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• CAS (Creativity, Action, Service): extracurricular and service activities
Can students in a small, rural community succeed with demanding courses and tests assessed by international graders? Do Rappahannook’s curriculum and staff development opportunities support academic rigor? Will IB compromise other programs and serve only a few students?
Answers to these legitimate questions have been sought from other schools offering IB and produced impressive answers, especially from nearby Clarke County, demographically similar to Rappahannock. While Clarke initially faced many issues in launching IB, its middle and high school students, and the division as a whole, are now reaping the many rewards of this program.
Last winter, when Rappahannock hosted a school-community forum to learn more, one of Clarke’s IB English teachers predicted our students could be just as successful as their neighbors by remarking, “Our kids are no different from yours.” In Clarke, IB is open to any motivated student, with 84 percent of 9th graders and over 50 percent of 11th and 12th graders participating in IB or pre-IB courses.
Students benefit whether they pursue the full cjjploma or individual course certificates, and CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) is valuable for all. Colleges report being impressed that a student attempts and completes IB classes, not just with the course grade or whether a student passes IB’s rigorous exams.
Since implementing IB, Clarke students have enjoyed increased admission and ability to compete in college. Yet, college-bound or not, student intellectual development is at the heart of the educational mission, and IB’s emphasis on being well-rounded strongly
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