School Profiles and Contact Info

We have added information about all the GIBS Schools on our GIBS Schools Profile Page>>>

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School Profiles and Contact Info We have added information about all the GIBS Schools on our GIBS Schools Profile Page>>> You will find a brief description of the school, information about its IB Program (including courses offered), and contact information.   Teachers:  urge your IBC's to provide us with the latest information if your school' page is not updated. Press  Coverage  Education Week  called the IB "The Cadillac of College Prep Programs" as part of its series on the "Changing Role of the High School".  Read the story>>> The Boston Globe education column on Sunday May 27, 2001 featured the IB Program at the High School of Commerce in Springfield, MA  Take a look at the story>>>   IBNA and IB News International Baccalaureate North America (IBNA) moved its office on  September 25, 2000. The new address is: 475 Riverside Drive, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10115. The telephone and fax numbers is the same. IB Curriculum material can be ordered from the IB Publications Office in Cardiff, Wales.   International Baccalaureate Organization Peterson House Fortran Road St Mellons Cardiff CF3 0WB Telephone: +44 29 2077 4046 Fax: +44 29 2036 9668 Email: pubs@ibo.org Al Penna, Principal of Binghamton High School has been elected to the IBNA Regional Headmasters Committee.     GIBS NEWS Prospective Schools Meeting /GIBS FALL 2002 MEETING  - Oct. 18, 2002 Schenectady HS,  Schenectady, NY Meeting Agenda will be posted on this web-site. Coffee 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Program begins at 8:30 AM  Sessions run until 12:30, lunch from 12:30 - 1:15.    PM Session (1:15 - 3:30) For GIBS Schools and Associate Members ONLY.  $25.00 for each Prospective Schools Participant--GIBS Diploma Members free Amherst College hosted the third GIBS One Seminar for Colleges and Universities, on June 3, 2002. The IB has been validated by the NY State Education Department and is authorized  for replication.  See http://www.sharingsuccess.org/code/eptw/profiles/83.html Read the current and archived GIBS newsletters>>>   PowerPoint presentations, prepared in consultation with IBNA  introducing the IB, giving details on the curriculum  and providing current research studies are available. The new  GIBS Millennium Newsletter is still available. Archived News The PROSPECTIVE Schools Meeting was held Oct. 6, 1999 at The Dwight School.  It  included sessions on the  PYP & MYP  for the first time. We are appreciate the participation of  Paul Campbell (IBNA Associate Director), Anya Henry (IBNA Diploma Associate), and Niki Singh (IBNA PYP & MYP Associate) at the  meeting.  For a photo of Paul, Anya, and Niki posing with David and Anthony click here GIBS, in conjunction with IBNA and UNIS  presented the first  "The International Baccalaureate:  A One Day Seminar for Universities" at UNIS on June 14th, 2000.   Many  area colleges were represented.  It is the start of our effort to get colleges and universities to revise their credit/placement policies regarding the IB and to learn more about the program to better evaluate applicants who have completed the IB Diploma Program.  To get the list of colleges participating, click here IB Presents Math and English Program to NYSED Assessment Panel Press Releases These are the press releases we've issued over the last year. You may want to search for topics by keyword. Oct. 23, 1998 --COMMISSIONER AND REGENTS VISIT IB STUDENTS Nov. 18, 1998 -- IB Presents Math and English Program to NYSED Assessment Panel Media Coverage Binghamton University Announces Change in IB Policy.  This article appeared in Inside Binghamton during the Summer of 1998.  (Thanks to the GIBS members who helped to bring this about). More information about the IB, MYP and PYP can be obtained from the IBO Web Site.  This web site has just been redesigned. For directions to IB Schools Click HERE updated 09/28/04