Category Archives: International Baccalaureate
Bookends: Volume 3: Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s not necessarily the easiest!
Dear Alex, So much time has passed since you posted, and it seems that my thinking is evolving every day – not just in response to the posting itself, but also in response to real-life, face-to-face conversations we’ve had since … Continue reading
Bookends: Volume 2: Allow Me to Burst Your Bubble
By the time students enroll in the IB Diploma Programme they have amassed a great deal of knowledge. My job, as their Theory of Knowledge teacher, is to make them forget it. Alec Peterson, the first Director General of the … Continue reading
“Bookends: Volume 1″
“Bookends” is the ongoing conversation between Alex Bogel, “Theory of Knowledge” and standard-level IB English teacher and Bill Ivey, Humanities 7 teacher. It is an exploration of metacognition and their students’ developing skills in critical thinking, reflective learning and more. … Continue reading
View from the International Baccalaureate Nest
I had the opportunity this week to sit down with two girls enrolling in the IB Diploma Programme, a chance to talk about how they view their strengths and challenges as students, about where they see themselves in relation to … Continue reading
Anticipating the IB Diploma Program
As we near the end of February – months since my last entry (I note with chagrin…) – we are waiting impatiently to receive our official authorization to open as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School next fall. This is … Continue reading
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Bill Ivey, Stoneleigh-Burnham Middle School Dean
Laura Lavallee, Assoc. Dir. of Admissions
Liz Feeley, Associate Director of Development and Alumnae Relations
Sally Mixsell, Head of School
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