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

Mission Statement: East Millbrook Magnet Middle is an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) and an A+ Creative Arts school that encourages students to explore their individuality through a global, realistic and inquiry-based education.

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 all 8 required subjects. 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 for all students are a foreign language, visual and performing arts, and technology, as well as English, Humanities, 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.

The A+ Schools Program, sponsored by the Kenan Institute, is an approach to teaching and learning grounded in the belief that the arts can play a central role in how children learn. A+ Schools cover the North Carolina Standard Course of Study through interdisciplinary thematic units, combined with arts integration and hands-on, experiential learning, including arts instructions by arts teachers. A+ Schools also develop strong partnerships with parents, area cultural resources, local colleges and universities, and the media. Realizing that children learn through a variety of learning styles is a powerful educational tool. The A+ model uses Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences to help identify the best ways to impact students:

*verbal/linguistic

*logical/mathematical

*visual/spacial

*musical/rhythmic

*bodily/kinesthetic

*naturalistic

*interpersonal

*intrapersonal