MYP Grading and Curriculum

The IB MYP  Curriculum consists of eight subject groups.

1. The Arts
2. Design
3. Individuals and Societies
4. Language Acquisition
5. Language and Literature
6. Mathematics
7. Physical and Health Education
8. Sciences

Projects

As Freshmen, our students enrolled in Freshman Foundations complete a service learning project following the IB Community Project guidelines. 

MYP students in 10th-grade complete an independent study Personal Project, where they choose a project based on their own interests, identify what they know about the topic, research what they will need to know to complete the project, and create a proposal and plan for completing it.

Our Approach to Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Learning for Conceptual Understanding

Concepts are broad, powerful organizing ideas that have relevance both within and across subject areas. Teaching through concepts enables students to move toward higher-order thinking. It allows students to apply skills, knowledge and understandings to new or different contexts. Exploring concepts helps students to engage with “big ideas”  to help them fully comprehend what and why they are learning.  

The IB MYP has specified shared concepts for subject groups so students have exposure to the concepts several times throughout the program to support their overall understanding. They help to integrate learning and allow transfer of learning to new concepts.

• MYP Specified concepts by subject group

Teaching and Learning in Context

Contexts for learning are chosen from global contexts to encourage international-mindedness and global engagement within the program. Context also refers to the situational details needed to clarify daily instruction.

Global contexts begin with the following inquiries.

• Who am I? Who are we?
• What is the meaning of “where” and “when”?
• What is the nature and purpose of creative expression?
• How do we understand the world in which we live?                                                                        
• How is everything connected?
• What are the consequences of our common humanity?

Global Context	Description
Identities and relationships	Students explore identity; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; what it means to be human.
Orientation in space and time	Students explore personal histories; homes and journeys; turning points in humankind; discoveries; explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations from personal, local and global perspectives.
Personal and cultural expression	Students explore the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.
Scientific and technical innovation	Students explore the natural world and its laws; the interaction between people and the natural world; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on communities and environments; the impact of environments on human activity; how humans adapt environments to their needs.
Globalization and sustainability	Students explore the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the relationship between local and global processes; how local experiences mediate the global; the opportunities and tensions provided by world-interconnectedness; the impact of decision-making on humankind and the environment.
Fairness and development	Students explore rights and responsibilities; the relationship between communities; sharing finite resources with other people and with other living things; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.