The IBMYP promotes the education of the whole person, assisting students in reaching beyond traditional school subjects by helping them realize that most real-world problems require insights gained from a variety of disciplines. It provides a framework for developing links between subject groups and between the subjects and real -world issues so that students will learn to see knowledge as an interrelated whole. The program also builds organizational skills and prepares students for advanced study in high school, and beyond, by utilizing IBís Areas of Interaction.

Through the first Area of Interaction, Approaches to Learning, students are taught how to learn and evaluate information critically. Personal thoughts and ideas are recorded daily in studentsí Process Journals and studentsí Apple laptop computers allow information to be easily accessed in every subject as needed. Human Ingenuity encourages creativity through collaborative and multiple-subject projects which include Science Fair, Famous Landmarks, and Living Museum. Community and Service introduces students to working for others in their community and students complete a required number of service hours every year. Health and Social Education discusses how students can keep their bodies healthy, along with having healthy relationships with both family and friends. Lastly, Environment illustrates different ways to take care of our planet, while explaining that many resources are not renewable and must be conserved by everyone.

Students develop intercultural awareness by encouraging each of them to consider the point of view of someone else in their same class, along with a genuine understanding of their own history and traditions. Opportunities for students to build understanding and respect for their own and othersí social, national, and ethnic cultures are also provided. The program places fundamental importance on achieving a firmer command of the English language and on the acquisition of a foreign language for effective conversation so that multiple forms of expression can be used in understanding and respecting all cultures.

Adolescents are constantly confronted with a vast and often bewildering array of choices. The IBMYP gives students the values and opportunities enabling them to develop sound judgment, by challenging their own personal values while utilizing the learner profile. This profile is aimed at developing internationally-minded people who, recognize their own common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, while helping them to create a better and more peaceful world. IB learners strive to be: inquiring, knowledgeable, thinking, communicative, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-taking, balanced and reflective.

The IBMYP promotes the education of the whole person, assisting students in reaching beyond traditional school subjects by helping them realize that most real-world problems require insights gained from a variety of disciplines.  It provides a framework for developing links between subject groups and between the subjects and real -world issues so that students will learn to see knowledge as an interrelated whole.  The program also builds organizational skills and prepares students for advanced study in high school, and beyond, by utilizing IB’s Areas of Interaction.

Through the first Area of Interaction, Approaches to Learning, students are taught how to learn and evaluate information critically. Personal thoughts and ideas are recorded daily in students’ Process Journals and students’ Apple laptop computers allow information to be easily accessed in every subject as needed.   Human Ingenuity encourages creativity through collaborative and multiple-subject projects which include Science Fair, Famous Landmarks, and Living Museum.  Community and Service introduces students to working for others in their community and students complete a required number of service hours every year.  Health and Social Education discusses how students can keep their bodies healthy, along with having healthy relationships with both family and friends.  Lastly, Environment illustrates different ways to take care of our planet, while explaining that many resources are not renewable and must be conserved by everyone.

Students develop intercultural awareness by encouraging each of them to consider the point of view of someone else in their same class, along with a genuine understanding of their own history and traditions.  Opportunities for students to build understanding and respect for their own and others’ social, national, and ethnic cultures are also provided.  The program places fundamental importance on achieving a firmer command of the English language and on the acquisition of a foreign language for effective conversation so that multiple forms of expression can be used in understanding and respecting all cultures.

Adolescents are constantly confronted with a vast and often bewildering array of choices.  The IBMYP gives students the values and opportunities enabling them to develop sound judgment, by challenging their own personal values while utilizing the learner profile.  This profile is aimed at developing internationally-minded people who, recognize their own common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, while helping them to create a better and more peaceful world.  IB learners strive to be:  inquiring, knowledgeable, thinking, communicative, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-taking, balanced and reflective.