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Superintendent:
Mona Nashman-Smith, mnsmith@abaoman.edu.om
High School Principal:
Tony Salt, tsalt@abaoman.edu.om
High School Vice Principal:
Elsbeth Lang, elang@abaoman.edu.om
IB Coordinator:
Terry Storer, tstorer@abaoman.edu.om
High School Counselor:
Marcie Frederickson,
mfrederickson@abaoman.edu.om
Registrar:
Ann Smith, registrar@abaoman.edu.om
Web Site:
www.abaoman.edu.om |
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 372
Medinat Al Sultan Qaboos,
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, P.C. 115
Tel:
(968) 24603646/24605287
Fax:
(968) 24603544
College Board School Code:
688090
IB Code:
0510
IGCSE Code:
OM004 |
Mission, Vision and Values
The
mission of ABA-an IB World School is to provide an
international education of the highest quality to enable
students to be confident, responsible, caring, life-long
learners. Our vision is that ABA students achieve their
maximum potential in an environment of intercultural
understanding and respect, to meet the challenges of a
rapidly changing world. ABA values communication,
diversity, inquiry, integrity, knowledge,
open-mindedness, reflection, thinking, and the
willingness to take risks.
The School
ABA-an
IB World School, founded in 1987, is the first K-12
fully authorized IB World School in the Arabian Gulf
region. It is a private, non-profit, English language
co-educational day school that offers an academically
rigorous K-12 IB curriculum to expatriate students in
Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. With more
than sixty different countries represented in a school
community of 980 students (270 in the high school), ABA
promotes academic excellence within a context of
intercultural understanding and respect.
Accreditation
ABA is
accredited by both the Middle States Association of
Colleges and Schools and the Council of International
Schools. As an IB World School, ABA is authorized to
offer the International Baccalaureate Primary Years
Program (Grades K-5), the International Baccalaureate
Middle Years Program (Grades 6-10) and the International
Baccalaureate Diploma Program (Grades 11-12).
Faculty
ABA
recruits highly qualified teachers who provide a
supportive international learning environment for
students. The 123 faculty members at ABA represent
seventeen nations. All teachers at ABA hold at least a
Bachelor’s degree and more than 25% have a Master’s
degree. Two faculty members hold a Doctorate.
High School Curriculum
Throughout the four years of high school, all students
at ABA work towards the ABA Diploma, a US-style high
school diploma that certifies successful completion of
at least 25 credits of university-preparatory
coursework. In addition, standard coursework in Grades 9
and 10 prepares students for optional examinations in
the International General Certificate of Secondary
Education system (www.cie.org.uk). In the 2009 exam
session, 81% of Grade 10 students sat five or more IGCSE
examinations. In Grades 11 and 12, all courses follow
the syllabi of the International Baccalaureate Diploma
Program (www.ibo.org). In the Class of 2009, 92% of
students were IB Diploma Candidates.
Graduation Requirements
A
minimum of 25 credits of high school coursework
distributed as follows is required for graduation (one
credit is equivalent to one year of coursework).
|
Subject |
Credits |
Subject |
Credits |
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English |
4
|
Foreign Language (same language) |
2 |
|
Science |
3
or 4* |
Creative and Performing Arts |
1 |
|
Mathematics |
3
or 4* |
Physical Education |
1 |
|
Social Studies |
3 |
Research Project |
1 |
|
Electives |
5
½ |
Information Technology |
½ |
*
Students must complete 4 credits in either Mathematics
or Science.
**All
students must complete 150 hours of CAS
(creativity-action-service) to meet graduation
requirements.
Weighting, Ranking and the IB Grading System
At ABA,
grades are not weighted and students are not ranked. ABA
uses the International Baccalaureate 1-7 scale on
official transcripts. The cumulative GPA figure only
includes courses taken at ABA in Grades 9-12. We suggest
correlating the IB scale to an A-F grading system in the
following manner:
|
IB Mark |
Letter Grade |
IB Mark |
Letter Grade |
IB Mark |
Letter Grade |
IB Mark |
Letter Grade |
IB Mark |
Letter Grade |
IB Mark |
Letter Grade |
IB Mark |
Letter Grade |
|
7 |
A |
6 |
A- |
5 |
B |
4 |
B- |
3 |
C |
2 |
D |
1 |
F |
IGCSE Results
|
Year/Class |
A* |
A |
B |
C |
|
2009
(Class of 2011) |
16% |
20% |
32% |
23% |
|
2008
(Class of 2010) |
20% |
21% |
24% |
23% |
IB Results 2009
In the
Class of 2009, fifty seven out of sixty two students
were IB Diploma candidates. Ninety-two percent of those
candidates received their IB Diplomas with an average IB
score of 32 points.
Class of 2010
There are sixty seven
students in the Class of 2010 representing twenty nine
countries. They can be grouped regionally as follows:
Asia 24%, Europe 48%, North America 16% and Rest of the
World 12%. Fifty four are IB Diploma Candidates.
University Matriculation (2004-2009)
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CANADA
Bishop’s University
Carleton University*
Concordia University*
Emily
Carr University of Art and Design
Lakehead University
McGill University*
McMaster University*
Memorial University
Mount
Royal College
Queen’s University
Ontario College of Art and Design
Thompson Rivers University
University of Alberta*
University of British Columbia*
University of Manitoba
University of Toronto*
University of Waterloo*
York University*
UNITED KINGDOM
Art
Institute at Bournemouth
Bath
Spa University College
Birmingham City University
Edinburgh University*
Hull
York Medical School
Imperial College*
Kingston University*
London School of Economics*
Loughborough University*
Napier University
Newcastle University
Nottingham Trent
Oxford Brookes University*
Royal
Northern College of Music
University of Bath
University of Birmingham*
University of Cardiff
University of East Anglia
University of Glasgow
University of Kent at Canterbury
University of Leeds
University of Manchester*
University of Nottingham*
University of Portsmouth
University of Reading
|
University of Southampton
University of St. Andrews*
University of Sussex*
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of Warwick*
USA
Babson College*
Boston University*
Brown
University
Cal
Baptist University
Carnegie Mellon University*
Central Missouri State University
Cornell University
Duke
University*
Embry
Riddle, Florida
Georgia Technical University*
James
Madison University
Johns
Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michigan State University*
New
York University
North
Lake College
Northeastern University
Northwestern University*
Ohio State University*
Pace
University
Parsons School of Design
Pennsylvania State University*
Savannah College of Art and Design
Stanford University
SUNY
Buffalo
SUNY
Cortland
Syracuse University
Tufts University
University of Arizona*
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis*
University of Central Missouri
University of Hartford
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign*
University of Iowa
University of Michigan*
University of Missouri*
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of Pennsylvania*
University of Rochester |
University of Southern California
University of Utah
University of Virginia*
University of Washington
Yale
University*
REST
OF THE WORLD
American University of Cairo* (Egypt)
American University of Dubai (UAE)
American University of Sharjah* (UAE)
Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)
Delft
University of Technology (Netherlands)
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Netherlands)
ESMOD
Fashion Design School (Germany)
International Christian University (Japan)
Lebanese American University* (Lebanon)
Leiden University (Netherlands)
Lund
University (Sweden)
Maastricht Hotel Management School (Netherlands)
Notre Dame de Louaize (Lebanon)
Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
Saxion University (Netherlands)
Sultan Qaboos University (Oman)
Technical University Delft (Netherlands)
Thammasart University (Thailand)
Universite Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3*
(France)
University College Maastricht (Netherlands)
University of Agronomy of Gembloux* (Belgium)
University of Groningen (Netherlands)
University of Maastricht (Netherlands)*
University of Melbourne (Australia)
University of Nantes (France)
University of Otago (New Zealand)
University of Port Elizabeth* (South Africa)
University of Queensland (Australia)
University of Stavanger (Norway)
University of Utrecht* (Netherlands)
Vesalius College (Belgium) |
* Indicates a university to
which two or more ABA graduates have matriculated.
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