We are proud to be an IB World School, which means we uphold the highest standards and practices for IB schools across the globe.  A key component of teaching and learning through IB is assessment based on IB objectives and criteria.  Your child will complete at least one IB assessment per unit of instruction in each subject, and those tasks will be scored based on subject-specific IB rubrics that have clear descriptors for each score.  We will provide and review the rubric(s) for each task as it is assigned, and you will be able to find them in your child’s notebook and/or on Schoology.

In PowerSchool, you will notice that some assignments are listed as “IB Assess Criterion (A, B, C, or D)”, might be entered multiple times for the different criteria assessed, and have scores ranging from 0 to 8 rather than 0 to 100.  These IB scores represent current performance levels and, if viewed over the course of the year, are a gauge of your child’s development of subject-based skills, concepts, and content per criterion.  As IB scores, these entries into PowerSchool do not factor into your child’s average (you will see an asterisk that notes this next to each IB score).  We believe that students deserve credit for their assignments; therefore, the same task will be entered as a Henrico County grade out of 100% that does average into their quarterly grades.  As you view the IB and HCPS scores, we encourage you to talk with your child about his/her performance and development in the IB subject areas, using the rubrics and assessment directions to guide your conversations.  Please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher or our IB  coordinator if you have any questions about IB assessment tasks, scoring, or HCPS grades.

Email the FMS IB Coordinator, Kashira Turner kmturner@henrico.k12.va.us with any other questions

Students should submit this to their English teacher electronically or on paper on either September 18 or September 19 (depending on what day their class meets). Students will complete activities and an IB Assessment in English class that is connected to their summer reading after it is turned in on September 18 or September 19.

You are required to have 15 hours for the 2023-2024 school year which are due by May 8.  The SAA link will be published on September 11. In the meantime students should keep track of their hours on their own log. Once the link is published, students must log into their school gmail account in order to access the link. No paper logs will be accepted. Please email Ms. Turner with questions.