The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (MYP) is designed for students age 11-16 in grades 6 through 10.  The program is designed to foster relationships between school subjects, the student as an independent learner, and the community.  Students are encouraged to consider multiple perspectives with the aim of promoting global awareness.  Communication is also fundamentally stressed as it supports inquiry, reflection, and expression.

The Areas of Interaction (AOI) provide a system of educational dynamics that extend the learning and make critical connections that foster problem-solving and interrelated concepts.  Teachers use AOI to focus lessons in ways that require the information and skills to be viewed through different lens with the results being an expansion of the material or skills and an infusion into the long-term knowledge base of the student.

The Areas of Interaction are as follows:

• Approaches to Learning:  Students are encouraged to understand how they learn and how intellectual strategies can improve their understanding.
• Community and Service:  Students learn community service awareness, skills, attitudes and responsibility.
• Human Ingenuity:  Students learn to appreciate the creative and inventive genius and the impact on society and the human mind.
• Environment:  Students are encouraged to be aware of their interdependence with their environment and global issues.
• Heath and Social Education:  Students learn what is needed for physical, mental and social health. 

Students who earn the MYP Certificate have been engaged in a program guided by the International Baccalaureate Organization’s (IBO) mission to guide young people “to become critical and compassionate thinkers, lifelong learners and informed participants in local and world affairs” (from the IBO Mission Statement). The mission statement is further supported by the “IB Learner Profile,” the mission statement in action.

IB MYP is committed to the concept that a student should be able to apply skills and knowledge in an independent format to produce a product demonstrating their understanding of the areas of interaction.  This project is begun in the 9^th grade, in the Norcross Cluster, with the planning and research of a project of interest to the student.  An assigned supervisor serves as an advisor and a research expert for the student.  The completion of the personal project occurs during the student’s 10^th grade year.

Link to Personal Project Information Page

Event Calendar for MYP Certificate Students

Personal Project Guide

MYP Assessment Portfolio

Due to the IB office on or before April 29 OR  for Personal Project Candidates, to Mr. Glenn by April  12

• “Instructions for Completing the Assessment Portfolio”
• “MYP Portfolio Coversheet”
• Subject Assessment Rubrics for Teacher Completion
  • “Language A Rubric”
  • “Language B Rubric”
  • “Humanities Rubric” (Social Studies)
  • “Mathematics Rubric”
  • “Science Rubric”

Pinckneyville (PMS) and Summerour (SMS) have whole-school MYP programs.  All students in these schools are involved in MYP.   Participation in a program designed to serve exceptionalities and special needs may, in some cases, preclude full involvement in all aspects of the MYP.

For further information at PMS or SMS, contact:
 Beverly Boucaud,  MYP Coordinator at PMS
770  263-0860
Stephanie Cooper, MYP Coordinator at SMS
770  448-3045

A student who articulates into Norcross High School (NHS) from an existing Norcross cluster MYP program does not need to make application for participation in the MYP curriculum.  If a student is new to the MYP program and wishes to earn a limited MYP certificate at the end of the sophomore year, he or she may make application. 

For further information for NHS contact
Kathy Sanchez, IB Coordinator
770.453.2092

Application for Rising Freshmen (Pre-IB) (pdf)  (Updated for 2012-2013) Due March 1, 2012
(Note: The application is required for students who are requesting permissive transfer from an out-of-district Gwinnett County Public School.)