MISSION STATEMENT

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The International Baccalaureate Organization aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable
and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through
intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end, the IBO works with schools, governments and international organizations
to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessments.

These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate
and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences can
also be right.

WHAT IS IT?

* An internationally recognized program.
* A high quality curriculum that aims to encourage critical thinking by the study of traditional disciplines while encouraging an international perspective.
* A program designed fro the academically able student who can function across the curriculum and who has learned to manage time well.
* Independent research (Extended Essay)

WHY DO IT?

* IB has an international acceptability which allows for both flexibility and mobility.
* Requires a student to be excellent in all subjects and superior in three subjects.
* IB educates the "whole person."
* IB encourages students to appreciate cultures and attitudes other than their own and to be informed, tolerant, and willing to communicate with others.
* IB provides a broad general education while still allowing specialized study in areas corresponding to the individual's particular interests and plans for the future.

IB PHILOSOPHY

* Examination - World standard
* Creativity, Action, Service
* Interdisciplinary - Theory of Knowledge
* Critical reflection - analyzing
* Learn how to learn
* Whole person - broad education - balanced
* Internationalism