The International Baccalaureate (IB) is an international educational organization, which educates students with an attitude of lifelong learning. At our school, we offer the Diploma Program, an IB curriculum taught in the last two years of schooling that balances academic and personal development, promoting inquiry skills, critical thinking and cross-cultural sensitivity.
The IB allows students to direct their own learning path and develop the skills and self-confidence they need to progress and make a difference.
It is a rigorous and balanced educational program with final examinations that
is an excellent preparation for college and adult life.
It aims to develop students who achieve excellent breadth and depth of knowledge while growing physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.
The program is recognized and respected by prestigious universities around the world.
The PD allows to train students who:
Thinking skills: including critical thinking, creative thinking, and ethical thinking
Communication Skills: strengthens oral and written communication, argumentation and active listening.
Research skills: comparing, contrasting, validating and prioritizing information.
Self-management skills: organization, time management and emotional skills, such as mood and motivation management.
We cultivate our curiosity, while developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn in a way that
autonomously and together with others.
We learn with enthusiasm and maintain this eagerness to learn throughout our lives.
We develop and use our conceptual understanding by exploring knowledge in a variety of disciplines.
We engage with ideas and issues of local and global importance.
We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyze and proceed in a manner that is
responsible in the face of complex problems. We act on our own initiative in making reasoned and ethical decisions.
We express ourselves confidently and creatively in diverse languages, idioms and manners. We collaborate effectively, listening attentively to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.
We act with integrity and honesty, with a deep sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity and rights of women and men.
people around the world. We take responsibility for our own actions and their impact on the world.
consequences.
We develop a critical appreciation of our own cultures and personal histories, as well as of
the values and traditions of others. We seek and consider different points of view and are willing to learn from experience.
We show empathy, sensitivity and respect. We are committed to helping others and act with the purpose of positively influencing people's lives and the world around us.
We approach uncertainty with foresight and determination. We work autonomously and
collaborative approach to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We show ingenuity and resilience
when we face changes and challenges.
We understand the importance of physical, mental and emotional balance to achieve our own and our clients' well-being.
of others. We recognize our interdependence on other people and on the environment.
world we live in.
We carefully evaluate the world and our own ideas and experiences. We strive to
understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to contribute to our learning and development.
personal development.
At Vermont School, our students in the last two grades take the IB Diploma Program (IBDP).
We provide personalized academic and emotional support to help our students reach their maximum potential.
Through the IB Diploma Program, we connect learning with reality, promoting inquiry, critical thinking and a comprehensive education.
In addition, we carry out constant evaluations and feedback to ensure continuous improvement and excellence at every stage of the educational process.
Estudiamos la naturaleza del lenguaje y exploramos sus dimensiones prácticas y estéticas.
We further develop our ability to communicate through the study of language, subject areas and texts.
We are trained to be the future agents of change that companies require and, on the other hand, we understand how the world we live in works.
We study life and living systems through a variety of approaches and techniques.
We develop mathematical concepts and apply them to solve problems posed in a variety of meaningful contexts.
Artistic practice fosters your agency, well-being and sense of accomplishment. It also allows you to communicate your ideas in meaningful, diverse and unconventional ways.
We understand the ways in which knowledge is acquired and validated in different areas, fostering critical and reflective thinking.
We put their learning at the service of the community, participating in simultaneous activities to the study of academic disciplines.
We use the skills acquired to write a research paper of no more than 4,000 words, related to a subject we are taking.
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