The International Baccalaureate (IB) program is a comprehensive and rigorous two-year curriculum.  Based on the pattern of no single country, it is a deliberate compromise between the specialization required in some national systems and the breadth preferred in others.

     The International Baccalaureate program is a comprehensive and cohesive curriculum that responds to the need for greater challenge in the upper secondary level and for new opportunities to achieve excellence in education.  Designed and administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) in Geneva, Switzerland, the program encompasses all the traditional courses of study and also incorporates multi-cultural perspectives and internationally based standards of achievement.

     Through this program students  in the last two years of high school are earning credentials recognized for admission to colleges and universities throughout the world and also for course credit or advanced placement at those in North America.

Full IB Curriculum:

• English

• History of the Americas

• Biology

• Chemistry II

• Math Studies or Mathematics (Calculus)

• French or Spanish (years 3&4 or 4&5)

• Elective (student choice):  Art,  Information Technology, Music, Theatre

• Theory of Knowledge

Program Benefits

Weighted Grades: Students enrolled in IB courses receive “weighted” grades for these courses that reflect the additional effort required to participate in and pass these courses. The weighted grades do affect class rankings.