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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does a kid have to start the IB track in middle school, or can it just be high school?[/quote]

IB is for high school (11-12th grade). First two years are called "pre-IB." No MYP requirement to do IB in high school. [/quote]

This is correct and very helpful. However I also wanted to add that although the IB diploma program is only for the last two years of high school, it has prerequisite coursework that must be fulfilled in the first two years, grades 9 and 10, and thus careful course planning is necessary from 8th grade onward if the full IB diploma is on the student's radar. Ideally, a freshman (grade 9) Pre-IB schedule would include the following classes, for which one would have had to take any prerequisites at the middle school level:

Typical 9th grade schedule:
? Honors English 9 
? Honors World History 9 
? World Language, level 2 
? Honors Biology 
? Honors Geometry

If IB is something students are interested in, they should ideally plan their middle school coursework to make sure they will be eligible for AT LEAST the above classes in their first year of high school. The science, maths, and language sequences are particularly important since they have specific prerequisite courses.[/quote]

You don't need the MYP for any of that.  The MYP just tends to get added in areas where the IB diploma programs at the HS are poorly subscribed.[/quote]

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