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Garner High
International Baccalaureate - High School
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Calendar: Traditional

Information for the: 2011 - 2012 school year.

For information about Magnet Programs and how to apply for them, visit our online Magnet Programs Center.

If you are planning to visit this school to enroll your child for the 2012-2013 school year, please visit their Website or contact them using the information below for their enrollment schedule. School staff will have times set up to receive your forms and walk you through the process.

Principal, Grades & Calendar

Principal - Drew Cook

Grades - 9 - 12

2011-12 Bell Schedule - 7:25 a.m. - 2:18 p.m.

Instructional Calendar

Garner High runs on the Traditional calendar. Currently, the following Traditional calendars are available for download:

2011 - 2012 Traditional Calendar (Adobe Reader File)
2012 - 2013 Traditional Calendar (Adobe Reader File)

Contact

Phone - (919) 662-2379

Fax - (919) 662-2397

Website - http://garnerhs.wcpss.net

Location

Address - 2101 Spring Drive, Garner, NC 27529

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Description

Garner Magnet High School is a competitive public high school that celebrates diversity in all students, faculty members, and the community. Students are recognized as individuals and are motivated to constantly self-reflect as they strive to become successful life-long learners. The primary instructional focus at GMHS is to challenge students by encouraging intellectual stimulation, healthy and positive interactions, and vast extracurricular experiences.

Built in 1968, Garner Magnet High School has a proud tradition of athletic excellence and community involvement. More recently, GMHS has built a strong reputation as a school with an outstanding fine arts program, where each year hundreds of talented students participate in modern dance, ballet, drama, chorus, band, orchestra, and visual arts. As an authorized IB Middle Years and Diploma Program school, GMHS is committed to offering a well-rounded education as means of preparing students for an ever-changing 21st century world.

The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) is recognized and implemented in more than 130 countries around the world. The IB Middle Years Program (MYP) is designed for students in grades 6-10 and encourages an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning. In addition to taking courses in the traditional core subjects, MYP students at GMHS are required to take courses in fine arts, technology, and foreign language during both their 9th and 10th grade years. The IB Diploma Program is an optional two-year course of study for 11th and 12th graders who want to take the most challenging academic program available to them. In addition to taking college-level courses in at least six areas, students are also expected to give back to the community by completing 150 Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) hours. Led by a faculty of more than 150 highly qualified and dedicated educators, these programs help GMHS carry out its’ primary mission: To Empower With Knowledge and Character.

Curriculum: International Baccalaureate - High School

Theme Description

1. Offers final two years of the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme

2. Strong emphasis placed on ideals of international understanding, responsible citizenship, and service.

3. Rigorous and balanced two year program of university level coursework that leads to IB examinations

4. Diploma students take six subjects and write a 4,000 word extended essay, complete a course in theory of knowledge and complete a number of creativity, service and action and service (CAS) projects

5. Students who qualify via IB examinations receive the IB Diploma recognized by universities throughout the world

All levels of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme:

• Offer study across a broad range of subjects

• Promote international understanding and a global perspective

• Emphasize the learning of a second language

• Develop responsible members of a community

• Promote the attributes of he IB learner profile

2101 Spring Drive, Garner, NC 27529 (919 ) 662-2379

Important: Bus Routes are subject to change, based on actual student distribution, parent appeals and other factors. The information here will be updated regularly, but updates may lag changes by several days.

Route Information Last Updated: 8:20 AM, Mon, Dec 5, 2011