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International Baccalaureate

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La Cumbre Junior High School has been an IB Middle Years Programme Candidate School since 2024. All students at La Cumbre are IB students, where our faculty are actively creating and implementing a rigorous, culturally-sustaining, globally-minded curricular framework with the IB Approaches to Teaching and Learning framework, and service learning as student-initiated action at its foundation.

Vision and Mission Statements

Vision

La Cumbre Junior High strives to create an equitable, peaceful, and connected world by preparing students for success in college, career, and life.
 

Mission

Together, we prepare our students to make meaningful contributions in a changing world by building essential skills, expanding knowledge, and fostering a growth mindset through student-community collaboration, critical thinking, and a genuine passion for learning. 

The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) is one of three Programmes offered by the International Baccalaureate Organization. The Middle Years Programme (MYP) is for students aged 11 to 16 and helps students develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to participate actively and responsibly in an increasingly changing and interconnected world.
 

Community Projects and Service Learning

Through the Middle Years Programme Community Projects, 8th-grade students, in groups of 1-3,  experience the responsibility of completing a significant service project over an extended period of time, both in and outside the school day. We enlist community members to act as mentors to ensure they follow the prescribed timeline. MYP projects encourage students to reflect on their learning and the outcomes of their work – key skills that prepare them for success in further study, the workplace, and the community.

We are currently piloting Community Projects in ASB and AVID 8 classes, and we will expand to more electives in the 2026-27 school year. We hope to be ready for all eighth graders to complete a project by the 2027-28 school year.