Richard Montgomery High School

An Introduction to the IB program

The International Baccalaureate Program (IB) was founded in the 1960s, and has since become a symbol of academic integrity and intellectual rigor throughout the world.  The IB is a rigorous academic course of study with three components,

the Primary Years Program, theMiddle Years Program, and the Diploma Program.  The three programs span grades K - 12.  The overall objectives of the IB are to provide students with a broad and balanced education, to develop creative and compassionate life-time learners and to promote an international awareness and understanding.

The philosophy behind the International Baccalaureate begins with a simple idea: 

By educating students we create a better world. 

The International Baccalaureate promotes intercultural understanding and respect, not as an alternative to a sense of cultural and national identity, but as an essential part of life in the 21st century.

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.