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Sixth Subjects

The 2020 - 2021 school year offered a unique challenge since hosting in-person tours was not allowed. Though first-hand experience is our preferred showcase, we worked hard to provide you with an alternative medium in the form of a three-dimensional (3-D) tour of our facilities. We are presenting each 3-D space with the corresponding class descriptions.

In addition, please view a sample production from

our Theatre Department via this video segment.

For the video titled "IB THEATRE 1 DEVISED

PROJECT SAMPLE", students were shown several

famous and historic works of art as well as prolific

quotes from some of the greatest thinkers of all time.

They were asked to use one of these quotes or works

of art as a prompt to develop an original piece of theatre. This group is performing a piece inspired by the painting "The Garden of Earthly Desires" by Hieronymus.

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3-D view of the Stanton Elective Buildings - includes: Foreign Language Building, Film Room, Band Room, Art Rooms, and the Blackbox at the link below:

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=LcWG1BbMi3g

Theatre

IB Theatre encourages discovery through experimentation, taking of risks, and the presentation of ideas to others. Students work collaboratively to build both theatre and life skills, as well as build confidence. IB Theatre is offered to students who have already taken Theatre I & II. Studying theatre promotes awareness of personal and cultural perspectives and develops an appreciation of the diversity of theatre practices. The course culminates with either an HL or SL assessment. There is an internal and external exam that requires at least 150 hours for SL and 240 hours for HL.

Psychology

IB Psychology is offered at both levels and encourages critical thinking. There is real-world application of psychological theories and experiments in areas of Cognitive, Biological, Sociocultural, and Health Psychology - both human and animal. Students will explore limitations and connections between different experiments and meta analyses, while also evaluating studies with regards to their internal, participant, and ecological validity, reliability, operationalization, and biases. This class provides a focused perspective onto the innerworkings of human mind and behavior, and it also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of changing behavior with technological advancement. As a part of this course, students are required to sit for the IB exam in the Spring and also complete an Internal Assessment (IA) by which they will replicate a simple cognitive experiment in groups and write a research paper detailing their findings and evaluating their conclusions with regards to the original theory and experiment. AP Psychology is a prerequisite for the IB Psychology course.

Philosophy​

The emphasis of the IB philosophy course is on “doing philosophy”, which is, actively engaging students in philosophical activities. The course is designed to stimulate students’ intellectual curiosity and encourage them to examine both their own perspectives and those of others. The core theme of the course is the idea of “being human” and optional themes deal with aesthetic, ethics, political philosophy and more. In this course students are required to study one text from the “IB list of prescribed philosophical texts”, which includes authors as diverse as Plato, Lao Tzu, and Martha Nussbaum. At the end of the course students are required to produce a philosophical analysis of a non-philosophical stimulus such as a poem, film scene, or painting. 

Film

This course aims to develop students as proficient interpreters and makers of film texts. Students develop the ability to critique and appreciate the cultural, historical and global perspectives in film. Students experience practical engagement in the art, craft and study of film. Students experiment with film and multimedia technology, acquiring the skills and creative competencies required to successfully communicate through the language of the medium. The course emphasizes the importance of working collaboratively. Film 3 Honors must be taken as a prerequisite to this course.

Music

IB Music offers the opportunity to study and listen to music made in all parts of the world. It also tests students' ability to act as musicians both individually and collaboratively. The assessments test students' ability to understand different styles and terminology as well as analyze musical works in relation to relative time and location.

Visual Art

This course encourages students to challenge their own creative and cultural expectations and boundaries. Students develop analytical skills in problem-solving and divergent thinking, while working towards technical proficiency and confidence as art-makers. In addition, students are expected to engage in, experiment with, and critically reflect upon a wide range of contemporary practices and media. The course is designed for students who want to go on to further study of visual arts in higher education as well as for those who are seeking lifelong enrichment through visual arts.

Computer Studies

Mr. Balcar teaches this course, and he has decades of experience. Students complete programming projects using Javascript. This advanced computers class also teaches the logic of coding so that proper structure can be put to use with various coding techniques. ​To take this class, students must first take Foundations in Programming, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, and IB Computer Studies 3. 

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