LWHS IB Program

Welcome to the IB Program at LWHS

The International Baccalaureate® aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

• Student are more likely to attend a first-choice college.

• The average IB Diploma recipient earns 30 college credits while in high school.

• More scholarship opportunities.

• IB Diploma recipients earn full Bright Futures Scholarship.

• It increases academic opportunity.

• It encourages you to become a confident and independent learner.

• The IB encourages critical thinking.

• Graduates are globally minded.

• It is an international qualification.

• Diploma Program students have proven time management skills.

• It assesses more than examination techniques.

Assessment Policy

The assessment policy of Lake Wales High School IB Diploma Program is based on two important constructs: Mastery Learning and Standards Based Grading/IB Learning Outcomes or Topics.

CAS Handbook

Creativity, Activity, and Service is a CORE element of the IB. This is an opportunity for students to explore interests outside of the IB curriculum. 

Language Policy

Language is at the heart of learning. It is how thought, meaning, and understanding are expressed and provides access to literature, culture, history, the sciences, mathematics, and the arts.

Inclusion Policy

Lake Wales High School strives to ensure that all students are provided with equal access to academic opportunities and the support to be academically successful in the IB Diploma Program at LWHS.

Academic Integrity Policy 

Academic honesty involves showing integrity and respect for oneself and the assessment process. It is the expectation that every student at Lake Wales High School exercise academic honesty in all of their work

Complaint Procedures

In the event that a legal guardian or student has a complaint throughout their tenure as a studying in the Diploma Programme, it is best practice to follow the steps in the document below.