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Ada Merritt K-8 Center
Guiding Question
•How can the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) help me be a better learner and a better person?
Ada Merritt K-8 Center
Seventh Grade AssemblyOctober 8, 2013
MYP Overview MYP Requirements Student Code of Conduct
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Learner Profile
At the heart of the IB ProgrammeContinuum is the Learner Profile.
The IB programme aims to help students develop as lifelong learners in the context of the Learner Profile.
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Fundamental Concepts of the Middle Years
Programme
• Intercultural Awareness• Communication• Holistic Education with a Focus on
Global Issues
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FIVE AREAS OF INTERACTION
• They provide a framework for learning within and across the subject groups.
• They allow connections among the subjects themselves, and between the subjects and real-life issues.
Characteristics of the Middle Years Program
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The 5 Areas of Interaction:• Approaches to Learning• Community & Service• Environments• Health & Social Education• Human Ingenuity
MYP AREAS OF INTERACTION
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Approaches to Learning
• Develop effective study skills• Develop critical, coherent, and
independent thought• Learn problem solving and decision
making skills• Become life-long learners• Nurture academic honesty
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PortfoliosStudents:• Collect samples of their work for each Area of
Interaction• Write a reflection form for each entry• Collected work samples and reflections can be
added to the portfolios during homeroom• You may use a picture of large projects• Accumulate work samples from 6th – 8th grades
A complete Portfolio is a requirement to qualify for the Ada Merritt International Baccalaureate Certificate in eighth grade.
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IB MYP Requirements• Maintain grades of 2.5 or higher in all
subjects and in conduct• Maintain effort satisfactory grades• Follow the schools attendance, punctuality,
uniform and behavior guidelines• Complete home learning assignments
regularly and use the student agenda• Complete the required Community and
Service hours:– 10 hours in 6th and 7th grade– 20 hours in 8th grade
• Maintain a portfolio • Complete the 8th grade Culminating Project
Eighth Grade Requirements To receive an Eighth Grade Certificate of
Promotion students must pass all Middle School core classes
To receive an Ada Merritt K-8 Center International
Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) Certificate and Pin students must meet the following criteria:a GPA of 2.5 or higher in all Academic Courses and in
conductsatisfactory effort gradesa minimum of 40 hours of Community and Service:
10 in grades 6 and 7, 20 in grade 8. All Service Record forms must be submitted before May 16, 2014
a satisfactory eighth grade culminating project a complete MYP portfolio.