Do IB students have a life? Our projects may change your mind...✨

Friday, July 24, 2020

Jul 24, 2020

Hello everyone!

This week, we’re excited to introduce a new section to our newsletter called IBlieve Spotlights!✨ This will be dedicated to showcasing cool projects by IB students and grads to celebrate the creativity in our IBlieve community. (Maybe, it’ll inspire you for CAS too.)

Lots of IB love❤️

Imogen & Katie

This week’s highlights🚀

We’ve had a lovely time meeting our pilot students, tutors, and mentors over video calls! WiFi problems and time zone differences didn’t deter everyone from getting to know each other. Our IBlieve community has felt so real as we’ve put faces to names and heard everyone’s unique experiences from around the world. Special shoutout to Senna who (voluntarily) joined us at 4am from Jamaica!!

If you’d like to join our team, we’re recruiting for Editors! You’ll gain journalistic experience, collaborate in teams, and grow as a leader, while immersing yourself in digital content creation. This position is open to current Writers who have already contributed to the blog. If you’re interested, message us on Slack (invites have already been sent) and tell us why you’d be a great fit by July 28!

Once again, thank you for sharing IBlieve with your friends, school, and social media. It is what keeps our team of volunteer graduates going to create the best FREE resource for you. Please continue helping us spread the word!🌏

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New Blog Posts!📚

We heard your burning questions about the IB, and our lovely grads answered!

General:

5 Mistakes Every IB Student Should Avoid by Bryan
What did you do for your CAS Project? by Linda
What do you wish you’d done differently? (from an IB graduate) by Imogen

Subjects:

Overview: Physics HL by Nikki
How to choose an EE topic (Visual Arts) by Bryan

We really hope we help you feel supported and reassured throughout your IB journey. If you have IB questions, feel free to ask us here. If you have any other questions, email us at iblieve.contact@gmail.com and we will get back to you!

IBlieve Spotlights🤩

We want to introduce you to some of the amazing projects our IBlieve members have created. Some are recent lockdown creations, others have been longer in the making. All are very impressive and you should definitely check them out!

1. Dissecting Disney Podcast – Yasmin, May 2020

Yasmin and her friend Elena critically evaluate the movies they loved as children – from questioning plot-holes and characters' logic to examining the social impact and implications of the movies. Each episode will be focused on a particular issue in a Disney movie. Topics include discussions of beauty, representation, social criticism and more!

Follow them on Instagram @dissectingdisney to stay updated every Friday!

2. The Lilac Blog – Mia, May 2021

Mia founded The Lilac Blog with her friend Tiana. Lilac is a tightly-knit community of writers, poets, and artists who use their work to empower youth and create profound, societal change. As a Youth Blog, they provide a platform for Generation Z to publish their work and a community that supports them every step of the way: from the writing process to the editing, publishing, and marketing!For non-members, The Lilac Blog brings fresh insight from GenZ and increases awareness around important global issues in STEM, Humanities, and Life that need to be discussed. They started in April 2020, and have since attracted over 100 members from over 25 countries.

Follow them on Instagram @thelilacblog_ to stay updated!

Do you have a cool project you want to share with 600+ students on this newsletter? Share it with us on Instagram DM @ib.lieve to be featured!

Welcome to our Team!🥳

This week, we’re welcoming tutors and mentors in our first cohort!

🇸🇬Bryan – Tutor + Writer, IB in Singapore (45), Stanford University
🇦🇪Anushka – Tutor, IB in Dubai (41), New York University
🇦🇺Nisa – Mentor, IB in Australia, University of Warwick
🇯🇵Tyus – Tutor, IB in Japan (44), Yale University

(Stay tuned… our first High School Ambassadors will be making a debut soon too.)

*Please send virtual hugs*

What’s Next?💫

We’re eagerly watching as our first grad + student mentorships take off! We will soon be expanding this to more of you, so please be patient and remember we seek to prioritize students who have been affected by the pandemic the most. If you believe this is you, please email us at iblieve.contact@gmail.com.

In the meantime, we’ll be starting group video sessions on popular topics such as ToK, EE, and mental health so all students can benefit from the wisdom of our grads! We recently asked you the most common myths about IB, so keep an eye out for our answers and the tea on our IG.🍵

Student Poll📊

Current students, to help you best we need to know:

When do your classes start again?

Please comment or email us at iblieve.contact@gmail.com with your answers!

Catch you next week! 👋

That’s all for our updates this week! We hope you’re enjoying your summer and will check back in with more exciting news next week.

Sending virtual hugs,