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FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM
The Diploma Program
The Middle Years Program
The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers high quality programs of international education to a worldwide community of schools including Fairfax County Public Schools. At the heart of the IB mission is the creation of a better world through education. The IB consists of three programs of international education for students ages 3 to 19. Fairfax County Public Schools offers two of the programs – the Middle Years Program for grades 6 through 10 and the Diploma Program for students in grades 11 and 12.
The Mission of the International Baccalaureate Program
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.
Fairfax County Public Schools IB Diploma Program
Fairfax County Public Schools Middle Years Program
| Annandale Pyramid | Holmes Middle School Poe Middle School Annandale High School (9th and 10th grade) |
| Mount Vernon Pyramid | Fort Belvoir Elementary School (6th grade) Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School (6th grade) Riverside Elementary School (6th grade) Washington Mill Elementary School (6th grade) Woodlawn Elementary School (6th grade) Woodley Hills Elementary School (6th grade) Whitman Middle School Mount Vernon High School (9th and 10th grade) |
South Lakes Pyramid |
Hughes Middle School South Lakes High School (9th and 10th grade) |
| Stuart Pyramid | Glasgow Middle School Stuart High School (9th and 10th grade) |
IB Learner Profile
The aim of the IB program 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. IB learners strive to be:
- Inquirers
- Knowledgeable
- Thinkers
- Communicators
- Principled
- Open-minded
- Caring
- Risk-takers
- Balanced
- Reflective
For more information, including a video produced by the International Baccalaureate Organization, click on http://www.ibo.org/programmes/profile/
AAPACThe Advanced Academic Programs Advisory Committee (formerly GTAC) advises the FCPS School Board on the needs of gifted students and the programs that have been created to meet those needs. Regulations Governing Gifted Education in FCPS |