Our IBlieve team is starting school... Will IBlieve end too?😅
Fri, Sep 4, 2020
Happy Friday IB students!
The start of September celebrates two months since the launch of IBlieve.🎉 So much has happened! We’ve made new friends around the world, learned about each other’s experiences adapting to online classes, and supported 36+ students with 1:1 mentoring thanks to our dedicated IBlieve grads. We hope this community has brought positivity during an otherwise challenging summer.
So, will IBlieve end?
Definitely… not! This is just the beginning of our IBlieve journey and we’ve been working super hard behind the scenes to expand our team and ensure we continue supporting students, creating helpful resources (videos and articles), and hosting virtual advice sessions throughout the school year. Fun fact: our team’s goal is to do more than we did this summer.
Thank you as always for sharing IBlieve with your friends, schools, and communities. It is what keeps our team of volunteer graduates and high school ambassadors going to create the best FREE resources for you. Help us spread the word!
Cheers,
Imogen & Katie❤️
July and August 2020 Highlights🚀
🌏 Our community
74,000+ views from 156 countries
870+ newsletter subscribers
690+ IG followers
👥 Our team
66 team members
13 Writers
22 Mentors and Tutors
26 High School Ambassadors
🌟 Our resources
Global Virtual Summit: Update 🌏
Last weekend, we held our first live event: University Panel + Q&A! IB Grads shared their best tips for the university applications process and answered students’ questions through 1:1 Live Chats and group Q&As. Thank you for your positive feedback and enthusiastic support!
🚀 What’s next?
Our upcoming event this September will be a Global Virtual Summit: University Panel + Q&A, in an Americas-friendly timezone.🤩 This includes the USA, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America. We are an international community, and we are committed to being accessible to students worldwide. Stay up to date so you don’t miss out!
New Blog Posts!
The second cohort of amazing High School Ambassadors (HSAs) have shared their stories, tips, and advice! Grads continue to answer your burning questions, too.
🌟General
How to prepare for the IB - Riwa
How to navigate the IB in a pandemic - Deborah
How COVID-19 impacted me as a student: The Voyage of Transition - Dani
📚Subject-specific
Tips for Biology HL IA - Linda
📲IB News
May 2021 Examination Changes - Anoushka and Divyanshi
How to deal with the May 2021 exam changes - Anoushka and Divyanshi
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!
Welcome to our Team!🤩
This week we are welcoming new mentors and tutors to our team! Many thanks to these grads for giving their time and wisdom to students in need of help.
🇦🇿 Emma - IB in Azerbaijan, UCLA
🇪🇸 Ben - IB in Spain, Gap year
🇨🇦 Ada - IB in Canada, University of Waterloo
🇯🇵 Skye - IB in Japan, Leiden University College the Hague
🇦🇪 Riwa - IB in Dubai, University of British Columbia
🇵🇭 Nicolle - IB in the Philippines, Cebu Doctors' University
🇰🇷 Seung-Jean - IB in South Korea, NYU Abu Dhabi
🇵🇭 Jon - IB in the Philippines, Fordham University
IBlieve is on Facebook!🙌
As always, we have beautiful graphics on our Instagram thanks to IBlieve’s Graphic Designer, Bianca. We’ve also now expanded to Facebook! Stay updated on all our blog posts there. Here’s a recent post by our Guest Writer at Harvard Law School:
Community Spotlights🤩
1. Concert for Gasa sa Gugma – Nicolle, IBlieve Mentor, Philippines 🇵🇭
Nicolle and her friends held an online concert - ‘A Simulated Concert: To Spread The Spirit of Hope and Healing’ - to raise funds for a home for the elderly and dying destitute, Gasa sa Gugma. Nicolle says:
“It's a tough time for a lot of people right now. As the world contends with the pandemic and its ramifications, a group of Cebuano students are taking matters into their own hands and have organized a concert for virtual audiences.”
If you can, help out and donate to the cause - and watch the concert on Nicolle’s YouTube channel.
2. TeenCOV19 – Elena, IBlieve Tutor & Writer, Indonesia 🇮🇩
Elena is the founder and head of her school’s branch of TeenCOV19, a student organisation founded by a group of students passionate about giving back to the community. Tiffany, an Editor at IBlieve, is also part of her team!
The organisation makes and distributes face shields, approved by medical professionals, using foam, plastic sheets, elastic rolls, and double tape. They also collect protective medical gear like hazmat suits using donations, and direct these supplies to medial facilities across Indonesia. Elena liaises with reps of medical centres and public health offices, prioritising facilities which are underfunded, undersupplied, and dealing with a high number of cases. Her team has produced around 2,000 face shields and distributed them throughout Java. TeenCOV19 has distributed around 67,000+ face shields to all over Indonesia!
Do you have a cool project? Share it with us on Instagram DM @ib.lieve to be featured.
Student Poll📊
Current students, we need your thoughts!
How are your schools adapting to the reduced May 2021 syllabi?
Please comment or email us at iblieve.contact@gmail.com with your answers! We read every single one.
Catch you next week! 👋
Sending virtual hugs❤️
Imogen & Katie
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