Kaiser HS Mission

Our mission at Kaiser High School is to provide a holistic education that enables students to:

• Accept responsibility for learning
• Strive for excellence in a rigorous and varied curriculum
• Communicate effectively through multiple modes and languages
• Value diverse perspectives and cultures
• Be caring and productive members of our local and global communities

The IB Mission

"The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end, the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who
​understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right."

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Class of 2026 Application

Current sophomores who want to enter the program next school year need to complete this IB Diploma Programme application.

IB Diploma Programme application

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What is the IB Diploma Programme?

The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is an academically challenging and balanced program of education with final examinations that prepares students, aged 16-19, for success at university and life beyond. It has been designed to address the intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being of students. Since its development in 1968, the program has gained recognition and respect from the world's leading universities. ​

​The Diploma Programme prepares students for effective participation in a rapidly evolving and increasingly global society as they:

• develop physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically 
• acquire breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding, studying courses from six subject groups
• develop the skills and a positive attitude towards learning that will prepare them for higher education 
• study another language and increase understanding of cultures, including their own
• make connections across traditional academic disciplines and explore the nature of knowledge through the programme's unique theory of knowledge course
• undertake in-depth research into an area of interest through the lens of one or more academic disciplines in the extended essay
• ​enhance their personal and interpersonal development through creativity, activity, and service​ ​

History

Established in 1968, the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme was the first program offered by the IB and is taught to students aged 16-19. As of September 2019, there were 3,421 schools offering the DP in 157 different countries worldwide. The DP was established to provide students with a balanced education, facilitate geographic and cultural mobility and to promote international understanding. It was created by teachers at the International School of Geneva, with assistance from several other international schools. Since then, innovative and committed teachers and examiners from around the world have played a significant role in the development of the program.

Kaiser High School implemented the Diploma Programme in 2010. The first Kaiser DP cohort graduated in 2012. The Kaiser High School community has been, and continues to be, very proud of our DP  students' tremendous accomplishments throughout the program and for years thereafter.

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Recognition of the IB

Find information on where and how the IB is recognized at institutions throughout the world, as well as research on the postsecondary patterns of IB students. 
Who recognizes the IB?

Reasons why the DP according to Kaiser families:

• Rigorous and challenging program with high standards
• Prepares students to be more successful in college and life
• Develops well-rounded and well-balanced young adults
• Emphasis on critical thinking and problem-solving
• The interdisciplinary nature of the program
• A holistic education - academic, social, emotional, physical
• Improves time management skills and study habits
• Fosters resilience and perseverance
• Embraces diversity, multiple perspectives, global awareness
• Teachers who are highly effective, engaging, and passionate
• Various approaches to teaching and learning
• Teaches how to learn and not just what to learn
• The experiences of the CAS, EE, and TOK core components
• Promotes integrity and responsibility for one's own actions
• Fosters development of all IB Learner Profile attributes
• Support system: teachers, IB coordinator, CAS coordinator, EE coordinator, EE supervisors, counselors
• Highly motivated and like-minded peers
• Strong sense of community and peer relationships/support
• Sense of pride, fulfillment, and accomplishment
• Internationally recognized
• College/university admissions
• Potential college credits
• Scholarship opportunities
• Weighted grades (5.0 GPA scale)

Kaiser IB DP Class of 2018 Perspectives

(This short film is a Kaiser Class of 2019 student-produced CAS project.)

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Following are links to relevant International Baccalaureate  publications.

IB DP Brochure

Research on Impact of the DP

Global Research on the DP

Education for a better world

IB History Timeline

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Please visit  the official Diploma Programme site of the IB Organization at  http://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/ 
for additional information.