Our International Baccalaureate Mission Statement

To prepare students for a globally competitive environment in which students graduate college and career ready while fostering principles of responsibility, service, respect, compassion, international-mindedness within an academically challenging educational framework.

What is the International Baccalaureate program?

The International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum is a globally recognized leader in the field of international education.  IB programmes encourage students, ages 3 to 19 years, to be active learners, well-rounded individuals and engaged world citizens.  Founded in 1968, IB programmes are offered by more than 3,000 schools in 139 countries to approximately 845,000 students. Today, the community stakeholders are committed to establishing the IB Middle Year Programme (MYP) at our school. Our school is focused on ensuring that all students reach an ever-increasing standard of academic excellence despite the socioeconomic, interpersonal, and familial challenges that many community students (and their families) face. The surrounding communities have demonstrated unprecedented support for King Middle School and Maynard Jackson High School. We believe the IB MYP will help in closing achievement gaps within our school community.

Students will experience a full continuum of the IB curriculum.  Jackson Cluster’s seven elementary feeder schools will eventually offer the IB Primary Years Programs for students in grades 1-5.  King Middle and Jackson High IB Candidate Schools will offer the Middle Years Programme, which spans sixth through tenth grade.  Accordingly, King students begin the Middle Years Programme in sixth grade and complete the final two years of this program during ninth and tenth grade at Jackson High School.  The IB experience concludes with the Diploma Program, which is an elective curriculum for grades 11 and 12.   In contrast to many schools that reserve the Diploma Program for select students, all Jackson HS students have the option to pursue the IB diploma if they wish to do so.  The IB Diploma Program at Jackson HS is the second  Diploma Program in Atlanta Public Schools.  To learn more about the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), visit http://www.ibo.org.