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McAllen ISD is proud to offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Academy for sixth, seventh and eighth graders.
The application window for the 2021-22 school year is now open and runs through Friday, February 5.
Based at McAllen ISD’s De Leon Middle School, this unique “school-within-a-school” model nurtures students in a small, specialized learning community that is peppered with rigorous, enriching programs and challenging coursework for advanced students.
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The Middle Years Academy is designed for students in the first three years of the IB Middle Years Programme.
Other positives of the Middle Years Academy include:
- Rigorous learning objectives
- A student-centered approach to teaching
- International perspectives
- Concern for the whole child
- Sustained teaching and learning in more than one language
- A focus on learning how to learn
- The development of flexible thinking that prepares students to evaluate information critically
- The ability to apply knowledge in complex, unfamiliar situations.
McAllen ISD became the first school district in the Rio Grande Valley to offer the IB Diploma Programme (for grades 11-12) in 2001. The district added the Primary Years Programme (PYP) for grades 1-5 and MYP for grades 6-10 in 2006.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a not-for-profit organization supporting the education of more than 1 million students each year in nearly 5,300 schools in 158 countries.
To fill out an application, families should go to https://mcallenisd.schoolmint.net/welcomeback
or call 956-632-8800.
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