Welcome to the 2007-2008 school year

The Honors program at Rancho Buena Vista offers a wide variety of courses for academically motivated students. In addition to our Advanced Placement classes, RBV is fortunate to be an official member of the International Baccalaureate Organization, a prestigious, worldwide program that offers an incredibly rigorous two-year pre-university course of study, leading to examinations, that meets the needs of the highly motivated eleventh and twelfth grade student. At Rancho, students can opt to take single subject AP and IB exams. Yet those students who wish to challenge themselves at the highest level and receive an unparalleled preparation for their college studies may strive for the full IB diploma.

Exciting Events:

• The California Association of IB World Schools (CAWS) is honoring two of our own this year with special awards. This is a wonderful achievement for them and for RBV!


• Keith Grauman has been named the Exemplary IB Educator of the Year and Alison King has been named the Outstanding IB Student of the Year.

Congratulations to them both!

• Ranch Revue 2009 was a spectacular event that highlighted talent at Rancho while raising money to provide assistance to students needing help meeting the costs of external examinations and to provide scholarships for college bound Rancho graduates. Thanks to the PATRONS for organizing the event and to all the staff and administration who participated!

Recent Events:

• Our last IB Think Tank took place Tuesday, March 10 th. The theme was “Expanding Our Tolerance.” We had about 80 people in attendance, which was great!  The three speakers were Mr. Robert Rivas (founder of Encuentros of North San Diego County), Naomi Zacharias (of Wellspring International- a humanitarian organization) and Carolyn Batiste (former Mira Costa Community College Board Member and small business owner).  After the speakers answered questions about diversity and tolerance, students worked in groups to discuss these issues at RBV.  The adults in attendance were very impressed with the depth of understanding and the maturity that our students displayed.
• On Wednesday, March 26th, we held our IB Sophomore Retreat during which IB Alumni, Seniors, and Juniors led sophomores through a discussion of the IB program and its components.
• On Monday, March 30 th, IB Juniors attended the first day of our Extended Essay Boot Camp which included a field trip to the CSUSM Kellogg Library. Gabriela Sonntag, Coordinator of Information Literacy Program and Reference Services at CSUSM, instructed the students on utilizing research databases and aided them in their individual research. What a great head start on this important component of the full diploma program!

 

Reminders:

May is coming soon! The 2009 May Testing Schedule is posted on the left as a link.

IB Club meets every 2 nd and 4 th Friday at lunch in room 351.

Heather Golly

Honors Coordinator

Ext. 72206

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Heather Golly
Honors Coordinator
(760) 727-7284 ext. 72206
hgolly@vusd.k12.ca.us

Rancho Buena Vista High School
1601 Longhorn Drive
Vista, CA 92081