The overall goal is to give students the best college preparatory program in the whole world. Students will be taking IB courses taught by IB teachers throughout high school. The Geneva, Switzerland-based program was created in 1965 to give diplomats' children and other students academic credentials that were accepted worldwide. Students who complete the IB program are bilingual individuals who are well versed in a broad spectrum of subjects including intercontinental concepts. The student also learns to be a critical thinker, independent researcher and a confident writer.
Students have to apply and be judged on five different areas to be accepted into the program.
Coronado will bestow its first IB diploma in 2003. The program at Coronado requires students to begin the curriculum in the ninth grade. Students from throughout the district are welcome to apply for the program. If accepted, they will have to enroll at Coronado for all four years of high school. Coronado is currently seeking eighth grade students interested in obtaining the IB diploma.