“We are happy to announce that St. Ann Catholic School is a candidate International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme School. The Middle Years Programme (MYP) is an exciting program designed for middle school aged students. The MYP framework of academic, arts, and life skills is a natural choice for the tradition of excellence at St. Ann Catholic School.

     The MYP is designed to support all middle school aged students in becoming active and responsible participants in an international world by developing knowledge, understanding, and positive attitudes. This is done by a curriculum of eight subject areas working together to create connections with the real world and encouraging critical thinking.

     In the past year, St. Ann Catholic School has been training Teachers and students for this wonderful opportunity. Our goal is to become an MYP World School by the 2009-2010 academic year!”

   In addition to the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, St. Ann Catholic School is currently in the Consideration Phase of offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme in Pre-K3 to 5th Grade.  The Primary Years Programme (PYP) is a natural addition to St. Ann Catholic School, which will prepare students to be active and lifelong learners. By developing the student as an inquirer, the PYP focus of the growth of the whole child.

   The St. Ann Catholic School Faculty will begin IB training this winter and our goal is to become an official IB PYP World School by the 2009-2010 Academic year.

If you have any questions or would like more information- please visitwww.ibo.org, or contact Brigid Medlin, IB coordinator atbmedlin@stannwpb.org.

"St. Ann Catholic School is a candidate school* for the Middle Years Programme. St. Ann Catholic School is pursuing authorization as an IB World School.  These are schools that share a common philosophy- a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that St. Ann Catholic School believes is important for our students.

*Only schools authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) as IB World Schools can offer any of its three academic programmes: the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), or the IB Diploma Programme. Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.

For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit http://www.ibo.org”