: Address: International School of Geneva, Campus des Nations 11, route des Morillons, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland Tel: Fax: Website: CEEB Code: Senior Administrators Director General: Mrs Vicky Tuck Principal Secondary Section: Mrs Lesley Meyer Counsellors Mark Grant, UK, Europe Ellyn Levin, US and Canada Campus des Nations is one of the three campuses of The International School of Geneva, an independent non-profit foundation with a Governing Board, which includes representatives from the Federal, Cantonal, and City authorities. According to its mission, the School educates children of Swiss and international families in the greater Geneva area, providing instruction in both French and English. Founded in 1924 shortly after the establishment of the League of Nations in Geneva, its mission is to prepare an international student body of over 130 nationalities and 90 mother tongues to enter universities in many countries around the world. The International School of Geneva was the main agent in creating the International Baccalaureate programme. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Council of International Schools. Students are admitted on a non-selective, first-come, first-served basis. 95% of graduates go on to higher education. CAMPUS DES NATIONS Enrollment (Years 9-13): Approximately 360 students with 15 first nationalities. Academic organisation: Students are prepared for university entrance by means of the International Baccalaureate (IB). The majority of our graduating students take the full IB diploma examinations; others may sit individual IB exams in order to earn one or more subject certificates or graduate after completion of year 12 with a High School Diploma. High School diploma: Total 24 credits: Mother Tongue Language 4, 2 nd Language 3, Math 3, Lab Sciences 3, Humanities 3,Art/Music/Theatre/ Physical Education 1.5

2 GRADING Class rank: The School has a transient student population. Some students remain for only one or two years, which does not allow for the compilation of a meaningful class rank based on GPA. Therefore we do not rank. Grading system: Students are graded on a scale of 7, and all grades are unweighted. GPA calculations are based solely on grades earned at our school and do not include non-academic courses such as Physical Education and non-ib Art. The minimum passing grade is 3. Physical Education and the Year 11 Personal project are graded on a Pass/Fail basis. In the MYP (Grades 9 11) half grades are not used and rounding is down, not up. Year 11 arts courses earn 1.5 credits for the 2 courses. INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA CURRICULUM The International Baccalaureate Diploma program: forms the basis of all courses in years 12 and 13 for the majority of students. English: English Literature, English Language and Literature Mathematics: Mathematics Higher, Standard and Studies Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Design Technology French: French Language and Literature, French ab initio Spanish: Spanish B Other languages: Self-taught mother tongues Social studies courses offered: Economics, Psychology, History in English, History in French, Geography, Art, Music and Drama: Film, Visual Arts High School Diploma: 24 credits (effective for students entering the Foundation as of fall 2012): Mother tongue language 4, 2 nd language 3, Math 3, Sciences 3, Humanities 3, Art/Music/Theatre/Design Technology 1.5, Physical Education 1.5. ACADEMICS Subjects offered: English A, English B, French A, French B, Spanish A, Spanish B, Sciences (Chemistery, Physics, Biology), Humanities (History and Geography integrated for two years, then History, Geography and Economics taught separately in Grade 11) in English and French, Arts (Visual Arts, Music, and Drama) and Technology (Design Technology and Information Technology). Community Service and the Year 11 Personal Project are also required. The MYP Personal project is a significant body of work, produced over an extended period of time and the product of the student s own initiative. The Middle Years Programme (MYP) is a curriculum framework designed by the International Baccalaureate for students aged 11 to 16. Five Areas of Interaction provide the learning context for students in the MYP: Environments, Human Ingenuity, Health and Social Education, Community and Service, Approaches to Learning. Environment, Human Ingenuity, and Health and Social Education are broad areas of inquiry where personal, societal and global issues are explored. With Community and Service students become aware of their roles and responsibilities as members of communities. In Approaches to Learning students learn about and take increasing responsibility for their own learning. These are assessed regularly via the school reports. Approaches to learning include: organizational skills and attitudes towards work, collaborative skills, communication, information literacy, reflection, problem-solving and thinking skills, subject-specific and interdisciplinary conceptual understanding. When appropriate these five areas of interaction are interwoven throughout the subject groups taught in the MYP. Student understanding of the areas of interaction is crucial to overall student success in the MYP. Understanding of the areas of interaction is demonstrated in the completion of a Personal Project in Year 11 successful completion of which is required for the MYP certificate.

3 GRADE DISTRIBUTION June 2012, Class of 2013 English A IBH English A IBS Film IBS French A IBH French A IBS French B IBH French B IBS French Ab Ini>o IBS Geography IBH Geography IBS Histoire (French) IBH History IBH History IBS Japanese A IBS Japanese Ab Ini>o IBS Mathema>cs IBH Mathema>cs IBS Mathema>cs Studies IBS Physics IBH Physics IBS Psychology IBH Psychology IBS Spanish B IBH Spanish B IBS Visual Arts IBH Visual Arts IBS Russian TOK

4 IB Results - Year Subject Level Grade Distribu:on Biology IBH Biology IBS Chemistry IBH Chemistry IBS Design Technology IBS Economics IBH Economics IBS English A1 IBH English A1 IBS English A2 IBH English A2 IBS French A1 IBH French A1 IBS French A2 IBH French B IBH French B IBS French Ab IniCo IBS Geography IBH Geography IBS History (French) IBH History (French) IBS History IBH History IBS MathemaCcs IBH MathemaCcs IBS MathemaCcs Studies IBS Physics IBH Pysics IBS Psychology IBH Psychology IBS Spanish B IBH Spanish B IBS TOK TOK Visual Arts IBH Visual Arts IBS Extended Essay Extra Points HR

5 SAT SUMMARY 2400: Middle 50% Critical Reading Math Writing ACT SUMMARY: English Math Reading Science SAT SUBJECT TESTS: Math Level I Math Level II Chemistry Physics Number of IB Candidates 68 Pass Rate 100% Average Pts 34.5 Average Grade 5.4

6 NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES Barnard College 2 Biola University 1 Boston College 1 Boston University 3 U British Columbia 1 Brooklyn College 1 Brown University 1 U. California Berkeley 2 UCLA 2 California Institute of Arts 1 Carnegie Mellon University 2 U. Colorado Boulder 2 Columbia University 1 U Connecticut 2 Curry College 1 U Delaware 1 U Denver 1 Florida Institute of Technology 1 Florida State University 1 Georgetown University 1 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 Georgia State U 1 Gordon College 1 Haverford College 1 Hobart and Wm Smith Colleges 1 U Illinois Champaigne-Urbana 1 Ithaca College 1 James Madison U 1 Loyola Marymount U 1 Maryland Institute college of Art 1 U Massachusetts Amherst 2 McGill University 4 U Miami 1 New York University 2 Northeastern University 2 Parsons the New School for Design 1 Pennsylvania State U 1 Pepperdine University 1 Pratt Institute 1 Purdue University 1 Queens College CUNY 1 Rhode Island School of Design 1 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Rutgers University 1 Santa Clara University 1 Savannah College of Art & design 3 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1 School of Visual Arts 2 U Southern California 1 St. John s University QueenCollege of Staten Island 1 SUNY Brockport 1 Syracuse University 1 Union College 1 University at Buffalo 1 University of the Arts 1 U Vermont 2 U Virginia 3 U Washington 1 Webster University Geneva 4

7 REST OF THE WORLD UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENTS United Kingdom University of the Arts London Blackpool and The Fylde College University of Bournemouth Brighton and Sussex Medical School University of Bristol (2) Brunel University University of Dundee University of Durham (3) University of Edinburgh (3) Imperial College London King s College London (2) Kingston University University of Newcastle University of Nottingham Queen Mary University of London (3) University of Reading University of St.Andrews University of Sussex University of Warwick University of York (2) Switzerland Basel Hotel Management School Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (2) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2) European University Geneva Webster University Geneva (3) Others Australia: University of Melbourne Finland: Helsinki University France: American University of Paris Netherlands: Maastricht University, Nyenrode Business School, Utrecht University Norway: Oslo University Sweden: Lund University