SBC (School Building Capacity) - Building capacity- the number of students that can be accommodated in permanent, "brick and mortar building."
ASCC (Annual School Campus Capacity) - Current Capacity- building capacity PLUS on-site mobile unit capacity with supplemental program adjustment; total campus capacity for the listed school year.

Curriculum: International Baccalaureate - Middle School

Theme Description

1.Broad curriculum of eight core subject areas: language A, language B, math, science, humanities, technology, physical education, and art.

2.Five areas of interaction as the lenses through which the eight core subjects are taught: Approaches to Learning, Community and Service, Health and Social Education, Environment, and Homo Faber.

3.Sustained instruction in a second language aiming toward conversational fluency by the end of the MYP

All levels of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme:

1.Offer study across a broad range of subjects

2.Promote international understanding and a global perspective responsible members of a community

3.Emphasize the learning of a second language

4.Develop responsible members of a community

5.Promote the attributes of he IB learner profile

Description

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Programmes aim to assist schools in developing the unique talents and abilities of all students by teaching them to connect the experiences of the classroom to their world. The IB Programmes emphasize academic challenges, international understanding, community service and mental and physical well-being. At each level the curriculum framework is appropriate to the needs, abilities, and age of the students. The IB educational philosophy embraces the best methods, strategies, and techniques to enable all student to meet their potential.

The Middle Years Programme (MYP) includes students in grades six through ten. MYP is about developing the potential of students to think and act as members of a global society. The MYP programme incorporates five areas of interaction into the core courses taught. These five areas are approaches to learning, community service, health and social education, environment, and homo faber (man the maker). Included in the course of study are a foreign language, arts, and technology, as well as English, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Physical Education. During the fifth year (tenth grade) of the MYP, students complete a personal project, which demonstrates initiative, organization and creativity. As creative thinkers and problem solvers, they will be successful at all future challenges. A holistic, thematic view of knowledge helps students understand how the school curriculum applies to their eveyday lives. A strong emphasis on community helps inwardly focused young adolescents gain an awareness of needs in the local community and leads them to action.

At Daniels Magnet Middle School we are developing compassionate thinkers to live in the 21st century.

Happenings at Daniels:

* Students develop multidisciplinary projects

across the 8 subject areas

* Students choose electives to support and enrich

the academic curriculum

* Students acquire a second language through a

focus on understanding the cultures of the

language

* Students explore many topics across the arts

and technology

* Students participate in units designed around

5 areas of interaction (see below)

* Students think analytically and express their

own ideas through a variety of different types

of assessments

* Students develop portfolios in which they

reflect on the work they have done

* Students write in all subjects

* Students interact with international faculty

members who promote intercultural awareness

* Students work in their communities performing

over 10,000 hours of service in 2001-2002