Lehigh Valley Academy is an IBO World School having achieved
authorization for IBO’s Primary Years Programme (PYP
– grades K-5) and Diploma Programme (DP - grades 11-12).
LVA has been accepted as a candidate school for the Middle
Years Programme (MYP-grades 6 -10) and is currently working
with IB mentors towards authorization.
The following content was obtained from the International
Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)
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An education going beyond
academics – it’s interactive and interdisciplinary – it’s a
process
Lehigh Valley Academy uses the I.B.
method as its educational basis.
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A thematic approach to teaching and learning. |
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An open-ended style of learning offering student’s individual
advancement through project-based assessment. |
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A flexible Programme encouraging students to go above
and beyond with projects and application, not repetition. |
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An example of the I.B. way |
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Interactive - Multiplication
is reinforced through: teaching, book reinforcement, self-investigation–creating
their own word problems and other functional problems,
day-to-day classroom application through hands-on projects
and activities, etc. |
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Interdisciplinary - The next
step in I.B. learning. I.B. takes
not only the concepts of math the student learns, but
cross-teaches the subject with one or more other subjects
through a theme-based project. Projects can include research,
a building project, reports, etc. There is no limit to
the imagination. |
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Lehigh Valley Academy currently offers two levels of I.B.– |
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The final phase of education is a high-school level baccalaureate
diploma Programme. The final two years of the programme includes
a final exam encompassing differing components of all of a student’s
learning with a goal of creating a while child through: academics,
philosophy, physical, fine arts, and community service.
The I.B. education also includes project-based
assessment at all levels. This allows creativity and opportunity.
A student can move forward as they desire through self-motivation
and independence. If a child is academically strong they are
motivated to develop the self-skills to go above and beyond
the lesson to the next level.
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About IBO
International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)
is a nonprofit educational foundation based in Geneva,
Switzerland. Its mission is rooted in the concept of "education
for life." Through complete and balanced curricula coupled
with challenging assessments, the IBO aims to assist schools
in their endeavors to develop the individual talents of
young people and teach them to relate the experience of
the classroom to the realities of the world outside. (More
information about IBO.) More than 1,200 schools worldwide
use an IBO curriculum model. |
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