West Millbrook Magnet Middle School is a candidate school* for the MYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students. * Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org.

The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme is a whole-school endeavor.

This means that instruction in every course, in every grade is planned through with IBMYP instructional philosophies (student-centered, inquiry-based, conceptual, etc). The Middle Years Programme guarantees this style of instruction for EACH student in our building. Our magnet programme is not a school within a school, it truly is a WHOLE SCHOOL programme. 

All MYP students are expected to take one course in each discipline each year in the programme. All students are required to take the same courses is a few disciplines, but they have a choice in others. 

MYP Subject Areas

Language and Literature (English Language Arts)

     All students take the same Language and Literature courses in years 1-3. 

Individuals and Societies (Social Students)

     All students take the same Individuals and Societies courses in years 1-3. 

Sciences

     All students take the same Sciences courses in years 1-3. 

Physical and Health Education

     All students take the same Physical and Health Education courses in years 1-3. 

Mathematics

     Depending on performance on mathematics assessments students can pursue an accelerated math pathway.  Please review the Math Placement Guidelines for more information.(Espanol) 

Arts

Band                    Orchestra

Theater               Vocal Music

Dance                   Visual Arts

Design

Project Revive                                   Keyboarding

Nutrition and Wellness                       Apparel and Interior Design

Computer Science                             Technological Issues and Impacts

Science Olympiad                              Odyssey of the Mind

Natural Resources and Agriculture       Exploring Food and Agricultural Products

Sports Management                           International Relations and Global Conflict

Language Acquisition (World Languages)

Mandarin Chinese

French

Spanish

Becoming IB

In addition to one course from each of the subject areas listed above, all of our students participate in Becoming IB. This course, paired with students' lunch, was developed by IB practitioners at our school to introduce all students to what it means to be an IB student. Students will explore the MYP Key Concepts and Global contexts and develop MYP Approaches to Learning skills as through in-depth study of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.