International Baccalaureate Program

A four-year accelerated and comprehensive international curriculum with close articulation between subjects and year levels and an emphasis on problem solving and integration of knowledge. The IB Diploma Program requires students to take and be examined in six subject groups they have studied over four years: Language A (literature written or translated into English), Language B (a second language), Social Sciences, Experimental Sciences, Mathematics, Arts and Electives.

 

In addition students take a two-year inter-disciplinary course (Theory of Knowledge), write an independent research Extended Essay of 4,000 words, and participate in creative, action, and service (CAS) activities. LPHS has the oldest IB program in Chicago and one of the most successful in the world. Over the past twenty years, there have been more National Merit Semi-Finalists from Lincoln Park’s IB Program than from all of the rest of CPS high schools combined.

 

Admission: Highly Selective. Students must be at the Exceeds Standards Performance Level in Reading and Math on 7th grade ISAT or the 90th percentile on other standardized tests. An entrance test is required which includes written literature interpretation. There is a review of academic record and attendance as well as an interview with student and parent. An application to the IB Program is also considered to be an application to the HH/AP Program.