IB @ GLENFOREST

GLENFOREST STUDENTS

Glenforest has:

Academically inclined students

TWO Top 20 Under 20 Award recipients!

THREE International Cisco contest award winners

National and International Contest winners

Recipients of many awards and scholarships

WINNERS @ GLENFOREST

STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) Program Organized the biggest student run conference in Canada! (more on that later)

Math program 11 students were offered scholarships based on math contest scores 110 students in math club, top 1-2 schools in Peel on every contest last year

DECA We have one of the biggest programs in Ontario! Various scholarships/monetary prizes offered every year Many students compete at internationals every year

WINNERS @ GLENFOREST

Art and Design contest winners every year at Local, Provincial, National and International level

Student Trustee for Peel -- goes to Glenforest Student Trustee Provincial President Glenforest alumni ‘15 (we have paid politicians in our midst!)

Swimming Pool - we have one ... and a swim team

WINNERS @ GLENFOREST

Glenforest students have won MANY science fair competitions! Most recent = Peel Region Science Fair 2015 Intermediate & Senior Gold Medal Award winners - Karthik Prasad and Ahbinav

Boyed - grade 9 MYP Both boys also received the Canadian Nuclear Society Award at the Fair in April 2015. These boys are going on to the National Canadian Science Fair.

WHAT IS IB???

Academically rigorous (but balanced), holistic learning model which develops the whole student, and encourages students to take on leadership roles within the school and the larger community.

Grades 9-10: Middle Years Programme (MYP)

Grades 11-12: Diploma Programme (DP)

MYP – GRADES 9/10

Grounds learning in a interdisciplinary approach (links between different subjects) Through MYP, students are encouraged to become a creative, critical and reflective

learner

• Leads to culminating Personal Project: • Self-directed project which enables students (YOU) to

explore an issue you are passionate about, outside of the classroom setting

DP – GRADES 11/12

Continuing from MYP Curriculum is interdisciplinary (links between subject areas)

Students take courses from 6 subject areas : Well-rounded, liberal arts education EE, CAS, ToK EE: Extended Essay CAS: Creativity, Activity, Service ToK: Theory of Knowledge

IB, BUT WHY GLENFOREST?

Glenforest has well-established IB program (over 10 years) One of the highest ranking IB schools in Canada and the World!

Internationally trained teachers and examiners for the IB

Our students have among the highest Final IB Marks in the World

Our school is a community You won’t find a better bunch of students or teachers

GLENFOREST EXTRACURRICULARS

ALUMNI’S IMPRESSION REGARDING GLENFOREST

“Teachers are wonderfully supportive, motivating and nurturing. Fellow peers create an impassioned environment for learning and personal development” - Kathy ’15

“I like Glenforest because I was able to meet amazing people and it prepared me for university. I enjoyed the working environment in Glenforest.” - Janani ’15

“I continue to use the soft skills that I learned in high school today, whether to land a co-op placement or to do work in the real world” - Annie ‘11

We asked Glenforest Alumni what they thought of Glenforest IB– these are the responses we received:

“Glenforest is truly a school like no other. The atmosphere within the school is a perfect blend of academic rigour and extracurricular excellence…The teachers at this school go out of their way to ensure their students are receiving a world class education, often volunteering to supervise our clubs and initiatives, as well as creating innovative learning and leadership opportunities, ie. Glenforest STEM Conference! I can confidently say that attending Glenforest SS was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I would not be where I am today, or the person I am today, without this school. “

-Nishila ’15

CURRENT STUDENTS’ IMPRESSION REGARDING GLENFOREST

We asked our current students at Glenforest what they think about Glenforest - these are the responses we received:

“Glenforest is a school filled with very academic and high-achieving students. With the variety of programs, I have learned to push and challenge myself to be the best I can be! “ “There are a lot of things why I like Glenforest but my top 2 are 1) Opportunities: There's no limit to what you can do, whatever your passion is, you'll be able to pursue it within Glenforest. There are a lot of great opportunities and extracurriculars that allow students to develop their own skills and do what they love. 2) The teachers: I've never seen a school with such caring and supportive teachers. This is a great factor to why the students at Glenforest are successful and motivated. “ “What I love about Glenforest is that we have an awesome and friendly environment that no other school has. The teachers here are really supportive and will help guide you to success.

Coming to Glenforest was one of the best decisions of my life.”

SUCCESS OF STUDENTS AFTER ATTENDING THE SCHOOL

100% of IB students from Glenforest enter university Most enter programs and universities of their choice

American Ivy League Universities attended by Glenforest IB graduates:

Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University John Hopkins University Brown University University of Pennsylvania

...to name a few Most Glenforest IB students receive scholarships and award

from $1000 to $50,000 scholarships

GLENFOREST’S REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY -

UNIVERSITIES

Universities LOVE Glenforest students. Examples: 1) University of Waterloo - Reps said they love Glenforest students because of high teaching standards and

motivated students - Profs enjoy Glenforest students coming in to conduct labs and participating in

lectures

2) McMaster Health Science - Program considered to be the hot spot for students interested in pursuing medicine - Extremely competitive - accept approx 200 students a year from Canada and

internationally - 15 Glenforest students were accepted in- Wto the program last year, at least 5-15 in

other years

DIVERSE CAREER PATHS!

Despite what it looks like IBs don’t just want to become engineers and doctors! So many DIVERSE CAREER PATHS after high school Law

Accounting

Culinary arts (chef)

Interior design

Architecture

Arts and design

Combined science and business degrees

International Development and Globalization

Music

GLENFOREST’S REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY -

COMPANIES

Glenforest has a great reputation with STEM Companies! STEM Conference - received over $34,000 in sponsorships Facebook, Microsoft, GlaxoKleinSmith, HydroOne, Actuary Foundation, Professional Engineers

of Ontario, Chartered Professional Accountants, Magna & many others They KNOW about Glenforest, they SUPPORT Glenforest!!! They know how amazing and dedicated Glenforest students and staff are!

Why is this a good thing? Glenforest on students’ resume for summer internships, univeristy co-op, etc

GLENFOREST’S REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY

City counsellor Chris Fonseca Avid supporter of STEM conference, our school and our students Attended Mole Day (took time out of her busy schedule to come by for our exciting

MOLE (Chemistry) day event)

GLENFOREST’S REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY

Professor Brad Bass - University of Toronto Has taken on many Glenforest students for internships Not many high school students do research internships with professors at

university - but Glenforest has had many! Professors at University of Toronto and University of Waterloo students worked with professors at University of Waterloo and University of

Toronto for IB extended essays Professors always very impressed by Glenforest students!

STEM CONFERENCE

Province Wide Conference Science Technology Engineering Math Conference November 20th, 2015 Almost 2000 attendants, students from all over Ontario attended Organized and hosted by GLENFOREST STEM students Largest STEM conference organized & hosted by a high school in

Canada

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WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT

GLENFOREST NEXT YEAR!