GWHS IB Diploma Program

IB Parent Information

Updated on September 19, 2011

IBPA Description (PDF), September 2010

GWIB Informational Flier (PDF)

Friends of IB Scholars & GW IB Parents Association Backgrounder (PDF)

Parent Association Dues/Donation Form (PDF)
Parent Association Dues Challenge Form (PDF)

IB Parents Association Directory Form (PDF)

IB Diploma Program General Regulations (PDF), posted September 30, 2008
for all GWIB Juniors and Seniors, and their parents/legal guardians

GW IB Parents Association

The IB Parents Association exists to support the school and the IB Program at George Washington, as well as the students and families of GWIB. All parents/guardians of IB students can become members of the IB Parent Association by registering their email and name on the georgeib.com website and paying the $40.00 membership fee (payable online). The parent association communicates information through the georgeib.com website as well as the monthly Broadcaster newsletter.

The support and programming the association provides includes:

1. IB Program Support

• Recruiting
• Marketing
• Public Relations
• CAS (Creativity, Action, Service)
• Funding
  • Teacher requests
  • Student requests
  • CAS
• Proctoring IB Exams
• Programming
  • Fall IB Picnic
  • Welcome Fest
  • Freshman Orientation
  • Mandatory Meetings by IB Coordinator, Suzi Geimer

2. Student/ Family Support

• College Counseling (funding, admissions etc.)
• Programming
  • IB Night for Freshman
  • Freshman Orientation
  • Senior Brunch
  • Parenting tips (Monthly programs for parents)

3. School Support

• CSC (Collaborative School Committee)
• Teacher Appreciation
• Denver Teacher Award Nomination
• Some programs open to all

4. Communication

• Georgeib.com website
• Monthly Broadcaster newsletter
• Student Directory
• Email blasts to registered Parent Association members

The IB Parents Association strives to provide IB students and families with informative, educational, social and supportive meetings and gatherings so that all may gain more knowledge about the IB program and the unique IB experience. We want everyone to feel supported and a part of the GW IB community. The IB Parents Association works hard to support our excellent IB faculty and staff by organizing teacher-appreciation events and coordinating volunteer time.

There are so many ways to be involved as an IB parent – the more you know, the more you learn how to help the greater the IB program functions! The IB Parent Association helps to foster communication and the exchange of ideas: we are allies for the success of our IB students and our IB program!

Our monthly meetings this year will again be on the second Tuesday of each month, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. IB Parents Association meetings are designed to be either educational and informative meetings, or social events to give IB families a chance to stay connected with other IB students and parents.

We welcome and encourage donations, which will increase the ability of the Association to support the IB Program, as well as other programs at GW in which many IB students participate. A generous response from our IB families will help us to keep the IB Program at GW as strong as ever!

IB life is exciting, all-encompassing, challenging and rewarding. The IB Parents Association is a direct way to stay connected, to be “in the know” and to help our kids succeed not only as IB students, but also as ‘citizens of the world.’

IB Broadcaster — GW IB Parents Association Newsletter

IB Parent Volunteer Survey (PDF)

Friends of IB Scholars Foundation

The Friends of IB Scholars Foundation was established by a group of IB parents and faculty in 1995
to support the IB program at George Washington by funding activities related to the GW IB program. These activities include loans to needy students for the cost of IB exams and books; grants to teachers for advising on IB extended essays: requests from IB teachers for equipment, books, subscriptions, and continuing education: loans to the Model UN group, support for National History Day participation by IB students, and other such requests. The Foundation also funds the position for the part-time college counselor for IB juniors and seniors.

Through its tax exempt 501(c)(3) status, the Foundation offers the opportunity for tax deductible contributions. The Foundation Board, comprised of IB parents, an IB faculty member, IB Program Coordinator Suzanne Geimer, and alumni parents meets several times a year concerning funding requests.

Contact Tom Zeiler, President, Friends of IB Scholars Foundation, for more information. thomaswilliamzeiler@gmail.com.