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The Methow Valley School District has received its formal authorization from the International Baccalaureate (IB) organization, joining just 15 public schools in the state.
Approval for the two programs — the primary-years programme for kindergarten through …
After more than two years of teaching that looks at topics from many perspectives — for example, how the same idea applies in science, music and art — the Methow Valley School District is taking a major step in its goal to get official designation …
Technology and reading top the list as educational priorities the Methow Valley School District gears up for the new school year.
The district has hired Liberty Bell High School grad Jessica Smith-Rouse as technology integration specialist to incorporate the …
After two years of teaching “How the World Works” by having kindergarteners explore how toys work and fifth-graders assemble their own science textbooks, the Methow Valley School District is ready to apply for …
Sixth-graders’ project links learning, creativity By Marcy Stamper When Methow Valley Elementary sixth-graders picked “Water Provides” as the theme for this year’s National Free Fishing Day, it showed how completely they had absorbed the interconnection of water for farmers, fish and virtually everyone in the community. Early this month, the students translated this theme onto […]
Changes more subtle than dramatic so far By Marcy Stamper Last spring, as the Methow Valley School District pondered switching to the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, many people envisioned a dramatic change and reactions ranged from enthusiastic to alarmed. Now, six months into the incorporation of IB for kindergarten through 10th grade, parents and teachers […]
The Methow Valley School District is applying to be a candidate for two International Baccalaureate (IB) programs — the primary years program for kindergarten through sixth grade and middle years program for seventh through 10th grade.
“It’s not a curriculum — it’s a framework.” Methow Valley School District administrators have repeated this distinction frequently to explain the IB program to the community. But to understand what that really means …
In a sometimes-divisive public meeting, some parents said the Methow Valley School District’s proposal to adopt the International Baccalaureate (IB) program would finally make school exciting, while others said it …
International Baccalaureate (IB) started 46 years ago as an international school in Geneva, Switzerland, primarily to provide consistent education for the children of businesspeople and diplomats.
