From grades 6-10, students enter the Middle Years Program (MYP). This builds on the inquiry-based learning methods found in the PYP while deepening students' understanding and competencies through self-guided and structured inquiry into concepts, content and ideas that have relevance to the middle-years learner. There are eight subject groups taught through 6 relevant and engaging Global Contexts, and a Community Service (Service as Action) component that helps students make an impact with their learning.
As in the PYP, there is a substantial amount of collaborative learning, and assessment takes place continuously, as opposed to the ‘learn for a test’ approach common in many school settings. The MYP journey is capped by the Gr. 10 “Personal Project,” a nearly year-long process of in-depth inquiry into a concept, area, topic or skill which lies at the heart of the students’ own interests.