SJII School Profile 2022

SCHOOL PROFILE 2022 CEEB Code: 687006 | UCAS School ID: 45765 | IB School Code: 003400

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CLASS OF 2022

as of August 1 2022

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Learning

Learning at the High School has four core pillars: Academic Learning, Service Learning, Co-Curricular Learning and Outdoor Education.

STUDENT POPULATION

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SJI International was founded in January 2007 and is part of the Catholic educational tradition of the De La Salle Christian Brothers. The school is one of three in Singapore with a license to educate both Singaporean and international students.

A ca de m ic

Enabling students, within a Lasallian community, to learn how to learn and learn how to live, empowering them to become people of integrity and people for others.

FACULTY

1284

Grades 7-12

20

406

200

on a full or partial scholarship

Grades 9,10 and 10FC

422

54.1% Singaporean

Nationalities

32%

200

doing the full IB Diploma

Grades 11-12

19

Students

34

8

on full or partial scholarship

Nationalities

doing National Service

129

Full time

60

Master’s Degree

9

Part time

22

Nationalities

4

Doctoral Degree

GRADING OVERVIEW

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS INFORMATION SJI INTERNATIONAL

SINGAPORE CONTEXT

• The language of instruction is English.

• The academic year runs from January to December with students sitting November IGCSE and IB exams. The Class of 2022 will graduate on November 19 2022, with final IB results expected in early January 2023.

• All Singaporean Citizens and Permanent Residents must fulfil the Ministry of Education Mother Tongue Language Requirement. Hence a student’s choice of languages throughout High School is usually restricted.

• Male Singaporean Citizens and Permanent Residents completing their compulsory two years of Singapore National Service are supported by the University Counsellors at SJI International through their university applications, including submitting all official high school documents and letters of recommendation.

UNIVERSITY COUNSELLING POLICIES

GRADING OVERVIEW

• Final IGCSE grades by the Cambridge IGCSE are awarded on an A* to G scale; final IB grades by the IBO are awarded on a 1 - 7 scale with 7 being the highest. For the Class of 2022, school grades are awarded on a 1 - 7 scale and Theory of Knowledge is assessed on an A - E scale.

• Physical Education and Religious Education are assessed on a Pass/Fail scale.

• IB Predicted Grades are awarded in October, just before students sit for final examinations and graduate in November.

• Students are not ranked or awarded GPAs. • University Counsellors do not complete tick boxes on recommendation forms.

• Disciplinary infractions resulting in a fixed term external exclusion are disclosed if requested.

COVID-19 IMPACT

• In line with the Singapore Ministry of Education guidelines, SJI International was on Home Based Learning from March 26 to June 12, 2020 and from May 19 to June 11, 2021.

• There were severe restrictions on activities, interaction and movement since early February 2020. Frequent changes to safe-distancing regulations led to difficulty in planning. Restrictions have eased significantly since April 2022.

• All examination sessions have been held in person.

• All school related student and staff travel ceased on February 3, 2020. Staff travel for conferences resumed in July 2022.

UNIVERSITY COUNSELLORS: Ms Tannaz Daver (tannaz.daver@sji-international.com.sg) Mr Aidan Crowley (aidan.crowley@sji-international.com.sg) Ms Danika Pierce (danika.pierce@sji-international.com.sg)

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IB DIPLOMA SUBJECTS (CLASS OF 2022) All courses are taught at HL and SL unless stated otherwise.

Group 1: Language and Literature

Group 2: Language Acquisition

Language and Literature Chinese, English, Japanese SL Literature English, Indonesian, Korean SL, Vietnamese SL Language B Chinese - Mandarin, English HL, German SL, Hindi SL, Indonesian HL, Japanese SL, Malay SL, Russian SL, Spanish, Tamil SL Ab Initio (SL only) French, German, Indonesian, Spanish

Group 3: Individuals and Societies

Business Management, Economics, Environmental Systems and Societies SL, Geography, History, Psychology

Group 4: Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science SL, Environmental Systems and Societies SL, Physics, Sports Exercise and Health Science HL

Group 5: Mathematics

Mathematics Analysis and Approaches, Mathematics Applications and Interpretations SL

Group 6: The Arts

Music, Theatre HL, Visual Arts HL

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMME Grade 9 and 10 (IGCSE Curriculum) All students follow the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) curriculum and sit eight IGCSEs at the end of Grade 10; students who also take Additional Mathematics sit nine.

With the exception of some language examinations which are only offered in the May sitting, all IGCSE examinations are taken in the same examination session.

Grade 10 Foundation Course (FC) FC is a one-year course for students who join the school at the end of Grade 9 or the start of Grade 10 and cannot join the two year IGCSE programme.

FC students may occasionally take one or two IGCSE examinations (usually Mathematics and/or Foreign Language); however this is not the norm.

Grade 11 and 12 (IB Diploma) All students follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The occasional student may complete Courses due to extenuating circumstances.

In keeping with the four pillars of our programme, students are discouraged from taking four subjects at the Higher Level in the IB Diploma.

Non-Singaporean students admitted on a scholarship are required to study their Home Language.

THE SERVICE LEARNING, CO-CURRICULAR LEARNING AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMMES (CLASS OF 2022) All students in Grades 9 - 12 engage in Service Learning, Co-Curricular Learning and Outdoor Education. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these activities ceased on March 20 2020. Although interaction was severely restricted to allow for safe-distancing requirements and most activities were held virtually, a modified Service and Co-curricular activities programme resumed from September 14 2020. Most restrictions were lifted in April 2022.

In Grade 11 and 12 service programmes are usually student-initiated and led. In 2020 and 2021 since direct interaction was not possible, service learning took place through means such as advocacy. In 2022 some service learning activities are being held virtually and some are face to face.

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Usually all students participate in challenging residential experiences overseas, culminating in Challenge Week in Grade 11, a student-planned, teacher-mentored project resulting in a week of independent activity, without teacher supervision, within South East Asia. However, while the Class of 2022 planned their trips through Grade 11, they were not able to implement them due to travel restrictions. An adapted version of Challenge Week took place online instead.

All students in Grade 9 complete the National Youth Achievement Bronze Award. From Grade 10 onwards students can choose to continue to the Silver and Gold Awards. Since 2020 students working towards the Silver and Gold Awards did their expeditions in Singapore.

