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100% of The St. Dominic High School May 2022 Candidates Achieve the IB Diploma

SINT MAARTEN (SOUTH REWARD) – All candidates in the St. Dominic High School International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme who sat the May 2022 examinations will be awarded the IB Diploma. The school had 12 candidates registered in the May sessions for 97 subject entries.

Notable individual achievements for this examination session are Diya Sachev who scored 37 points for her subjects which included a grade 7 for Biology HL. With the accumulation of the 3 bonus points for her performance on her Dutch B Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge assessments, Diya achieved 40 points out of a possible 45.

Additional noteworthy performances were demonstrated by the following candidates: Jaidev Nainani who scored 38 points and received a perfect grade 7 in the subject Mathematics Analysis and Approaches SL. Jaidev was also the first Visual Arts HL candidate and he received a grade 6. Jayran Duggins and Jay Chandiramani had exceptional performances in Computer Science HL and both received a grade 7. Rohan Goswami and Candy Yang were awarded a grade 7 in Business Management.

Oluwatoyin Aladejana performed well and was the only candidate who had seven examination subjects. Diploma candidates are only required to take six subjects – 3 SL and 3 HL to qualify for the diploma. The seventh subject is considered an additional subject and does not count towards the total points needed to achieve the diploma.

Oluwatoyin received an A for her English Literature Extended Essay and a B for her Theory of Knowledge assessment garnering her the maximum 3 bonus points. Grades are awarded on a 7-point scale with 1 being the lowest and 7 the highest. Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge are graded based on a letter scale – A to E, and candidates can be awarded up to 3 points for the combined grades they receive for the two subjects.

Once again, the St. Dominic High School’s examination performance was on par with the world-wide average grades in the following subjects: English A Literature HL, Spanish B SL, Chemistry SL, and Physics HL.

This year, the school’s results in 9 subjects – Spanish ab initio SL, Business Management SL and HL, Biology HL, Computer Science HL, Physics SL, Mathematics Analysis and Approaches HL, and Visual Arts HL – surpassed the world-wide average. The Theory of Knowledge exhibition, which is an internally assessed examination component that is externally moderated, received 3 feedback commendations from the exam moderator.

According to the 2022 IB Diploma Programme Provisional Statistical Bulletin, 113,706 students from 2,932 schools in 150 countries sat the May session examinations. The St. Dominic High candidates who received the diploma this session achieved average total points of 33 and a mean grade of 5.19. These are both slightly higher than the global mean diploma point score of 31.98 and mean grade of 5.12.

Ms. Marie Richardson, the Diploma Programme Coordinator expressed the following when the DP results were released: “100% success in one shot despite the challenges we encountered due to the pandemic. Two years ago, this mighty dozen embarked on their advanced secondary education with a single objective – the diploma. They challenged themselves and became adept at using online platforms to attend classes during the start of their first year.

“These students demonstrated grit and are well equipped now to face the academic and social challenges of university and the world of work. By developing themselves, they simultaneously appreciate their role in the world and the interconnectedness of humanity. We are proud that St Dominic High School is in step with the performance of other IB schools around the world.”

St Dominic High was the first government subsidized school in the Caribbean to be authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme. The Diploma Programme is a rigorous and academically challenging pre-university curriculum where students select and study six subjects from five groups – literature, foreign language, individuals and societies, experimental sciences, mathematics.

In order to qualify for the diploma, students must complete the following core requirements: a 4,000-word Extended Essay (EE), the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course which examines how knowledge is acquired and the various kinds of knowledge that exists, Creativity, Activity Service (CAS) requiring students to engage in the arts, sports and the community. The Diploma Programme was designed to not only address the academic needs of each student, but also to target the students’ social, emotional and physical well-being in order to give them the skills to be successful contributive citizens and members of our global community.

If you are interested in becoming an IB student and would like to know more about the programme, St. Dominic High will have an information session on November 17, 2022, at 6:30 pm. General information about the International Baccalaureate Organization and its programmes is available at www.ibo.org

100% Of The St-Dominic High Attain Their Diplomas. GREAT!
100% Of The St-Dominic High Attain Their Diplomas. GREAT!
100% Of The St-Dominic High Attain Their Diplomas. GREAT!
100% Of The St-Dominic High Attain Their Diplomas. GREAT!

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