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International Baccalaureate 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.
Wayne Central Mission Statement:
EDUCATE and INSPIRE all students to be EMPOWERED LEARNERS and POSITIVE CONTRIBUTORS to their community.
What is the International Baccalaureate Program?
The International Baccalaureate Program is an international pre-university course of study designed to engage students in depth and critically about various academic subjects. The International Baccalaureate Program develops research skills, time management skills and the mental aspect of learning to cope with demanding workloads. In addition, the program is inquiry based and encourages students to reflect on how and why they are learning while examining why they think what they do and for what reasons others may think differently.
What International Baccalaureate Diploma Program offer students?
Through the DP, schools are able to develop students who:
- have excellent breadth and depth of knowledge
- flourish physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically
- study at least two languages
- excel in traditional academic subjects
- explore the nature of knowledge through the programme’s unique theory of knowledge course.
How does a student receive an International Baccalaureate diploma?
Over two years, he or she will take a total of seven classes – three higher level (HL) and three standard level (SL), and the Theory of Knowledge class; complete 18 months of Creativity, Activity, and Service, and write and Extended Essay on a topic chosen by him/her.
Click here to see the International Baccalaureate Program Requirements at Wayne Central
Click here to see what the Diploma class of 2017 has to say about the benefits of challenging the full diploma.
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