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What is the International Baccalaureate Program?
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (DP) is a broad-based academic program for 11th and 12th graders. Over the course of two years, students complete coursework at an advanced level in six different subject areas. During that two-year period, students complete specific assessments set by the International Baccalaureate Organization for each subject area. At the end of that time they sit for extensive examinations in each subject. As part of the program, students also participate in extra-curricular activities including community service. They also complete an independently conceived, designed, and executed research project, and take a course entitled Theory of Knowledge, which helps them to consciously define what it means to learn and to know something within the context of all their subject areas.
IB Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
IB Learner Profile
The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.
As IB Learners, we strive to be
Inquirers
We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love learning throughout life.
Knowledgeable
We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
Thinkers
We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyze and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
Communicators
We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate collectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.
Principled
We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
Open Minded
We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view and we are willing to grow from the experience.
Caring
We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.
Risk-Takers
We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.
Balanced
We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives- intellectual, physical and emotional- to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.
Reflective
We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.
The IB learning profile represents 10 attributes valued by IB World Schools. We believe these attributes, and others like them, can help individuals and groups become responsible members of local, national and global communities.
Core Components
The core is made up of three required components, which aim to broaden students’ educational experience and challenge them to apply their knowledge and skills.
TOK
TOK
Theory of knowledge, in which students reflect on the nature of knowledge and on how we know what we claim to know.
CAS
CAS
Creativity, activity, service, in which students undertake and engage in activities related to each of the three strands. Here is Meadowbrook's CAS guide if you would like to learn more about CAS.
EE
EE
The extended essay, which is an independent, self-directed piece of research, culminating with a 4,000-word paper.
What should you expect as a IB Dipolma Programme student?
As an IB Diploma student, you will not find a curriculum that focuses on a particular subject area or field of endeavor; students must develop strong skills in math and science as well as in English, history, and a foreign language. This is a broad curriculum that allows students to choose virtually any field of academic pursuit following high school.
The IB is a set curriculum developed, monitored, and assessed by an agency external to Chesterfield County Public Schools—the International Baccalaureate Organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
IB World Schools, such as Meadowbrook and Midlothian, must undergo a lengthy authorization process and are, in effect, licensed by the IB to offer the IB Diploma Programme. That authorization is reviewed every five years in order to ensure that the school is performing to IB expectations.
Teachers in the IB are required by the IB to be trained at an IB-approved facility.
Much of the work completed for the IB diploma is set and scored by examiners and moderators of the International Baccalaureate Organization, which ensures that the quality of both the instruction and the students’ work meets IB standards.
Students who score highly on their internal assessments - IB teachers conduct these assessments at Meadowbrook and they are externally moderated by IB - exams, and Extended Essay and complete their CAS Requirement are awarded a diploma from the International Baccalaureate Organization in addition to the Virginia Advanced Diploma.
Because the curriculum, instruction, and assessment are monitored by an outside agency, there is a high degree of reliability in IB Diploma results, and this reliability is recognized and rewarded by colleges and universities around the world through scholarship, placement, and credit award programs.
For information about the International Baccalaureate Program worldwide and college recognition policies:
What should you expect as a Meadowbrook High School student?
Meadowbrook offers French, Spanish, and Japanese for students Language B selection, and IB Psychology as an elective. For more information on students course options, you can look at the course pathway pictured below. Due to enrollment numbers, students who choose to leave the diploma program may not remain in any IB course and will need to return to their home school.
Transportation to all the CCPS specialty centers is coordinated centrally and is based on a series of pick-up and drop-off points, all of which are determined by the addresses of students who commit to attend the various centers. Students and parents should expect that they may have to travel as far as three miles from their homes in order to reach the bus stop.
Specialty Center Transportation Informational Letter
Specialty Center Transportation - After School Supervision
Meadowbrook IB Policies
These are the guidelines our IB Program at Meadowbrook High School adheres to as a programme.
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