Bellevue Middle School offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP).  It is designed to help students develop the knowledge, understanding, attitudes, and skills necessary to participate actively and responsibly in a changing world.

The middle school years, encompassing early puberty and mid-adolescence, are a particularly critical phase of personal and intellectual development and require a programme that helps students participate actively and responsibly in a changing and increasingly interrelated world. Learning how to learn and how to evaluate information critically is as important as learning facts. 

                                           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 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.

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WEEKLY IB WORD OF THE MONTH NOMINATIONS & DRAWING:

To focus and highlight an IB word each month, we are starting a new student recognition program.  Students and teachers are encouraged to nominate students who exemplify the qualities represented by the IB word featured that month.  Nominations are placed in the drop box in the guidance office at any time. Nominations must include the student’s first and last name and the action or behavior they exhibited which demonstrated the qualities of the word of the month.  Each Friday, a winner will be drawn, and announced over the intercom.  Weekly winners will be featured in the Student Spotlight on the this webpage.  At the end of the month, all winners will be given a special treat by our principal, Dr. Hargis.

IB WORD FOR EACH MONTH:

August – Communication

Sept – Open-Minded

October – Thinkers

November – Balanced

December – Caring

January – Principled

February – Risk-Takers

March – Inquirers

April – Knowledgeable

May - Reflective



DESCRIPTIONS OF IB LEARNER PROFILE WORDS: 

Communicators          How do you communicate with others?

                                    How can you improve your communication?

                                    Share your communication with others.

 

Inquirers                      Do you ask questions in class?

                                    Do you go beyond what is presented in class?

                                    What skills do you need to become an inquirer?

 

Knowledgeable           Do you know a little about a lot of things?

                                    What do you know about other cultures?

                                    Who do you know that is knowledgeable?

 

Critical Thinkers          Do you remember to ask why?

                                    What tools do you use to problem solve?

                                    Do you think before you act?

 

Risk-takers                  Are you afraid to do new things?

                                    Do you defend your beliefs with courage?

                                    What do you do in unfamiliar situations?

 

Principled                    What is integrity?

                                    How do you show respect for others?

                                    Are you honest when it is difficult to be so?

 

Caring                         Do you have empathy for those who go through hard times?

                                    How do you serve others?

                                    How can you make a positive difference in your class?

 

Open-minded              Are you respectful of other cultures?

                                    Have you ever looked at something through

                                    another person’s point of view?

                                    Do you know how to agree to disagree?

 

Well-balanced             How do you take care of your physical self ?

                                    When in your life do you practice self discipline?

                                    Do you share your feelings when you are upset or happy?

 

Reflective                    What are your strengths?

                                    What are your weaknesses?

                                    Give an example of how to foster your physical, mental, and emotional development?