What are the admission criteria?

Highly motivated, intellectually curious students are encouraged to consider the IB DP.  Honors English and World Language classes should be taken in 9th and 10th grade. Current or future Millard students should speak to the DP Coordinator or their counselor for more information. 

Can IB DP students be involved in extra-curricular activities? 

Yes! IB DP students are some of the most involved students at MNHS. IB students participate in athletic teams, competitive speech and debate, band, orchestra, show choir, school clubs, and many more. 

Are IB and Introductory IB students isolated from others?

No, IB students use the same classrooms and common areas as non-IB students. Elective classes and some world-language classes include non-IB students. Teachers have both IB and regular classes.

What is the difference between IB DP and Honors/AP?

AP is a series of American examinations in specific subject areas. Honors/AP students may specialize in a subject area and not participate in other subject areas. IB DP is a comprehensive worldwide curriculum culminating in exams.

 IB DP students are required to:

•  engage in all six subject areas

• take the Theory of Knowledge course

• write an Extended Essay

• participate in service and creative activities

IB DP represents an entire diploma; AP is a single course. Both AP and IB DP programs offer possible advanced placement and credit in college. All three district high schools will continue to offer Honors/AP classes, but only Millard North High School offers IB DP courses.

Why do IB? 

IB has international acceptability that allows for both flexibility and mobility.

• IB schools worldwide offer subjects from within six major disciplines.

• IB teachers worldwide are trained in the IB curriculum.

IB educates the "whole person."

• In a required segment of IB, Creativity, Activity, & Service (CAS), students give of themselves to their communities through volunteer activities.

• In the CAS requirement, students are asked to lead physically active lives.

IB encourages students to appreciate cultures and attitudes other than their own and to be informed, tolerant, and willing to communicate with others.

The IB approach to education is not an encyclopedia. The emphasis is on helping students learn how to learn and how to analyze.

• The IB curriculum encourages interdisciplinary study.

• In the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course, students study what counts as knowledge in different disciplines. While learning to think critically, they question how we know what we know.

IB provides a broad liberal arts education while still allowing specialized study in areas corresponding to the individual student's particular interests and plans for the future.

• Students take internationally graded exams in six subjects, at least three and no more than four at the higher level and two or three at the standard level.

• Students write an independent research paper of 4000 words which is also graded internationally.

• IB Diploma recipients may receive up to 30 credits at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

• There are many colleges and universities that award scholarships and credits based on the IB Diploma and individual exam scores.

• IB students have been shown to have higher SAT and ACT scores and increased success in the first year of college.

• Millard North High School graduates from the Classes have been accepted to prestigious institutions of higher education.