The 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 programs of international education and rigorous assessment. These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

In the Diploma Program, the curriculum consists of six subject groups and the three elements of the Diploma Program core. As one of these core elements, the theory of knowledge course encourages students to become more aware of their own perspectives and assumptions through an exploration of the fundamental question of how we know what we know.

A select group of 11th and 12th graders at RTHS are members of our Diploma Programme. The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares students, aged 16 to 19, for college success and life beyond. The DP Programme has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities. Many of our DP students earn college credit which potentially saves our students thousands of dollars in college costs. Students may choose to be a Full Diploma IB Candidate who will take 7 prescribed college level classes or students may be a Course Candidate and take 1-2 IB DP courses for college credit based on their assessment performance.

Why IB DP?

❖ The aim is to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people with adaptable skills to tackle society’s complex challenges
❖ Earn college credits while in high school
❖ Teachers explicitly teach skills to prepare students for college success
❖ IB teachers provide ongoing feedback to identify student strengths and weaknesses to target areas that need improvement
❖ Prepares students for college success
❖ Lessons that connect to the real world
❖ Belong to an international community of scholars
❖ Intense teacher training & standardization of grading
❖ Increased college admissions & academic scholarship opportunities
❖ DP students are more likely to attend college, persevere and graduate. (ibo.org)

*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme, or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org

**Mission Statement from the IB 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.