So what exactly is the International Baccalaureate?

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a non-profit foundation motivated by its mission to create a better world through education. 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. Our programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

• Learn how to learn

• Intercultural understanding

• Conceptual understanding

• Concepts (big ideas)

• Learning in context

• Community service

• Creative, critical and reflective thinkers

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. Informed by these values, an IB education:

• Centers on learners

• Develops effective approaches to teaching and learning

• Works within global contexts

• Explores significant content

Working together, these four characteristics define an IB education.

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