International Baccalaureate

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) aims to create a better world through a high-quality international education. Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies began the process to become an IB World School in 2010. Peirce is proud to have become an Authorized IB MYP World School in collaboration with Senn High School in June of 2013!

IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education. Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its academic programmes. Peirce is proud to join the hundreds of International Baccalaureate Schools worldwide. Click on this presentation to learn more about IB programs at Peirce.

For further information about the IB programs of study visit http://www.ibo.org.

The Primary Years
Programme

The Primary Years Programme (PYP)
is a curriculum framework designed for students aged 3 to 12. It focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer in the classroom and in the world outside.

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Middle YEARS
PROGRAMME

The Peirce Middle School is
designed to guide students through the transition from the self-contained elementary classroom to greater individual responsibility in high school.

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THE IB
communicator

View the latest issue of the IB Communicator.

2019: February, March, April, May, June

2018: March, April, June, September

2017: February, June, September, October / November, December

Non-Discrimination Statement It is the policy of the Board to prohibit unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation on the basis of any protected category by the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances, including but not limited to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), specifically, but not limited to, discrimination, harassment, or retaliation on the basis of sexual orientation, gender or sex (includes gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and pregnancy-related medical conditions), race or ethnicity, ethnic group identification, ancestry, nationality, national origin, religion, color, mental or physical disability, age, immigration status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, political belief or affiliation (not union-related), military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, or on the basis of a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics in the educational programs or activities the Board operates.

Concerns or inquiries regarding sex discrimination, harassment, or retaliation can be made to the Board’s Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Student Protections and Title IX (OSP) or the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

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