{"id":890,"date":"2016-06-28T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/?page_id=890"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:54:14","slug":"myp-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/myp-home\/","title":{"rendered":"MYP HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; background_style=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column]\t<div class=\"aq-block-aq_page_header_block\">\r\n\t\r\n<header class=\"page-header ebor-pad-me\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"background-image-holder parallax-background\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RR-STEM-Woodworking-Projects-Apr-29th-1959-scaled.jpg\" class=\"background-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RR-STEM-Woodworking-Projects-Apr-29th-1959-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RR-STEM-Woodworking-Projects-Apr-29th-1959-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RR-STEM-Woodworking-Projects-Apr-29th-1959-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RR-STEM-Woodworking-Projects-Apr-29th-1959-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RR-STEM-Woodworking-Projects-Apr-29th-1959-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RR-STEM-Woodworking-Projects-Apr-29th-1959-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RR-STEM-Woodworking-Projects-Apr-29th-1959-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-white alt-font\">Rockridge Secondary School<\/span><h1 class=\"text-white\">Middle Years Programme<\/h1>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"\"><h1 class=\"\">About Middle Years Programme<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"lead  \"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/MYP-English.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-905 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/MYP-English-300x91.png\" alt=\"MYP-English\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/MYP-English-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/MYP-English-1024x311.png 1024w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/MYP-English.png 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Rockridge is an authorized International Baccalaureate World School for the Middle Years Programme. All students in Grades 8 to 10 participate in the MYP.\u00a0 If you are new to learning in the MYP, the following is a great &#8216;one pager&#8217; created by our MYP Coordinators Ms. LeSieur and Ms. Millare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1QfvfUz_TFunDUmVZ1V4h5V-hkCgG5UFH\/view?usp=drive_link\">An Introduction to the MYP for Families<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IB World schools share a common philosophy: a commitment to improve the teaching of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that shares a powerful vision.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IB website.<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/myp-model-official.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6154 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/myp-model-official-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/myp-model-official-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/myp-model-official-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/myp-model-official-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/myp-model-official-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/myp-model-official-172x172.png 172w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/myp-model-official-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Mission Statement from the IB:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;custom-menu&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5>In this Section<\/h5>\n<div class=\"menu-myp-container\"><ul id=\"menu-myp\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-6145\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/policies\/\">Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6146\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/myp-home\/assessment\/\">Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6815\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6815\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/myp-home\/written-curriculum\/\">Written Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-902\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-902\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/myp-home\/personal-project\/\">Personal Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_wp_posts][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13237&#8243; 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