St. Olav vgs
Jens Zetlitz gate 33,
4008 Stavanger
Stavanger 28th June 2016
Welcome to St. Olav videregående skole 2016 – 2017
It is our pleasure to welcome you as a student to the IB Diploma Programme at St. Olav vgs. We are a school of active, high achieving students and we very much hope that you will become involved in the life of the school to contribute towards a positive school environment with high academic standards.
School starts on Tuesday August 16th at 11:00 in the Amfiin the newly renovated wing of St. Olav vgs. You will be met by the IBDP Coordinator, Fiona Andvik, who will introduce you to the IB Programme before then being assigned to your personal tutor groups. The remainder of the day will be spent with your personal tutor going through important information regarding the school and life as a student at St. Olav vgs. Booklists for subjects in groups 1 and 2 will be distributed after school starts but IB textbooks for groups 3, 4 and 5 subjects will be available and can be loaned from the school library. Subject teachers will guide you through this once classes start.
Lockers are available in school; they cost kr. 100,- and you must supply your own lock. You are expected – by the local education authority and the school - to have your own laptop which should be available for your own use from the start of the school year and brought to all classes. It is not acceptable to use your mobile phone as a replacement. More information on this is available at in addition to the school’s website .
At various times in the school year, you may be asked to buy theatre and/or cinema tickets to shows deemed relevant to your studies. You are expected to pay for these yourself and to attend all such performances/shows as required by your subject teacher(s). In addition, you should purchase general equipment for your studies, such as folders, writing materials, and calculators. Please do not purchase a calculator until you have checked with your IB Mathematics teacher to ensure the model is permitted by the IBO for IB examinations. There are strict rules around the use of calculators in IB examinations and should you have an unapproved model, you would not be allowed to use this in the final IB exams. There is a non-means tested stipend available from Lånekassen which can help offset these costs. More information on this will be available at the start of school.
Should you plan to use the bus and/or train as transport to school, please ensure you purchase the young persons card, Ungdomskort, in good time before school starts. You can find more information on this in English on the kolombus website, kolumbus.no/en.
Other relevant information will be published on the school’s website and/or given when school starts.
We look forward to welcoming you in August to St. Olav vgs and to the IB Diploma Programme.
Best regards,
Finn Gabrielsen (sign)Fiona Andvik (sign)
RectorIBDP Coordinator
Utdanningsprogram for studiespesialisering og INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
Jens Zetlitzgt. :
4008 Stavanger51 84 99 00