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Robert E. Lee High School and James S. Hogg Middle School IB Programmes |
Tyler
Independent School District offers two International Baccalaureate
Organization Programmes that focus on preparing students to successfully
participate in the global economy. The two programs are the IB Diploma
Programme and the IB Middle Years Programme.
The
Middle Years Programme is a three year programme designed for students in
grades six through grade eight. Middle Years suggests those years of
adolescence between elementary school and the junior and senior years in
high school, those years which demand an intensive preparation for work in
academic disciplines which demand higher order thinking, problem solving,
and decision making skills. The MYP prepares students to be successful with
the intensive work in the college level IB Diploma Programme.
The
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at James S. Hogg Middle
School is an IB authorized World School. The school-within-a-school draws
students from throughout Tyler ISD who have passed an entrance exam or have
been identified as gifted and talented. The current enrollment is 165
students in grades 6, 7, and 8.
The
curriculum includes eight subject areas taught with rigor and inter-related
with five areas of interaction. Students receive accelerated instruction in
Language A: English, Language B: Spanish, Science, Math, Humanities,
Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Physical Education and Technology. Students
can receive credit for Spanish I, Algebra I and Keyboarding at the eighth
grade level.
At James
S. Hogg, the IBMYP faculty works to provide multiple cross-curricular units
that have international focus with emphasis on the environment, health and
social education, approaches to learning, the ingenuity of man, and
community service. Students are also required to do a personal project, an
individual research that reflects their topic of interest and encourages
long range planning and goal setting.
Hands-on
instruction is essential for the curriculum, and field trips are an integral
part of the program. Students participate in cultural activities including
visits to fairs, religious celebrations, museums and dramatic productions.
As the
students move on to the Pre-IB Program at Robert E. Lee High School, they
are again involved in eight advanced areas of study while also meeting the
requirements for the state of Texas graduation plan. The goal for all IB
students is to graduate not only with a Texas high school diploma on the
Distinguished Achievement Program plan, but also with an IB Diploma which
distinguishes students who have made a four or above in six advanced IB
courses, completed an extended essay, the TOK essay, and CAS hours. The
five areas of interaction which create a framework for higher order thinking
again pervade and recur throughout the ninth and tenth grade years at REL
preparing the students for the college level IB courses in the IB Diploma
Programme the eleventh and twelfth grade years.
The IB
Diploma Programme the eleventh and twelfth grade years is a comprehensive
two-year international curriculum that incorporates the best elements of
national systems without being based on any one. The vision of IB and the
REL program is that students will share an academic experience that will
emphasize critical thinking, intercultural understanding, and exposure to a
variety of points of view. Three unique aspects of the Diploma Programme
are the Theory of Knowledge course in analytical thinking, an extended essay
(based on development of research in an area of interest), and CAS hours
(Creativity, Action, Service) which encourage students to become
responsible, compassionate, educated citizens.
Classroom
teachers and IB Examiners work in partnership to ensure that students have a
time to demonstrate what they have learned. Responsibility for all academic
judgments about the quality of candidates' work rests with some 3200 IB
examiners worldwide, led by chief examiners with international authority in
their fields.
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