International Baccalaureate

Middle Years Programme

City High-Middle School is currently a candidate school for the IB MYP.

This program is available for all grade seven through grade ten students at City.

The Blandford School, the Center for Economicology, and the Zoo School will also be part of the MYP.

Students complete coursework in the following areas for the MYP:

English, Humanities, Technology, Mathematics, Arts, Sciences, Physical Education, World Language (Chinese, French, or Spanish).  Students must study these courses throughout their tenure as MYP students.

There are three core tenents of the MYP:

1.  Holistic Learning

2. Intercultural Awareness

3. Communication

City meets these tenents through our teachers' common planning time and how we approach instruction.  As our teachers plan together, they form MYP unit questions.  A MYP unit question might be "how do I impact my environment?" or "How do I create?"  Through these unit questions, students are able to discuss a 'big picture' concept that will guide the MYP unit.

Intercultural awareness is present in the classroom by having students examine their world view and compare and contrast that world view people from different countries and cultures.

Students are involved in communication through all of their coursework and through the studying of a second language (Chinese, French, or Spanish).

Further information can be found by clicking the link below:

http://www.ibo.org/myp/

Click here for the 23 February 2010 Parent Information Evening powerpoint

Click here for Parent Frequently Asked Questions about the MYP

Click here for responses to the notecard questions from 23 February 2010