The IB Middle Years Program (MYP) is designed for students in grades 6 through 10 (as a partnership between a middle school and a high school where appropriate). The MYP aims to foster students’ intellectual and personal development and to help them become active participants in the local and international community. In the MYP, students are expected to study their native language, a second language, mathematics, humanities (social studies), sciences, technology, arts, and physical education, and the program is structured to foster intercurricular connections. As part of the MYP, students are expected to do 35 hours of Community and Service in grade 9 and 40 hours in grade 10; this service requirement is designed both to encourage students to think about others and to provide opportunities for experiential learning. As a culmination of their years of learning in the MYP, students complete a Personal Project during grades 9 and 10 during which they explore an area of personal interest while demonstrating understanding of global contexts. 

The Personal Project is the culminating event of the IB Middle Years Program, the purpose of which is to demonstrate both personal and academic growth. The Project, which is a long-term activity not associated with a particular course, brings together the MYP Approaches to Learning and Global Contexts in a realm of interest to the student as an individual. The Project asks students both to create and to reflect upon the creation of the Project. Successful completion of the Personal Project is a CMS requirement for continuation into the IB Diploma Program or the IB Career Program. 

Community & Service is one of the Areas of Interaction of the IB Middle Years Program. It is designed to help students recognize their own place and responsibilities in the community as well as to foster a sense of service to others. As part of the MYP, students are required to complete at least 35 hours of Community & Service in grade 9 and at least 40 hours in grade 10. Community and Service hours may be earned in a variety of ways, ranging from participation in school clubs and sports to participating in service projects with community groups. For more on Community & Service, click the Service as Action page.

Students must take all MYP courses for which they have met prerequisites, including MYP sections of English, math, science, social studies, foreign language, Health & PE, and arts. Students participating in the IB Middle Years Program typically take the following courses:

Grade 9:

• IBMYP English 9

• IBMYP Civic Literacy

• IBMYP Biology 

• Math I, IBMYP Math 2 or IBMYP Math 3 (must complete level 3 by the end of 10th grade)

• World Language level 1, 2 or 3 (must complete level 3 by the end of 10th grade)

• IBMYP Health & Physical Education MYP

• Elective - student choice

• Elective - student choice

Grade 10:

• IBMYP English 10

• IBMYP Economics and Personal Finance

• IBMYP Chemistry and/or Physics 

• IBMYP Math 3 or IB Math Analysis or IB Math Applications 

• World Language level 3 or SLI

• Elective - student choice

• Elective - student choice

• Elective - student choice

*Students who have not completed Math 1 in grade 8 should take Math 1 in grade 9, and both Math 2 and Math 3 in grade 10. 

**Students who have not taken any world language should take level 1 in grade 9 and will take levels 2 and 3 in grade 10.