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IB Diploma Programme (11th-12th)
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The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Pahokee Middle High School
IB Mission Statement:
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Our Mission Statement:
Pahokee Middle High International Baccalaureate World School is dedicated to the intellectual advancement and achieving of principled and caring students, who can effectively meet the challenges of a multicultural and global community
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IB Learner Profile
The aim of the IB Programme is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world. IB learners strive to be:
• Inquirers
• Open-minded
• Knowledgeable
• Caring
• Thinkers
• Risk-takers
• Communicators
• Balanced
• Principled
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The DP Curriculum at PMHS
IB Diploma candidates take one course from each of the six groups of study in the DP.
They enroll in at least three Higher Level Courses (HL) and two or three Standard Level Courses (SL) over the course of two years (11th and 12th).Six Groups of Study
Group 1: Studies in language & literature
IB English Language & Literature HL
Group 2: Language Acquisition
IB Spanish B HL
IB Spanish ab initio SL
Group 3: Individuals and Societies
IB History SL or HL
IB Social and Cultural Anthropology
Group 4: Sciences
IB Biology SL or HL
Group 5: Mathematics
IB Math Applications & Interpretations SL
Group 6: The Arts
IB Visual Arts SL or HLThree Core Requirements:
- THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE is a course designed to encourage each student to reflect on the nature of knowledge by critically examining different ways of knowing (perception, emotion, language and reason) and different kinds of knowledge (scientific, artistic, mathematical and historical).
- EXTENDED ESSAY is a requirement for students to engage in independent research through an in-depth study of questions relating to one of the subjects they are studying.
- CREATIVITY, ACTIVITY, SERVICE requires that students actively learn from the experience of doing real tasks beyond the classroom. while reflecting on their learning experiences.
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PMHS IB DP Handbook
You can access the 2022 and Beyond Pahokee Middle High IB Diploma Programme Handbook below:
PMHS DP Handbook 2022 and beyond