CLASS 3 (grade 11) – IB DP INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

2024/2025 school year

 

CANDIDATE APPLICATION
  1. The candidate is being registered by completing the candidate questionnaire online and a cover letter (online form).
  2. After completing the questionnaire, the candidate should submit the following documents send the scans by e-mail to rekrutacja.liceum@paderewski.lublin.pl:
  • documentation of results from a previous grade – e. g. reports, transcript of grades, description of subjects (curriculum), grading scale; 
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION
In the International Paderewski Secondary School the 3nd-grade candidates are admitted based on:

  • the analysis of documentation from the previous grade
  • the result of the English entrance examination – minimum result 75%
  • the result of the Maths entrance examination – minimum result 65%
  • the result of extended subjects (HL level) entrance examinations – minimum result 75%
  • the result of the recruitment interview online
RECRUITMENT INTERVIEW ONLINE

The recruitment interview online is obligatory for all candidates.

Evaluation criteria:

  • out-of-school activities of students – the commitment to helping other people or the environment, especially in the form of volunteering, and/or sports or artistic activity
  • the ability to present critical, analytical and scientific thinking – solving problem-based tasks
ENTRANCE EXAMS

Written exams and an interview are conducted online. The dates of the examination session is arranged individually with each candidate.

PROFILE

In grade 11, the IB DP International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is implemented, in which:

  • all subjects (except for the mother tongue) are taught in English,
  • there are 7 hours of English language lessons per week,
  • students choose 2 or 3 subjects at the standard SL level (4 hours per week),
  • students choose 3 or 4 subjects at the Advanced HL level (6 hours per week).

In the school year 2022/2023, we offer education in grades 3 in the following profiles:

TECHNICAL PROFILE - detailed description
The perfect solution for lovers of science who plan to study at any polytechnic faculties, architecture, computer science, mechatronics.

subject group 1 mother tongue A SL 
subject group 2 foreign language B HL
subject group 3 Ecology and Society (ESS) or Geography SL
subject group 4 physics or computer science SL or HL
subject group 5 mathematics AI * or mathematics AA * HL
subject group 6 computer science or physics or second foreign language SL or HL

* AI math – applying math to real-life problems, students must see math in the world around them and want to develop tools and skills to help them interpret the phenomena of the world around them.

* AA math – theoretical approach to math, students must have advanced computational skills, they must like challenges and an analytical approach to learning.

  • as well as 3 interdisciplinary educational areas:
  • theory of knowledge (TOK – Theory of Knowledge) covering the study of critical thinking, analysis of cognitive processes and learning about research methods and tools appropriate for individual subjects,
  • a program of creativity-action-service (CAS – Creativity, Action, Service), which serves development and self-improvement, as well as develops a pro-social attitude, promoting activities for the benefit of the needy, school or local community,
  • thesis (EE – Extended Essay) which is an independent research dissertation on the subject of your choice.
BUSINESS PROFILE - detailed description
The perfect solution for lovers of science who plan to study in such fields as business, banking, management, economics, marketing or finance.

subject group 1 mother tongue A SL 
subject group 2 foreign language B HL
subject group 3 History or Geography SL or HL
subject group 4 computer science or Ecology and Society (ESS) SL
subject group 5 mathematics AI * or mathematics AA * SL or HL
subject group 6 psychology or second foreign language SL or HL

*AI math – applying math to real-life problems, students must see math in the world around them and want to develop tools and skills to help them interpret the phenomena of the world around them.

* AA math – theoretical approach to math, students must have advanced computational skills, they must like challenges and an analytical approach to learning.

  • as well as 3 interdisciplinary educational areas:
  • theory of knowledge (TOK – Theory of Knowledge) covering the study of critical thinking, analysis of cognitive processes and learning about research methods and tools appropriate for individual subjects,
  • a program of creativity-action-service (CAS – Creativity, Action, Service), which serves development and self-improvement, as well as develops a pro-social attitude, promoting activities for the benefit of the needy, school or local community,
  • thesis (EE – Extended Essay) which is an independent research dissertation on the subject of your choice.
HUMANITIES PROFILE - a detailed description
The perfect solution for lovers of social sciences and humanities who plan to study in such fields as: psychology, philology, law, sociology, administration, philosophy, all arts departments.

subject group 1 mother tongue A SL or HL
subject group 2 foreign language B HL
subject group 3 history or psychology or geography SL or HL
subject group 4 biology or Ecology and Society (ESS) SL
subject group 5 mathematics AI * SL
subject group 6 psychology or second foreign language SL or HL

*AI math – applying math to real-life problems, students must see math in the world around them and want to develop tools and skills to help them interpret the phenomena of the world around them.

  • as well as 3 interdisciplinary educational areas:
  • theory of knowledge (TOK – Theory of Knowledge) covering the study of critical thinking, analysis of cognitive processes and learning about research methods and tools appropriate for individual subjects,
  • a program of creativity-action-service (CAS – Creativity, Action, Service), which serves development and self-improvement, as well as develops a pro-social attitude, promoting activities for the benefit of the needy, school or local community,
  • thesis (EE – Extended Essay) which is an independent research dissertation on the subject of your choice.
DATES AND FEES
  • examination fee – PLN 400 payable up to 5 days before the recruitment session.

Payments for the examination fee shall be made by parents to the following account: PKO BP II Lublin Branch 38 1020 3150 0000 3202 0058 0431

  • the dates of written entrance exams and the interview are indicated individually.

 

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