One of the exciting things for students about the IB Diploma Program is that they get to choose their subjects. As our first cohort advances to year two, the current tenth graders and their parents attended an informational meeting and started to choose their courses for next year. The program requires them to study the three core subjects: Theory of Knowledge; Creativity, Activity, and Service; and complete the Extended Essay. To ensure breadth of study they are also required to select one subject from each of six different groups: Studies in Language and Literature; Language Acquisition; Individuals and Societies; Experimental Sciences; Mathematics; and the Arts. The majority of options are offered at Standard Level (SL) or Higher Level (HL), with students being required to take their studies deeper with three or four subjects at higher level. It is important to clarify that Futuro Verde offers students the IB course of study over two years in 11th and 12th grade, giving students the opportunity to graduate with a Bilingual IB diploma. Our students can also graduate with the Costa Rican (MEP) diploma as long as students study and successfully pass the national exams in Estudios Sociales and Cívica during 11th grade. It is not possible to study exclusively for the MEP high school diploma at Futuro Verde.
It was exciting to talk with the students and their parents as they made their choices and to hear their plans and reasons for the decisions they made. We wish them luck and look forward to supporting them in the next stage of their high school education.
