International
Baccalaureate
Overview & Advantages of the IB Programme
What is IB?
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a challenging, comprehensive college preparatory program designed for motivated, self-disciplined students. Besides offering a curriculum with high academic standards and intellectual rigor, the IB Diploma Programme places a strong emphasis on international understanding and responsible citizenship. The IB Diploma Programme has been offered in schools throughout the world since 1968.
Nicholas Senn High School was authorized as an IB World School starting with the 2000-2001 school year. Senn IB students have been awarded the prestigious IB Diploma every year since authorization.
Visit www.ibo.org for additional information on the International Baccalaureate Programme.
IB Mission Statement
Through comprehensive and balanced curricula coupled with challenging assessments, the International Baccalaureate Organization 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. Beyond intellectual rigor and high academic standards, strong emphasis is placed on the ideals of international understanding and responsible citizenship, to the end that IB students may become critical and compassionate thinkers, lifelong learners and informed participants in local and world affairs, conscious of the shared humanity that binds all people together while respecting the variety of cultures and attitudes that makes for the richness of life.