SHS History & Spirit
This creature is the Shortridge Mascot
What is the Blue Devil?
This is an acronym that stands for the place where you meet up with the same people everyday and get information & updates about deadlines and what's going on in the building.
Where you go for info on college tours, scholarship opportunities or internship information.
What is the Future Center?
According to urban legend, how many floors are in the building [not counting the basement]?
What is four!
The highest score possible on the DP/CP grading scale
What is a seven
This was Shortridge's original name
What is Indianapolis High School?
IA is an acronym that stands for
What is the Internal Assessment?
What is the media center?
According to urban legend, this area that used to host the Indianapolis symphony orchestra is also haunted.
What is the Caleb Mills Auditorium?
This inquiry paper requires DP students research a question as a topic, conduct the research independently, then analyze and write an essay on their findings.
What is the Extended Essay?
The name of the Shortridge school newspaper, the oldest daily school newspaper in the country
What is the Shortridge Echo?
CAS is an acronym that stands for
What is Creativity, Action and Service?
This is who you should get an appointment with when you are having trouble writing a paper and would like help. They're also a great resource when you are having citation struggles!
Who are Butler Writers and Mr. Speckman?
According to urban legend, we have what on the top-most floor of the building? We have some amazing athletes who would beg to differ!
What is a pool?
This project requires CP students identify, analyze, discuss and evaluate an ethical dilemma associated with an issue from their career-related studies.
What is the reflective project?
This SHS graduate became a famous author but was shoved in a trash can while at Shortridge
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
TOK is an acronym that stands for
What is the Theory of Knowledge?
If you have questions about CP or DP programs or classes, you can go to these people for help; they are in charge of ensuring we meet IB deadlines and requirements.
Who are the CP and DP Coordinators.
According to urban legend, this is a defensive feature of Shortridge and dates back to cold war paranoia
What is the bomb shelter?
This is the class you will have to try to explain every time you mention it: it's not quite philosophy, not quite epistemology...
What is TOK?
This cartoon creature was the original Shortridge mascot
Who is Felix the Cat?
An EA is a task in one of your subjects that the IB grades and uses, along with your IA and exams, to determine your overall score in that subject.
What is the External Assessment?
This is the document you should always look at when trying to complete any task in CP or DP classes-- it's the 'cheat sheet' for how to get the score you want!
What is the rubric?
This urban legend claims that we have what under the school?
What is tunnels under the school that lead to the statehouse?
These are the two Higher Level Courses that all CP AND DP students at SHS take
What are History of the Americas & Language and Literature [History and English]