02.09.11
ISI is an Authorized MYP School
I am delighted to inform you that we have received the confirmation letter from the International Baccalaureate office in Geneva announcing the immediate authorization of our Middle Years Program extending from Grades 6 through 10. Please join me in congratulating Michael Urquhart, the upper school faculty team and our wonderful students on this success!
There are three especially interesting points to note:
Firstly, it is common for authorization to be made conditional on a number of points to be addressed, so we have done particularly well to receive an unconditional authorization. Unconditional authorization in such a short time frame would not have been possible without the great commitment, dedication and enthusiasm of all concerned.
Secondly, we are authorized for the full 5-year MYP, extending from Grade 6 through to Grade 10. This is how the MYP was originally intended. Although many public schools locally are busy adopting the MYP, very few of them in Indiana, to my knowledge, will have the full five year program in one institution.
Thirdly, we are the only school in Indiana and one of very few schools in the Midwest to offer both the 5-year MYP and the 2-year IB Diploma within one school. ISI students entering Grade 6 can now look forward to seven years of world class International Baccalaureate education at ISI.
Our current Grade 8 students are in the unique position of becoming the first students at ISI, and I expect in Indiana, who will be eligible to receive official IB MYP certificates issued from Geneva at the end of their Grade 10. Students who graduate from the MYP this year and next will receive internal IB MYP Certificates issued by ISI.
ISI will also participate in what is called “monitoring of assessment and moderation”. This is external scrutiny and validation by the IB office of our assessment practices, and of the grades that ISI teachers award to their students. The IB office will also send a report to the school with commendations, recommendations and, if appropriate, matters that should be addressed. This is a very powerful process that gives specific feedback to our teachers and ensures that ISI is applying the same standards as other MYP schools around the world.
Achieving IB MYP authorization is an important milestone in our ambition to become the first school in Indiana to offer all three IB programs. Alastair Kay and the Lower School team are hard at work introducing the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) throughout the pre-elementary and elementary grades, and are currently waiting to hear the date of the authorization visit. Once PYP authorization has been attained ISI will offer a remarkable 15 years of world class IB education to students that join us from the age of three!
As you spread the good word about ISI in the wider community please mention these points and invite others to consider giving their own children the lifelong gift of an ISI education. We are pleased to consider new students for entry throughout our school with the exception of Grade 12, and applicants do not need to speak a second language. Our next Open house is at our 49th Street location on February 10.
Please follow this link to the IndyStar website for more on our story:
With best wishes
David Garner
Head of School
International School of Indiana
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