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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child has been at Westland for 7th and now 8th, and I still have no idea what the Middle Years Programme fully entails. She does not appear to have a different middle school experience than my other child did at North Bethesda MS, a few years ago. Last year in 7th, they did projects for National History Day. Every summer, they have to read an absolute drivel of a book (LGBTQ+ acceptance two summers ago and restorative justice last summer), and there is at least one day in the school year when they discuss the book. They don't go into interesting detail, they stay super vague (be kind! embrace your perp!) and something that could have been great in other hands turns into boredom.

Don't get me wrong. Westland is a perfectly fine school. She's had some good teachers, the Principal is kind and competent.

But I think the application of the IB concept is... very lacking.

It doesn't matter anyway. What counts is the actual IB program in 11th and 12th grade in high school (for us, BCC).[/quote]

Thank you. I want to work with students on building the foundation to be successful in the DP. It sounds like that is not going to be a priority at Westland. [/quote]

MYP is by definition whole-school.

[i]The MYP is open to any student aged 11 to 16, at schools that have been authorized to implement the programme.

The MYP is inclusive by design; students of all interests and academic abilities can benefit from their participation. Implementation of the MYP is a whole-school endeavour, although the programme can accommodate academically-selective models. [/i]

https://www.ibo.org/programmes/middle-years-programme/[/quote]

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