MYP Curriculum

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The International Baccalaureate (IB) Midde Years Program (MYP) at Dallas International School prepares students to compete and thrive in today’s global community, and lays a solid foundation to prepare students to earn the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma at the end of 12th grade. The MYP provides a world-class preparation for high school and beyond. IB students consistently demonstrate the critical thinking and research skills needed to excel in their studies, and they tend to enroll in the world’s best institutions. Students in the MYP are well prepared to handle the rigors of the IB Diploma Program (DP) courses in 11th and 12th grades. 

The MYP begins in 6th grade and culminates in 10th grade. It provides a framework of learning that encourages students to become creative, critical, and reflective thinkers. The MYP emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world. It fosters the development of skills for communication, intercultural understanding, and global engagement—essential qualities for young people who are becoming global leaders. It prepares students to meet the academic challenges of the IB Diploma Programme (DP) and the IB Career-related Programme (CP).

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The MYP: A Unique Approach, Relevant for a Global Society

The MYP aims to help students develop their personal understanding, emerging sense of self, and responsibility in their community. MYP teachers organize the curriculum with appropriate attention to:

  • Teaching and Learning in Context. Students learn best when their learning experiences have context and are connected to their lives and the world that they have experienced. Using global contexts, MYP students explore human identity, global challenges, and what it means to be internationally-minded.
  • Conceptual Understanding. Concepts are big ideas that have relevance within specific disciplines and across subject areas. MYP students use concepts as a vehicle to inquire into issues and ideas of personal, local, and global significance and examine knowledge holistically.
  • Approaches to Learning (ATL). A unifying thread throughout all MYP subject groups, approaches to learning provide the foundation for independent learning and encourage the application of their knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts. Developing and applying these skills help students learn how to learn.
  • Service as Action. Action (i.e., learning by doing and experiencing) and service have always been shared values of the IB community. Students take action when they apply what they are learning in the classroom and beyond. IB learners strive to be caring members of the community who demonstrate a commitment to service—making a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment. Service as action is an integral part of the program, especially in the MYP
  • Language and Identity. MYP students are required to learn at least two languages. Learning to communicate in a variety of ways is fundamental to their development of intercultural understanding and crucial to their identity affirmation. 

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