The MYP curriculum model places the student at the center of learning.  For an image of what the MYP curriculum contains, click here.

Students study subjects from eight subject groups through five areas of interaction:

Approaches to learning (ATL) represents general and subject-specific learning skills that the student will develop and apply during the programme and beyond. The focus of this area is on teaching students how to learn and on helping students find out about themselves as learners so that they can develop learning skills.

Community and service considers how a student engages with his or her immediate family, classmates and friends in the outside world as a member of these communities. Through effective planning and teaching, students can learn about their place within communities and be motivated to act in a new context.

Students in grade 10 must complete a personal project. The student selects the subject of this independent project.  The process of student creation takes 6-8 months.  The student works with a teacher supervisor and focuses on a particular area of interaction.  The personal projects are submitted in early Spring of sophomore year. The projects can take various forms, here are some examples:

Teachers organize continuous and varied assessment over the course of the programme.

The MYP offers a criterion-related model of assessment. Therefore students’ results are determined by performance against set standards.

The assessment tasks must give students the opportunity to demonstrate achievement according to the required objectives within each subject group. This can include: