South Charleston High School IB Program
The South Charleston High School International Baccalaureate (IB) program focuses on college preparation for students. Several IB classes are offered at SCHS in a variety of subjects including physics, chemistry, english, and history. Most classes are taken over two years (11-12 grade) and involve core classes, a Theory of Knowledge (TOK) class, and a Creative Action Service (CAS action project).
IB students are also exposed to several hands-on learning experiences including:
- IB Physics, IB Sports and IB Biology traveled to Morris Creek to work with WVU Tech. Each year students take data that is used to study the mining reclamation efforts in the area.
- IB Biology students worked with a professor from WVU Tech. They completed comparative anatomy of dinosaurs based on the dinosaur skeletal measurements from a dinosaur that the professor and his colleagues discovered in South America.
- IB Physics Seniors spent two nights at the Greenbank Observatory collecting data and analyzing data of galactic hydrogen sources.
- IB English, IB History, and IB Art took a trip to the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences to tour the Van Gogh exhibit.
- IB History and IB English partnered with the Kanawha County Public Library to learn about effective research methods.