IBDP
CIS University Fair
CIS University Fair at BFIS. Seventy universities from all over the world gathered today at the BFIS Auditorium to offer information about their programs to secondary schools students in Barcelona who aspire to study internationally. It was a successful and full-attended event with hundreds of students and parents visiting the fair.
List of visiting universities:
Adelphi University, United States
American University, United States
Arts University Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Bath Spa University, United Kingdom
Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Bocconi University, Italy
Concordia University, Canada
Creighton University, United States
Earlham College, United States
École hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland
École Polytechnique, France
Elon UniversityUnited States
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, United States
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
ESADE Business School, Spain
Falmouth University, United Kingdom
Florida Atlantic University, United States
Florida Institute of Technology, United States
Franklin University Switzerland, Switzerland
Hotelschool The Hague, Hospitality Business School, Netherlands
Hult International Business School, London, United Kingdom
IE University, Spain
Indiana University, United States
IUBH University of Applied Sciences, Germany
John Cabot University, Italy
La Salle - Ramon Llull University, Spain
Leiden University College The Hague, Netherlands
Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, Spain
Loyola University Chicago, United States
Lynn University, United States
Maastricht University, Netherlands
NABA - Nuova Accademia Di Belle Arti, Milano, Italy
Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Nova Southeastern University, United States
Purdue University, United States
Regent's University London, United Kingdom
Rennes School Of Business, France
Richmond, The American International University in London, United Kingdom
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States
Ryerson University, Canada
Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus, Spain
San Jose State University, United States
Savannah College of Art and Design, United States
Sciences Po (Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris), France
SOAS University of London, United Kingdom
Syracuse University, United States
Temple University, Japan Campus, Japan
Texas Tech University, United States
The American University of Paris, France
The University of Akron, United States
The University of British Columbia, Canada
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Toulouse Business School, France
University College Utrecht, Netherlands
University of California, Irvine, United States
University of Colorado Boulder, United States
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
University of Missouri, United States
University of Navarra, Spain
University of Reading, United Kingdom
University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom
University of South Florida, United States
University of Southern California, United States
University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Webster Leiden Campus, Netherlands
Next Generation of Science Standards
On Friday September 21st, science consultant, Paul Andersen showed the parent community the power of the Next Generation Science Standards. Parents were shown a phenomena, asked questions about how it might work, drew models of their thinking, and then suggested ways to carry out an investigation.
Paul´s message...
- Kids should be doing more science and at younger ages;
- Don´t kill the wonder of science by explaining how the science works. Show them a phenomena that they have to figure out first and let them investigate how it might work.
- We can support scientific thinking by helping kids ask questions, model their thinking, and plan and carry out investigations.
- Thinking should be framed through the following lenses:Patterns, Cause/Effect, Scale/Proportion/Quantity, Systems, Energy/Matter, Structure/Function, Stability/Change.
The video of this session will be available soon.
We are committed to offering sessions like these throughout the year to support the exciting shifts happening across the school.
First Day of School 2017-2018
Welcome to a new school year! We are so excited to see new and returning parents! We have been busy preparing everything to ensure a wonderful experience for your student(s) this year. Our first day of school is normally a big day no matter where you're from. It's usually marked by excitement, energy and a bit of anxiety, especially for the little ones. BFIS welcomed today, September 4th, 690 students from 52 different nationalities. Welcome back students and parents! We are looking forward to a year full of excitement and wonderful learning experiences!
Excellent IB and Selectividad Results 2017
Last week more than 159,000 International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program (DP) students around the world received their results from the May 2017 examination session. In Spain, 2,684 students sat the IB exam, achieving a national pass rate of 84.7 percent and an average score of 31 points.
BFIS is once again delighted to announce another year of excellent IBDP results. This year, we had 54 diploma candidates (100% of students did the full IB Diploma Program) and once again, we had a 100% pass rate with all 54 students receiving the IB Diploma. This is the second year in a row all of our students in the Diploma Program successfully obtained the IB Diploma. This is well above the global and Spanish average of 80% and 84.7% respectively. It is also worth mentioning that 36 BFIS candidates (66%) were awarded the bilingual diploma. Our average score improved, reaching 35 points, approximately 5 points above the 30 points of global average. Our highest score also improved, reaching 44 points, and 20% of our students scored 40 points or more, a result that is only achieved by 5% of students worldwide.
SELECTIVIDAD
Seven BFIS students also took the Fase Específica of Selectividad, Spanish university entrance exams, to improve their IB scores, with the possibility of earning up to four additional points. 27 BFIS students requested the Spanish credential and their average score (with or without taking the Fase Específica) is 9.1. The Spanish national average score is not available yet but in 2016 was 6.3. The average score for the 7 BFIS candidates who also took the Fase Específica is 10.6.
The significant accomplishments of our students in such a challenging academic program are a credit to their hard work and to the efforts of our faculty and families in supporting them over the two-year course. The students leave us with impressive results that have gained them entry into a range of competitive colleges and universities worldwide, including Kings’ College London, UCL, Imperial College, University of Edinburgh, and Durham University in the UK and University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon and UPenn in the United States among others.
We wish our Class of 2017 every success as we continue to build on our achievements in the IBDP at BFIS.