BREAKDOWN BY SUBJECT FOR THE CLASS OF 2021 Grp

Subject

SJII Mean

SJII Count

SJII Max

SJII Min

Global Weighted Mean

1

Chinese A: Language And Literature HL

6.00

4

7

5

6.13

1

Chinese A: Language And Literature SL

6.67

6

7

6

6.36

1

English A: Lang And Literature HL

6.06

48

7

4

5.15

1

English A: Lang And Literature SL

6.14

116

7

4

5.47

1

English A: Literature HL

6.00

13

7

5

4.89

1

English A: Literature SL

5.88

17

7

4

5.33

1

Indonesian A: Literature HL

5.00

1

5

5

6.12

1

Indonesian A: Literature SL

5.75

8

7

4

5.51

2

Chinese B HL

7.00

2

7

7

6.54

2

Chinese B SL

6.73

106

7

5

6.36

2

English B HL

6.63

8

7

6

6.00

2

French B SL

6.50

4

7

5

5.25

2

Japanese Ab Initio SL

7.00

1

7

7

5.66

2

Malay B SL

5.80

5

6

5

6.31

2

Spanish Ab Initio SL

5.89

36

7

4

5.35

2

Spanish B HL

7.00

1

7

7

5.89

2

Spanish B SL

6.00

6

7

5

5.28

2

Tamil B SL

6.67

3

7

6

6.25

3

Business Management HL

6.45

40

7

5

5.51

3

Business Management SL

6.06

17

7

4

5.51

3

Economics HL

6.21

61

7

5

5.66

3

Economics SL

6.57

28

7

5

5.41

3

Environmental Systems And Societies SL

6.00

25

7

3

4.70

3

Geography HL

6.15

34

7

5

5.79

3

Geography SL

6.17

6

7

5

5.39

3

History HL

6.85

20

7

6

4.69

3

History SL

6.50

2

7

6

4.97

3

Psychology HL

6.03

40

7

4

5.32

3

Psychology SL

6.11

9

7

5

5.04

4

Biology HL

6.10

82

7

4

5.05

4

Biology SL

6.27

11

7

5

4.62

4

Chemistry HL

6.48

94

7

3

5.44

4

Chemistry SL

6.08

13

7

5

4.96

4

Computer Science SL

5.94

16

7

3

5.30

4

Environmental Systems And Societies SL

6.00

25

7

3

4.70

4

Physics HL

5.96

49

7

3

5.37

4

Physics SL

5.86

14

7

2

4.86

4

Sports Exercise And Health Science HL

5.75

4

6

5

5.41

4

Sports Exercise And Health Science SL

5.80

5

7

4

4.47

5

Mathematics Analysis And Approaches HL

6.33

73

7

4

5.46

5

Mathematics Analysis And Approaches SL

5.91

110

7

3

5.13

5

Mathematics Applications And Interpretations SL

5.65

17

7

3

4.71

6

Music HL

6.50

2

7

6

5.17

6

Theatre HL

6.33

12

7

5

5.30

6

Visual Arts HL

5.60

15

7

4

4.58

IB DIPLOMA RESULTS PASS RATES

MEAN SCORES

SAT/ACT TESTS

Standardised exams have always been a barrier and have caused a great deal of anxiety in our community.

• As students sit their final IB examinations in November, there are no exam dates that fit seamlessly with the calendar.

• In keeping with the four pillars of our programme, students are not encouraged to spend excessive amounts of time preparing for standardised exams.

• The cancellations to the tests in Singapore in the past four years, as well as more recently because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, has added to the difficulties of accessing the standardised exams and have resulted in an increased level of anxiety and lack of confidence in the tests themselves amongst our student and parent communities.

As a result, students will generally only take a standardised exam if required and universities should not expect a standardised exam result otherwise.

UNIVERSITY MATRICULATIONS CLASSES OF 2018-2021

One or more students from the Classes of 2018 to 2021 have chosen to matriculate at the following universities. Based on student reported data.

Correct as of 1 August 2022

Asia (ex SG) 3.5% Australia 15.5% Canada 3.8% Europe (ex UK) 4.3% Singapore 34.5% UK 27.1% US 11.2% ASIA (ex SG) Beijing University of Chinese Medicine British University of Vietnam Chung Ang University Fudan University Ghent University Global Campus Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong University of Science & Technology International Medical University Kyushu University New York University - Abu Dhabi Seoul National University Sungkyunkwan University Tama Art University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Hong Kong University of Tsukuba Waseda University Zhejiang University AUSTRALIA Australian National University Curtin College Curtin University Edith Cowan University Monash College Monash University Murdoch University RMIT University of Adelaide University of Melbourne University of New South Wales University of Queensland University of Sydney University of Technology Sydney University of Western Australia Victoria University William Angliss Institute CANADA Concordia University McMaster University University of British Columbia University of Toronto Western University York University

EUROPE (ex UK) Bocconi University Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne Erasmus University College Istituto Marangoni, Paris Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Tampere University Trinity College Dublin UniLasalle University College Cork University College Twente University College Utrecht University of Amsterdam Wageningen University SINGAPORE Curtin Singapore Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne Singapore James Cook University Singapore LASALLE College of the Arts Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Nanyang Technological University National University of Singapore PSB Academy Singapore Institute of Management Singapore Management University Singapore University of Social Sciences Singapore University of Technology & Design Yale-NUS College UNITED KINGDOM Architectural Association School of Architecture Birkbeck, University of London Cardiff University Durham University Goldsmiths, University of London Imperial College London King’s College London London School of Economics and Political Science Newcastle University Norwich University of the Arts Queen Mary, University of London Royal Veterinary College University College London University for the Creative Arts University of Bath University of Birmingham

UNIVERSITY COUNSELLORS: Ms Tannaz Daver (tannaz.daver@sji-international.com.sg) Mr Aidan Crowley (aidan.crowley@sji-international.com.sg) Ms Danika Pierce (danika.pierce@sji-international.com.sg)

University of Bristol University of Cambridge University of Dundee University of East Anglia University of Edinburgh University of Exeter University of Glasgow University of Leeds University of Leicester University of Liverpool University of Northumbria University of Nottingham University of Oxford University of Sheffield University of Southampton University of St. Andrews University of the Arts London University of Warwick University of York USA Barnard College Bates College Boston University Brandeis University Brown University Colgate University College of the Holy Cross Duke University Fordham University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Indiana University at Bloomington Loyola Marymount University Michigan State University New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Occidental College Penn State University Rhode Island School of Design Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago Skidmore College Stanford University SUNY Geneseo Swarthmore College The New School University of California, Berkeley University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of Kentucky University of Notre Dame University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Vassar College Wesleyan University Yale University

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