Admission to Middle Years Programme (Grades 6 - 10; ages 11 - 16)
Students applying for admission to Grades 6 - 12 must take enrolment tests in English and mathematics as well as completing a short writing task to assess English language skills in order to determine the school’s capacity to meet the child’s needs.
Students entering Grades 10, 11 or 12 are expected to be able to meet graduation requirements.
PSI offers a rigorous college preparatory curriculum to all students in Grades 9 through 12. Students applying for admission in Grades 10 - 12 must have sufficient credits for graduation from their previous school(s), based on the PSI requirements, which are as follows.
Required Subjects - Credits
Language & Literature (1st language) - 4
Mathematics - 3
Humanities - 3
Science - 3
Language Acquisition (additional Language) - 2
Fine Arts - 1
Information Technology - 1
Physical Education - 1
Electives - 7
Total - 25 credits
Students must also complete 2 years of Community and Service in Grades 9 and 10 and 2 years of Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) in Grades 11 and 12.
Students transferring from other schools to PSI between Grade 9 and Grade 12 must submit previous academic school records. The Secondary principal determines which courses can be awarded credit equivalence. On the recommendation of the Secondary principal, the director may waive a credit requirement.
Admission to Diploma Programme / High School Graduation Track (Grades 11 and 12; ages 16 - 19)
The IB Diploma Programme / High School School Graduation Track is a two-year course for students aged 16 - 19. Students must schedule an interview with the DP coordinator to discuss the appropriateness of the programme with regard to university and career goals, as well as the evaluation of their application documents.
The IB Diploma coordinator will recommend one of the following to the principal:
Full admission to Grade 11 on one of the following paths to graduation
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The full IB Diploma Programme
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The IB Certificate Programme, with the student completing DP course work in selected courses only
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PSI High School Graduation Programme, with the student taking all courses at non-DP level
Provisional Admission to Grade 11
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Probationary status for at least eight weeks, with the possibility of continued probation
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Possibility of repeating Grade 11 if end-of-year achievement indicates that the student is not on track for graduation
Non-Acceptance
Admission to Grade 12
Students applying for Grade 12 may apply for either the IB Diploma Programme (DP), DP certificates or a standard high school diploma. It is important to note that all Grade 12 courses are in the IB DP format, which means that they are designed to be the second year of a two-year programme. This means that in order to accept a student into Grade 12, PSI must ensure that we can match your child’s previous programme. Students may be asked to join Grade 11 or repeat Grade 12 if necessary. It is not unusual for the school to deny admission to Grade 12 students if their previous educational experience is not an appropriate match for our programme.
Students seeking admission to PSI in Grade 12 must enrol no later than three weeks after the start of the first semester or be transferring from an approved high school in which the student was enrolled in an acceptable senior programme of studies. Students enrolling during their senior year must be able to meet the PSI graduation requirements for Grades 9 through 12 and be fluent in English.