Hillsboro High School has a strong belief in “IB For All”.

Hillsboro High School is honored to continue the 18-year legacy as having three open access IB programmes representing varying levels of academic preparation.

Hillsboro Class of 2022 earns 44 IB Certificates

Forty-four IB Career-related Programme Certificates and IB Diploma Programme Diplomas were awarded to Hillsboro students in July, 2022. In order to obtain the IB Career-related Certificate, students must earn an average score of 3 (on a scale of 1 to 7).

Students take both internal and external assessments scoring at least 2 out of 2, 3, or 4 IB Diploma Programme courses. In addition, students engage in a cross-curricular course that combines academic subjects and career-related learning called Personal and Professional Skills.

Students write a 3,000-word research-based Reflective Project on an ethical dilemma of their choosing, complete a world language portfolio as part of the Language Development component, and learn through experience by completing 50 hours of self-selected service experiences through the Service-Learning component.

To obtain the IB Diploma, students must earn an average score of 4 (on a scale of 1 to 7) on internal and external assessments across six subject areas: English, World Language, Mathematics, Science, History, and the Arts.

In addition, students write a 4,000-word research-based Extended Essay on a topic of their choice and submit a portfolio of learnings by completing 18-months of self-selected experiences in the Creativity, Activity, and Service component.

Of the graduating class of 2022, 39% participated in an IB programme or took at least one IB course, and 53% of participants are students of color deriving from a myriad of ethnic and racially diverse backgrounds.

Students Excel in Subject-level Certificates 

In addition to the students who earned the IB Diploma and IB Career-related Certificate, an additional 64 certificates in individual subjects were awarded to students.  Students earn individual subject certificates by earning a 4 or higher on individual subject exams.

This year, several students earned a perfect score of 7 in several subjects.  We also want to recognize the students who earned an A on their Extended Essay and Reflective Project.

Extended Essay—Earned a Top Score of A                           Reflective Project—Earned a Top Score of A

John Wiltshire (Mentor- Joe Nettles)                                     Kayla Stevenson (Mentor- Joe Nettles)

Makiya Davis (Mentor- Sara Hyatt)

English Language and Literature-Earned a Perfect Score of 7 (Teachers– Ali Palumbo-Dodge and Joe Nettles)

Dara Gyauch-Lewis

Kayla Stevenson

Spanish Language B—Earned a Perfect Score of 7 (Teacher – Kendall Headley)

Elsie Spivey

International Baccalaureate Diploma recipients for the Class of 2022

Devin Bester                           Sofia Ehtesham                      Virginia Fleming                      Adie Gullahorn

Dara Gyauch-Lewis                 Lainey Hunt                            Tucker Knoll                            Wade Lawson

Sallie Long                               Jiani Meng                               Lance Obrohta                        Seth Shaw

Elsie Spivey                             Emma Stephens

Congratulations to the International Baccalaureate Career-related Certificate recipients for the Class of 2022

Yusra Ahmed                          Clea Armstrong                       Gloria Brighton                       Keyarra Churchwell

Mackenzie Clare                     Makiya Davis                           Mikayla DeBasio                     Henry Fox

Caliya Graham-Howard        Michael Guion                        Jack Haden Henley                 Olivia Logan

Aria Lowe                                Angelica Martinez-Aranda     Carmen Martinez                   Elena Massad

Patrick Phillips                       Owen Porteous                         Izangely Ruiz                           Arieanna Rushing

Derek Sanabria                       Jamieson Simpson                  Ethan Soundara                      Kayla Stephenson

Julia Sussman                         Toniya Tate                             Jalon Taylor                            Clayton Turner

Joel Uruegbe                           Jayla Wilson

To learn more about the International Baccalaureate at Hillsboro High School contact Susan Carter, IB Academy Principal, at [email protected]