Windsor Forest High School has achieved International Baccalaureate World Status. The Diploma Programme will begin at the start of the upcoming school year which allows students to learn to approach problems with questions and moves their focus from passive recipients to active participants of their education.
According to Carol Kibbey, principal of Windsor Forest High School, “Teachers and administrators have dedicated themselves to this program for two years. At Windsor, we want to raise the bar, to raise the expectations of our students. The IB Programme facilitates this and encourages academic, social, and cultural growth and promotes a strong sense of global awareness. It is when these factors converge that our students will develop a true sense of identity and their place in our ever shrinking world.”
As part of the program, 11th and 12th graders are enrolled in seven academic courses, some lasting two years. The students also partake in Community, Action, and Service, referred to as ‘CAS’, in which they select and create a project that identifies and addresses a need in society. The CAS project occurs throughout the student’s junior and senior years.
All of the courses within Windsor’s IB Programme are eligible for college credit. The study of film is also included as an academic course. Students involved in the film course will learn all aspects of the filmmaking process, including development of a treatment, screen writing, cinematography, acting, and the writing of a musical score.
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