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Upper St. Clair School District

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MYP History

The Middle Years Program is one of three programs authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization. MYP was added in 1994. The IB is a non-profit making Swiss foundation registered in 1968. The activities of the organization are determined by an Act of Foundation approved by the Swiss authorities. Since IB is a “not-for-profit organization” and not a company; furthermore, any fund surplus is reinvested in the organization.

Schools and school districts that operate IB authorized programs are called IB World Schools and are the customers of IB. The organization has a very close, long-term, two-way relationship with its IB World Schools.

In the late 1990’s, Upper St Clair School District began to investigate various educational programs that may be offered as choices to District families. After a series of visits by various teams from USC to IB World Schools in the United States, the decision was made to implement all three IB programs as a choice option for district families. In effect plans began to develop the Primary Years Program for grades K-4, the Middle Years Program for grades 5-10, and the Diploma Program for grades 11-12.

In December 1997, a District fast track curriculum recommendation was approved to undertake the application process for adopting the IB MYP. The Middle Years Programme was authorized by the IB in 2002.

In the process of receiving authorization, the District completed an Interested Schools Form and successfully completed the following authorization stages: