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International Baccalaureate (IB)
McGraw is authorized to offer the Primary Years Program (PYP) in grades K-5 and the Middle Years Program (MYP) in grade 6.
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Why is an IB education of value to students in today's world? View this amazing presentation to find out why the type of education offered by through IB is in rising demand in the United States:
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McGraw IB World School has developed the following acronym to help staff, students and parents describe the IB program in a nutshell. Using the acronym “IB is” can help you remember these elements: Internationalism, best practices, inquiry and service/second language. They are shared components of the PYP (Primary Years), MYP (Middle Years) and HIgh School Diploma Programs.
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Internationalism
From the IB perspective, internationalism is the development of “citizens of the world” – young people who are responsible, active participants in their local and national communities, as well as in the broader international community. Students at IB schools display the characteristics of the learner profile shown below.
Best Practices
IB schools employ best practices based upon extensive research and recognized in schools worldwide as being most effective in meeting the needs of students representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities.
Inquiry
Inquiry-based learning allows students to construct new and deeper understandings guided by their own questions, research and reflections.
Service-Oriented/Second Language
Students apply their learning through service to others in their school, community, and world. All IB students are instructed in an additional language different than their home language (while receiving support in continuing to develop their home language) to deepen their awareness of, and appreciation for, other cultures.
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The mission statement of the International Baccalaureate Organization
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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 programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right. |
McGraw IB World School students are:
Risk-Takers Thinkers
Knowledgeable Caring
Inquirers Balanced
Open-Minded Principled
Communicators Reflective
These attributes form the profile of an internationally-minded learner. |
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McGraw IB World School – Preparing Learners for Tomorrow’s World
“Stakeholder Entry Surveys” conducted by PSD superintendent Dr. Jerry Wilson highlighted the following themes after a series of discussion forums with PSD staff, students, community members and PSD administration: 1. a need to focus on educating the “whole child,” 2. the importance of collaborative decision-making, 3. moving beyond test preparation towards helping students learn critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and 4. providing students with a “global” education that relates to the events of the world we live in today. These ideas form the foundation of the education McGraw students receive.
At McGraw IB World School students are encouraged daily to use critical thinking skills through inquiry and to demonstrate the profile of an “international learner.” Learning takes place through active collaboration between students, teachers and parents. Besides encountering rigorous academic content, McGraw students develop the skills to become life-long learners, demonstrate positive attitudes, ask questions, search for answers and use what they learn to take action to benefit themselves, others and their world. This is what it means to educate the “whole child.”
According to a 1999 Department of Education Report, the present graduating class will be working in careers 10 years from now that have yet to be invented, using technologies that do not yet exist to solve problems that have not yet been imagined. To succeed in a world of change demands that a person be a flexible thinker, collaborative problem-solver and aware of the fact that we are now living in a global community. All three IB programs (PYP, MYP and Diploma) are grounded in this belief and have provided a shared vision for how students can be prepared to live in the world of the future. Parents, students and staff in the McGraw community are proud to claim that we are preparing learners for tomorrow’s world!
Learn more about the benefits of an IB education by clicking on the following:
What do educators and students say about IB? Quotes_About_IB.pdf
View national and state legislation regarding IB - IB_Legislation_in_the_US.pdf
Read articles about IB in North America and the US:
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