George School is pleased to announce that twenty-eight members of the Class of 2010 have received the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma after enrolling in the rigorous two-year IB Diploma Program at George School and sitting for IB exams last spring. The IB Diploma Program is an intensive preuniversity curriculum that students can elect to take during the junior and senior years.

Ninety-four percent of George School’s 2010 IB Diploma candidates successfully earned the diploma. The average diploma score was 29 points, which is 5 points above the score required for the diploma. This record shows exemplary efforts on the part of students and their teachers.

One of the few U.S. boarding schools to offer the rigorous IB Diploma Program, and one of the first in the United States to implement it, George School also offers students who do not enroll in the full Diploma Program the option of pursuing subject-specific IB certificates or taking individual classes.

Overall last spring, 131 George School students, including 74 seniors, took a total of 331 IB examinations in 19 different subjects. These numbers include students enrolled in the IB Diploma Program, students pursuing subject-specific IB certificates, and students taking individual IB classes.

IB classes at George School follow the curriculum developed by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Worldwide, the IBO works with 3,047 schools in 139 countries to offer IB programs.

The IB curriculum at George School is coordinated by English teacher Ralph Lelii, taught by George School faculty, and judged by an international panel of examiners.