MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME

Mercy High School believes that students should pursue excellence in all aspects of their education. To that end, Mercy High School is proud to offer the highly respected International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP), in which all 9th and 10th graders participate.

Our commitment as a Mercy school to deliver challenging programs to a diverse and inclusive community and to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect is a natural fit with the philosophy of the IB.

Authorization as an IB World School is recognition of the high quality of teaching and learning at Mercy. In an IB classroom at Mercy, our specially trained teachers help students to be collaborative, creative, and reflective in their learning. Student learning is organized around larger themes that help girls make connections among different disciplines. Compared to their peers, IB students tend to go to university at higher rates, go to more selective universities, and perform better once there. Most importantly, our academic program sparks a true, lifelong love of learning in our students!

In the IB Middle Years Programme, students…

1. Ask how things happen and why.

2. Consider the larger picture—locally, nationally, or globally.

3. Sharpen their verbal and written communication skills.

4. Take a deeper dive into their own talents and interests.

5. Master how to organize, schedule, and plan their work.

6. Take on difficult tasks with coaching on strategies for success.

7. Make connections across disciplines so that patterns and themes begin to emerge.

8. Learn by doing and experiencing.

9. Discover the value of persistence.

10. Determine how to best use their gifts and talents to create a better world.