Lee-Ann Wyatt
REWARD–Fifteen St. Dominic High School International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme students recently received their May 2019 examinations results that saw a dozen of them (eighty per cent) meeting the requirements to be awarded the internationally recognised IB Diploma.
Lee-Ann Wyatt, who will study Communication Sciences at University of Amsterdam, scored the highest with a cumulative score of 33 points out of a possible 45.
Himanshu Kapoor and Georgia Nelson gave noteworthy performances. Both scored 32 points and received a perfect grade 7 in the subject Business Management HL. Kapoor has been accepted to study Physical Therapy and Business Management at Wilfried Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. Nelson will attend Tilburg University and study Sociology.
Rafael Tapia Chaca performed well, scoring 32 points. He was the only candidate who received two bonus points for Theory of Knowledge and his English Literature Extended Essay. He will also attend Tilburg University, majoring in Psychology and English Literature.
Diploma Programme Coordinator Marie Richardson said in a press statement that the students are well-prepared to face the academic and social challenges of university and the world of work.
“It has been two years of improving their interpersonal skills such as communication, balancing, and open-mindedness. They are now equipped with the ability to embrace their strengths and understand their weaknesses in order to support their learning and personal development in order to create a better and more peaceful society,” she said.
St. Dominic High surpassed the worldwide averages in Business Management HL/SL, Spanish B SL/HL, History SL, Biology SL, and Mathematical Studies SL this year.
According to the 2019 IB Diploma Programme Provisional Statistical Bulletin, 166,278 students around the world sat the May session exams. St. Dominic High IB candidates who received the diploma this session achieved an average score of 29, in line with the global mean diploma point score of 29.63.
When IB results were released, IB General Director Dr. Siva Kumari said, “I extend heartfelt congratulations to students worldwide receiving their results today. They have shown a thirst for knowledge, a determination to succeed and conviction in their ability to take on their next best step equipped with high quality preparation.”
St. Dominic High is one of 3,352 schools offering the IB Diploma Programme, a rigorous and academically challenging pre-university curriculum. The programme was designed to address each student’s academic needs and to target the students’ social, emotional and physical wellbeing, to give them the skills to be successful contributing citizens and members of the global community.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/89140-80-per-cent-of-st-dominic-ib-candidates-qualify-for-diploma
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