Sunny Hills IBInternational Baccalaureate
8th grade Pre-IB/Honors

IB students with the Sunny Hills Lancer mascot at a school event

The IB cohort out in force with the Sunny Hills Lancer.

What is IB?

The International Baccalaureate, in plain terms.

Sunny Hills has been an authorized IB World School since 1985.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year course of study, undertaken in the junior and senior years and recognized by universities worldwide. It is not an assortment of unrelated honors classes but a single, coherent program, designed to develop students who can conduct research, write with precision, and reason independently.

Students pursue six subjects drawn from across the major disciplines and unite them through three shared components: Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay, and Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS). The aim is not breadth of coverage for its own sake, but genuine depth, and the intellectual confidence to engage questions that admit no single, tidy answer.

2 yearsGrades 11 and 12
6 subjectsAcross all disciplines
3 core elementsToK, EE, and CAS
1985Authorized as an IB World School

What Sunny Hills IB offers

Six IB subject groups plus the Diploma Programme core.

Language & Literature

  • English A: Literature HL

Language Acquisition

  • Spanish SL / HL
  • Chinese SL / HL
  • Korean SL / HL
  • German SL / HL

Individuals & Societies

  • History of the Americas HL
  • Economics HL

Sciences

  • Biology SL
  • Physics SL / HL
  • Design Technology SL / HL

Mathematics

  • Analysis and Approaches SL

The Arts

  • Visual Arts HL
  • Dance SL / HL
  • Theater SL / HL

The DP Core

  • Theory of Knowledge
  • Extended Essay
  • Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS)

Every student takes six subjects at Standard or Higher Level and completes the core.

Explore the program

Examine any part of the program in greater depth.

With effort, IB and marching band are completely doable.
Jiwon HurClass of 2020
IB was definitely a program that changed my life and one that has influenced my character greatly.
Scarlett AlcantaraClass of 2020
The IB Program at Sunny Hills taught me how to critically think and write academic papers.
Daniel LeeClass of 2020
SHHS IB has given me the opportunity to make strong, long-lasting relationships.
Grace ParkClass of 2019
IB offers an opportunity to learn how to think, not what to think.
Scott RosenkranzIB Coordinator & Theory of Knowledge