Lake City High hoping for IB authorization

Lake City High School has been named an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program Applicant School, and on Monday and Tuesday the school will host members of the international community as part of its quest to achieve IB authorization. If authorized, LCHS would be one of only two high schools in Idaho to be approved for IB; Coeur d’Alene High School is the other IB school.

The IB method of teaching is designed to encourage students to think critically – to question and not to merely regurgitate what they are taught when tested. IB is a comprehensive, two-year college preparatory curriculum for juniors and seniors that will allow students to fulfill requirements of various national education systems and to meet admissions requirements of universities worldwide.

IB is currently in 1,228 schools in 116 countries. Many universities will offer sophomore standing for students who earn the full IB diploma. Students may be eligible to earn college credits even if they take just a few IB courses.

“IB is the most rigorous program in the world,” LCHS Principal John Brumley said at a parent’s meeting earlier this month.

LCHS will require that full IB-diploma students take courses in each of the six academic areas: English, international language, experimental sciences, individuals and societies, math and arts or electives. They must also complete a 4,000-word independent research paper during their senior year and perform 150 hours of community service and activity in the arts or athletics.

Parents of ninth- and 10th-grade potential IB students at LCHS will have the opportunity to meet with the IB authorization team on Tuesday at 12:45 p.m. and again at 1:30 p.m. in the school’s library.

Representing IB will be Steve Hreha, who has been teaching philosophy and humanities for the past 30 years at Champlain Regional College in Montreal. He was appointed IB coordinator in 1990. Joining him will be Joanne Tuffs, the IB diploma coordinator, and Nancy Forster, the administrator of the California IB organization.

For more information visit www.ibo.org.

Rotary Student of the Month

North Idaho College counseling major Mandolyn Duclos, of Spirit Lake, was selected as November’s Coeur d’Alene Rotary Club Scholar of the Month.

Duclos graduated salutatorian from Timberlake High School in 2004. She is vice president of the Associated Students of NIC and also serves as an ambassador of the college, providing new students with tours of the campus and helping them register.

She will graduate from NIC in May – the first person in her family to graduate from college – and plans to continue at a four-year institution.

Auditions planned

The North Idaho College Theater Department will hold auditions for “Baby with the Bathwater” by Christopher Durang at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in Boswell Hall Room 001.

This is a dark, satirical comedy with elements of farce. The play contains adult themes and strong language and will be directed by NIC alumnus Daniel Edmiston.

Two men and three women are needed, and community members are encouraged to audition. The auditions will be cold readings from the script. Scripts are available for early checkout in Boswell Hall Room 227. Performances will be in February. For more information, call 773-4914.

Community Information Night

Community Information Night at North Idaho College is Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Lake Coeur d’Alene Room of the Edminster Student Union Building.

The event is to provide information about NIC and make available to attendees admission or financial aid options as well as have advisers on hand. NIC will waive the $25 application fee for those who apply for admission during the event.

For more information call 769-3311.