1/6 students in first year drop out. University profs state that students are less prepared than even 3 years ago. Our status quo is not good enough. Students and professors argue high schools don't adequately prepare teens for one of the most stressful transition periods they will face – their first year of university. And about one in six students never complete their studies.

An even greater percentage -up to 50%, fail one or more first year classes.
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U of T and Queens both report that IB students comprise about 50% of their first year class and an even higher proportion of their graduates.
One graduate estimated that 90% of the graduates from engineering in her class at Waterloo had IB.

At Chippewa, we take pride in developing student leaders and have built this aspect into the ExcelleRAIDER program. Sports, science, leadership, business, forensics and marine biology camps will be promoted to students for additional optional enrichment.

Transportation or bussing is currently provided for qualified students in grades 9-12. Transportation for all board programs is under review however, so this may change.
Review the application process in the red folders.

4 key ingredientsAre we just admitting poorer students to university? The average entrance grade of students from high school has not declined over the last few years, but grade inflation is clearly present: the percentage of academic-stream Ontario Scholars, those graduating students with averages over 80 percent, has risen from about five percent of the graduating class in the early 1960s to almost 50 percent now.

Prepare for university style assignments through comparative essays, oral commentaries, essays, lab writing and individualized research assignments.

As grades have long been known to predict whether students will complete their program, significant grade drops may be contributing to dropout rates, suggesting that students coming in, even with an A+ average, may become discouraged and simply give up. In fact, the best evidence we have suggests that it is the highest achieving students that are most at risk for being disappointed in university.

The percentage of Ontario scholars has gone from 40% (in th 80's) of the graduating class to 60% today. Mark inflation is rampant.

In his paper, Martinello, and coauthor Ross Finnie, find–consistent with previous research–that on average students see a 10-point drop in their grades once they are in university. Using data from Statistics Canada’s Youth In Transition Survey, the study concludes that nearly half of all students surveyed saw their marks decline by one letter grade. About 23 per cent saw their grades plummet by two letters or more.

First started in Switzerland in the 60's as a program for diplomats children, it is now the fastest growing enrichment program worldwide. Over 1 million students in 143 countries are enrolled. In Canada, the majority of 327 IB schools are in Ontario, with the closest being Lo-Ellen Park in Sudbury. Most are in southern Ontario.

Every university in North America accepts higher level IB courses for credit and many accept standard level courses as well. In Canada, the top IB accepting schools are UBC, Bishops, U of Alberta.

Our university campuses look different than when we were there. Increasingly, the students are international candidates. IB gives our North Bay kids a world class education preparation. It puts them on a level playing field with students with AP and private school.

52% of our students will not finish in 4 years; over 90% of IB students do.

80% in IB at Chippewa = 80% in England, China or California. It also means 80% at university. Students who earn an 80% on their IB diploma are predicated to perform equally at university. Our regular high school 80% translates to a 68%. These students don't keep their first year scholarships.

As grades have long been known to predict whether students will complete their program, significant grade drops may be contributing to dropout rates, suggesting that students coming in, even with an A+ average, may become discouraged and simply give up. In fact, the best evidence we have suggests that it is the highest achieving students that are most at risk for being disappointed in university.

In his paper, Martinello, and coauthor Ross Finnie, find–consistent with previous research–that on average students see a 10-point drop in their grades once they are in university. Using data from Statistics Canada’s Youth In Transition Survey, the study concludes that nearly half of all students surveyed saw their marks decline by one letter grade. About 23 per cent saw their grades plummet by two letters or more. Only 2.5 per cent of students saw their grades improve, and about a quarter maintained averages consistent with their high school marks.