Let me take a moment to brag about swimmer2006...

[azdesertrose]

...for she is made of awesome.

She just got a letter on Thursday telling her that she is invited to apply for the International Baccalaureate high school diploma programme.

This kicks much arse.

The IB program is an internationally recognized high school program, and if she does well in it (which I know she can and likely will), she can go to college damn near anywhere she likes and do anything she likes.

Ever since I heard of this thing, I've been wanting her to have the opportunity, and now she's invited to apply.

So three cheers for Mini-me. Hip hip huzzah, hip hip huzzah, hip hip huzzah!!!

She's the only person in her year at her school to get the letter. She's apparently the only kid in the entire eighth grade at her school to have the grades and the FCAT (standardized test) scores to qualify.

She's just brilliant.

And as further proof of brilliance, this year's science project is another engineering project. She's taking the hovercraft she built in FOURTH GRADE (!!!!) and working out how best to steer it.

Again, she's fourteen years old, and she's working on the trajectory and speed of a one-person hovercraft that she built when she was nine (with grandfatherly assistance because power tools were involved).

She's so damn smart it's almost scary.

Comments

[nixxymoon.livejournal.com]

OMG WOW .. that is just so awesome .. CONGRATS to both you and your "walking brain" of a daughter!!!
When does she enter into the program?

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

Next school year. She's in eighth grade now, and the IB program is for high school kids.

Thanks!

[myrrhdusa.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

Isn't it though?

Thanks!

[asuka24.livejournal.com]

WoWoWoWoW!
That's great.. congrats to her.
I'm sure you're so proud, as you should be.
SHE IS ALL TYPES OF AMAZING!

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Yes, I am super proud of her. She's awesome.

[madrun.livejournal.com]

I was in the IB program. I would be happy to tell her about it if you'd like. It's very different from a regular high school environment, at least it was in my high school. Is the IB program in Jacksonville a magnet program in a regular school, or so they have their own school?

[kappamaki.livejournal.com]

Like madrun, I too earned the full IB diploma (vs. the certificate in a certain discipline). It was excellent preparation for college and I learned faaaaar more than I would have in normal high school classes or even AP classes.

I was a poor student in high school despite high test scores, and I'm pretty convinced that my IB diploma was the major factor in my getting accepted to several good universities.

I'd also be happy to talk about my experience if mini-you has any questions, but it sounds like she's ready to go for it! Tell her congrats from me. ^_^

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

Please do share your experiences with swimmer2006; I'd like her to know as much as she can.

Thanks for the congratulations.

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

It's a magnet program in a regular high school. There are actually two schools, Paxon School for Advanced Studies and Stanton College Prep, which both have an academically talented program as well.

Please do share with her your experiences; I'd like her to know as much as possible about the program.

[sugar-boogers.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to your daughter!

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks!