Ada Merritt K-8 Center Middle Years Programme

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Guiding Question How can the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) help me be a better learner and a better person?

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Seventh Grade Assembly October 8, 2013  MYP Overview  MYP Requirements  Student Code of Conduct

Ada Merritt K-8 Center The Programme Model

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Learner Profile At the heart of the IB Programme Continuum is the Learner Profile. The IB programme aims to help students develop as lifelong learners in the context of the Learner Profile.Learner Profile

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Fundamental Concepts of the Middle Years Programme Intercultural Awareness Communication Holistic Education with a Focus on Global Issues

Ada Merritt K-8 Center FIVE AREAS OF INTERACTION They provide a framework for learning within and across the subject groups. They allow connections among the subjects themselves, and between the subjects and real-life issues. Characteristics of the Middle Years Program

Ada Merritt K-8 Center The 5 Areas of Interaction: Approaches to Learning Community & Service Environments Health & Social Education Human Ingenuity MYP AREAS OF INTERACTION

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Approaches to Learning Develop effective study skills Develop critical, coherent, and independent thought Learn problem solving and decision making skills Become life-long learners Nurture academic honestyacademic honesty

Ada Merritt K-8 Center

Portfolios Students: Collect samples of their work for each Area of Interaction Write a reflection form for each entry Collected work samples and reflections can be added to the portfolios during homeroom You may use a picture of large projects Accumulate work samples from 6 th – 8 th grades A complete Portfolio is a requirement to qualify for the Ada Merritt International Baccalaureate Certificate in eighth grade.

Community and Service

Ada Merritt K-8 Center IB MYP Requirements Maintain grades of 2.5 or higher in all subjects and in conduct Maintain effort satisfactory grades Follow the schools attendance, punctuality, uniform and behavior guidelines Complete home learning assignments regularly and use the student agenda Complete the required Community and Service hours: –10 hours in 6 th and 7 th grade –20 hours in 8 th grade Maintain a portfolio Complete the 8 th grade Culminating Project

Eighth Grade Requirements  To receive an Eighth Grade Certificate of Promotion students must pass all Middle School core classes  To receive an Ada Merritt K-8 Center International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) Certificate and Pin students must meet the following criteria: a GPA of 2.5 or higher in all Academic Courses and in conduct satisfactory effort grades a minimum of 40 hours of Community and Service: 10 in grades 6 and 7, 20 in grade 8. All Service Record forms must be submitted before May 16, 2014 a satisfactory eighth grade culminating project a complete MYP portfolio.

Student Code of Conduct

Ada Merritt K-8 Center Sixth Grade Orientation October 8, 2013 Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. Albert Einstein A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS