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What is the The International Baccalaureate (IB)?

The International Baccalaureate (IB) program is offered at schools in many different countries, including the United States. The International Baccalaureate Organization works with schools, governments, and international organizations to develop challenging programs for students. The IB Diploma Program (DP) is offered to highly motivated students during their final two years of high school. The DP is a demanding course of studies that leads to examinations in six subject areas. You must achieve a specific score on the examinations in order to gain college credit.

Teach Your Children Well: Teaching A Teen About "Teen Health"????

You really have three paths you can take:

1. Don't tell them anything and let them find out from another teen - or some other way.
2. Scare the crap out of them with 1 sided information.
3. Give them as much good information, let them know they can talk to you about anything and help them make the right choices.

I assembled a bunch of information I thought was appropriate and timely for my teen. Since it is current and relavant, I've included those items here. If you approach these topics reminding your student that they are an adult in training, they are most liklely going to take the topics and the information you present seriously. I have to admit, I do expect some giggles, but who didn't giggle when they learned the real "birds and bees" story?

A Course Description: Healthy Teen Living: (.5 credit hour) Topics include teen peer pressure, dating, STDs, smoking, drug awareness, Pre-Driver’d Ed information, PSAT test prep.

Resources:

• About Sexually Transmitted diseases
• Alcohol Awareness
• Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia, Teen Obesity, Good Nutrition Information
• Substance abuse
• Smoking Smokeless tobacco
• Peer Pressure for Teens
• Development of Autonomy in Adolescence (PDF) Format
  Autonomy refers to a person's ability to think, feel and make decisions on his/her own. This NebGuide explains how adolescents achieve autonomy and how adults can help.
• Teens Making Choices: Communication is Important, (PDF) Format
  This publication helps adults understand how teens make decisions and how to teach teens to make good decisions.
• Teens Making Choices: Involvement is Important, (PDF) Format
  This publication offers ideas to adults who want to help their teens learn how to make good decisions.
• Teens Making Choices: Practice is Important, (PDF) Format
  This publication helps adults develop a strategy to help teens learn how to make good decisions.
• Youthful Gambling in the United States, (PDF) Format
  This publication provides background information on the trend of youth gambling and suggests things parents can do if they suspect their child is gambling.
• Bullying
• Abusive Relationship
• More Information from The Eclectic Telegraph

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 A Great Year for Ivy League Schools, but Not So Good for Applicants to Them
By SAM DILLONNew York Times
Published: April 4, 2007

Harvard turned down 1,100 student applicants with perfect 800 scores on the SAT math exam. Yale rejected several applicants with perfect 2400 scores on the three-part SAT, and Princeton turned away thousands of high school applicants with 4.0 grade point averages. Needless to say, high school valedictorians were a dime a dozen.

 

Kettering University 1700 W Third Avenue Flint, Michigan 48504 http://www.kettering.edu/ We seek the alpha-gearhead, the mathlete, the future CEO. Known for top-ranked undergraduate engineering programs, Kettering University is home to: the most advanced co-op education program in the nation; state-of-the-art programs that are consistently recognized as some of the best engineering programs in the United States; ten science, business and engineering majors; and six graduate programs. top-ranked undergraduate programs: Kettering is ranked No. 12 for Best Engineering Programs (non doctoral institutions); we’re also ranked in the top 30 for diversity;

Otterbein College One Otterbein College Westerville, OH 43081 Website http://www.otterbein.edu Otterbein College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1847 and located in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. 3,100 students Student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1 Ranked seventh among the Midwest's 107 Comprehensive Colleges.