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Grades 9-10
MYP MIssion: The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) has created a Middle Years Program (MYP) of study designed to allow students to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to participate effectively in life in the 21 st century.
There are three fundamental concepts which drive the program. They are intercultural awareness (learning about our own and other’s social and national culture), holistic education (developing links between the disciplines so that students see knowledge as an interrelated whole), and communication (a good command of expression, both verbal and non-verbal, is fundamental to learning).
In addition there are five Areas of Interaction (AOI) which provide the conceptual lens for delivery of the already existent curriculum. Those AOIs are approaches to learning (learning how to learn), community service (extending learning beyond the classroom), health and social education (prepare students for a physically and mentally healthy life), environments (natural and social), and human ingenuity (the creative genius of people and their impact on society and the human mind). This framework allows schools sufficient flexibility to organize their curriculum according to their own context.
The benefits of this program are believed to be twofold. First it will strengthen the IB Diploma Program (DP) as the students will start their junior year with a solid conceptual base. Second these practices and strategies are ideally what all teachers should be using, so our goal is to include all faculty at Princess Anne into the learning community.
Contact: Barbara Winn
IB Middle Years Program Coordinator
Plaza Middle School
431-4060
Community and Service Information
Please see the following fact sheets for complete information regarding the community and service component of the MYP program, including 2007-2008 due dates. You may print copies of the reflection form and log form (pdf’s) to complete and submit to Mrs. Rhodes.
C&S fact sheet Class of 2010, 07-08
C&S fact sheet Class of 2011, 07-08
C&S reflection form 07-08
MYP Community Service and Action Hour Log
The Personal Project
The Personal Project is one of the requirements to earn the MYP certificate and to advance into the IB Diploma Program. As a tenth grader in the Middle Years Program, your son/daughter is required to complete a Personal Project. It is intended to be a preliminary step to the Extended Essay, which is a required component for obtaining the IB diploma and is completed in the student’s twelfth grade year.
The personal project should be a personal investigation of a topic/area in which the student has a passion or interest. It should focus on at least one Area of Interaction and show mastery of that area. The project can be a piece of writing, a research project, a piece of art, or any creative work. Personal Projects are finalized in December. Information documents (pdf) are listed below. Any questions can be directed to Angela German.
Student/Parent Information
- Graphic Organizer for Topic
- Information Booklet (18 pages)
- Journal Information
- Mentor Form
- Parent Info Letter
- Personal Project Rubrics
- Student Supervisor Guide
- Timeline
Mentor/Teacher Information
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