page_title: Frank W. Springstead High School
section_title: International Baccalaureate
hierarchical_section_title: Frank W. Springstead High School / International Baccalaureate
caption_attribution_description: English: IB diploma logo
context_page_description: Frank W. Springstead High School is a public Hernando County high school in Spring Hill, Florida. The school opened on December 1, 1975, and had its first graduation class in 1979. In 2014, Springstead High School was ranked as #929 which was based on their Advanced Placement test scores, graduation rate, and SAT and ACT scores. Springstead High School was chosen to become the only International Baccalaureate school in Hernando County. This program started in the 2008-2009 school year.
context_section_description: Springstead is the only high school in Hernando county currently offering an IB program. Students begin in a pre-IB program in freshman and sophomore years before beginning the core IB program in junior year and finishing it senior year. Springstead currently offers several standard-level (SL) and high-level courses (HL) and the program as a whole is well regarded by the community.
  To earn an IB diploma, one has to take courses from six subjects, one each from groups 1-5, and either one from group 6 or a substitute from one of the other groups.
  Group 1: Language A: literature, Language A: language and literature, and Literature and performance.
  Group 2: Classical languages, Language B, and Language ab initio
  Group 3: Business management, Economics, Geography, History, Information technology in a global society, Philosophy, Psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, World religions, and Global Politics
  Group 4: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Design Technology, Environmental systems and societies, Physics, and Sports, exercise and health science
  Group 5: Mathematical Studies SL (known as Math Studies), Mathematics SL, Mathematics HL, and Further Mathematics HL
  Group 6: Dance, Film, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts
  Each student beginning in their junior year is allowed to choose three SL courses and three HL courses. At the end of either junior or senior year, depending on if the courses are one year or two year long courses, the student will take an I.B. mandated exam. Each of the six exams will be scored out of 7. The I.B. diploma requires you to score at least a 24 cumulative points to earn the diploma.
  Along with those courses, Theory of Knowledge is a mandatory course for all I.B. students, students must complete a community service project (CAS), and must complete a 4,000 word extended essay (EE) on a subject area of their choice.
caption: F.W. Springstead is an I.B. World School.
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