Within the MYP programme, there are six required subjects in which students enroll. Below you will find an overview of all courses in the MYP with accompanying links to additional resources.

Arts

In the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, students develop through creating, performing and presenting arts in ways that engage and convey feelings, experiences and ideas. It is through this practice that students acquire new skills and master those skills developed in prior learning. Students have opportunities to function as artists, as well as learners of the arts. 

Design

As part of the Middle Years Programme (MYP), design challenges all students to:

• apply practical and creative thinking skills to solve design problems
• explore the role of design in both historical and contemporary contexts
• consider their responsibilities when making design decisions and taking action. 

MYP design focuses a holistic design process rather than final products and solutions.

At Meade High School, students in 9th grade enroll in Foundations of Technology 1 and in 10th grade take Foundations of Technology 2. 

IB Subject Brief: Design

Individuals and societies

Individuals and societies incorporates disciplines traditionally studied in the humanities, as well as disciplines in the social sciences. 

Language acquisition

The study of additional languages in the Middle Years Programme (MYP) provides students with the opportunity to develop insights into the features, processes and craft of language and the concept of culture, and to realize that there are diverse ways of living, viewing and behaving in the world.

At Meade High School, we are proud to offer students to continue in their language of study from middle school or enroll for the first time in one of the following languages:

• Spanish
• French
• Chinese
• American Sign Language*

IB Subject Brief: Language acquisition

Language and literature

All IB programmes value language as central to the development of critical thinking, which is essential for cultivating intercultural understanding and responsible membership in local, national and global communities.

Language is integral to exploring and sustaining personal development and cultural identity, and provides an intellectual framework that supports the construction of conceptual understanding.

As MYP students interact with a range of texts, they generate insight into moral, social, economic, political, cultural and environmental domains. They continually grow in their abilities to form opinions, make decisions, and reason ethically—all key attributes of an IB learner.

At Meade High School, our language and literature English courses are leveled by standard and honors in grades 9 and 10. 

IB Subject Brief: Language and literature

Mathematics 

Mathematics in the MYP promotes both inquiry and application, helping students to develop problem solving techniques that transcend the discipline and that are useful in the world beyond school.