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IB MYP

International Bacacalaureate
Middle Years Programme

The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) is an internationally recognized educational framework for students aged 11 to 16. It encourages critical thinking, creativity, and global-mindedness through interdisciplinary learning and real-world connections. The MYP prepares students for success in further education and life by fostering inquiry, reflection, and responsible action.

At Lanier, we celebrate and actively promote the IB Learner Profile traits, encouraging students to embody these values in their learning and everyday lives.

Use the navigation on the right to learn more about Lanier's IB MYP Programme, procedures, and policies. 

IB MYP 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. 

The IB Middle Years Programme

  • addresses students’ intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being.

  • enables students to understand and manage the complexities of our world, and provides them with the skills and attitudes they need in order to take responsible action for the future.

  • ensures breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding through the study of eight subject areas.

  • requires the study of at least two languages to support students’ understanding of their own culture and of others.

  • provides the opportunity for students to undertake an independent project in an area of personal interest.

An IB education is the result of a dynamic interaction between…

  • IB learners (who)

  • teaching and learning in the IB (how)

  • global contexts for teaching and learning (why)

  • the pursuit of significant knowledge and understanding (what).