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International Baccalaurate students expressed thanks to District 205 Board members by presenting members with a gift during the Board of Education meeting held Sept.13th in Thorn Ridge High School Auditorium..Board members favored the IB program and expressed efforts to continue the curriculum within the district. The three year-old program is designed to help high school students accumulate college credit and it teaches them critical thinking. Thornton, Thornwood and Thorn Ridge High Schools offer the IB program.
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educating students at a very high level while promoting critical thinking and developing a world perspective. That includes investing in and training teachers. Jason Curl, IB Coordinator at Thorn Ridge High School, spoke on the value of college credit hours offered as part of the IB program. He said, “The IB program is an advanced placement program where students have an opportunity to gain college credits in high school. We are in our third year, and we have had one graduating class in our two-year program. This year, we roughly have about 35 students (enrolled).” Reports presented during the board meeting reflected a successful 2016-17 IB school year. Nineteen participating students at Thornton High (2016-17 school year) earned college credits in one or more classes; and as a team project at Thornton, IB students raised $1,500.00 to donate to a Kenyan village in East Africa for water purifiers. Several students in the 2016-2017 IB program at Thornwood received acceptance letters from Harvard, Yale, Howard University, Hampton, Loyola and the University of Illinois and 81 hours of earned college credit among participating student at Thornwood. Curl added that teachers in the IB program hope to grow the curriculum and get more students involved. Curl also stated that Thorn Ridge is among a handful of schools in the area with an IB curriculum. In other board business, Thornton Wildcat Principal Tony Ratliff received the South Cook 2016-17 Principal of the Year Award.
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By Patricia Muhammad Thornton Township Board of Education District 205 held its second monthly meeting, September 13th in the Thorn Ridge High School Auditorium, with special emphasis on District 205 International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Local IB students, administrators, board members and faculty from School District 205 and School District 147 were present. Following routine committee reports and updates, five students addressed the board regarding the IB program. Jerimiah Johnson, a District 205 student from Riverdale rad a statement. “One of District 205 greatest accomplishments is bringing the International Baccalaureate program [to Thornton Township]. It gives our students an opportunity to compete internationally. When I started IB, I didn’t have the tools to think critically; now I can view situations with critical thinking in everyday life. I believe that there should be more advertisement for the International Baccalaureate program.” Brett Fickes, Director of Curriculum Innovative Instructor for District 205 agrees. “The International Baccalaureate program in District 205 has been a major success,” he said. “It’s the outcome of a lot of work. To just become an International Baccalaureate school and to be able to offer the diploma program is an extremely challenging application process,” he said. Fickes explained that participating schools must demonstrate full committment to the IB philosophy of
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