This is Old Scona Academic's website dedicated to all information about the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme! This is a great resource to learn about what Full IB entails, including information regarding TOK, CAS, and the EE. The website includes IA and EE exemplars for each of the IB subjects that OSA offers with official markschemes and annotations. It also offers a breakdown and description of each IB course.

Ask OSA is a SET initiative that provides academic support in two main ways. Firstly, OSA teachers post video lessons and other resources that supplement their in-class teaching, which students can refer to for stronger understanding. Secondly, in the Google Classroom there are posts that function as open forums, organized by subject and grade level. They allow students to ask questions and receive an answer from OSA teachers or students who have already completed the class. Ask OSA provides a judgement-free zone for students to fire away their burning questions, which can be helpful while away from school and unable to ask in-person. Students may also ask questions regarding the university application process or miscellaneous topics in their respective forums.

You need an invite to access this. If you are a new student and do not have access yet, you will be invited shortly. 

This is a Google Drive folder consisting of textbooks that teachers at OSA may reference. The textbooks include PDF documents of both Alberta and IB curriculum texts, organized within subfolders based on their grade level and subject. Note that not all textbooks that teachers use are in this folder. (Please ask your mentor/SET Leader for the link)

SET offers two tutoring programs. First is a one-on-one tutoring service that pairs you with an OSA student that can help you strengthen your understanding of in-class material. Second is a weekly drop-in program that allows you to casually ask questions to speciaized OSA student tutors in a given subject area. Historically, this has taken place in an empty classroom after school for one hour. You are free to drop-in and drop-out at any time once you have received the help you need. Time and schedule for drop-in tutoring TBA!

This is super useful for recapping material and practice tests especially for specific units and chapters!! They’re pretty good at giving detailed explanations for questions, which exambank can lack. Access for free through EPL by signing up with a library card.

Exambank is a great way you can prepare for your upcoming tests! It features lots of free practice tests tailored to the Alberta Curriculum! Ask your SET Leader for a password.

You need your EPL ID in order to access this website. Similar to Solaro, this is an online library from which you can read digital copies of books, which may help you enhance your reading comprehension capabilities.

Although most of the website is paid access, there are some free sections with question banks directly from past IB exams, accompanied with mark schemes and short video explanations.