IB Overview
IB OVERVIEW
As and authorized IB World School, Westlake High School is authorized to offer the Diploma Programme (DP) and years 4 (9th Grade) and 5 (10th Grade) of the Middle Years Programme (MYP).
THE IB MISSION
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 programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
IB LEARNER PROFILE
Informed by the International Baccalaureate® mission to develop active, compassionate and lifelong learners, the IB programmes foster a distinctive set of attributes known as the IB Learner Profile. The ten traits are listed below.
Inquirers
Thinkers
Communicators
Knowledgeable
Balanced
Principled
Open-Minded
Caring
Risk-takers
Reflective
HISTORY AT WHS
Westlake was authorized as an IB Diploma school in Spring 2016 and saw its first group of candidates for the diploma in 2018. The Middle Years Programme was authorized in Fall 2024. More Information about IB World School Programmes here
CONTACT INFORMATION
IB Programme Coordinator
Dr. Alanna Johnson; JohnsonA14@fultonschools.org