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Class of 2008:  Mount Pleasant High School graduated the third class of International Baccalaureate students in June 2008. Fifty four students completed either the IB Diploma or certificates and were awarded over $3.5 million dollars in college scholarships. Students were accepted into some of the most prestigious universities in the country—Harvard, Duke, Georgetown, Gettysburg, Northwestern, Princeton, Swarthmore, USC, Penn, UVA, Wellesley, and Washington University in St. Louis to name a few.
 
Mount Pleasant, the only public school in Delaware to offer the IB Programme, has seen a steady increase in the number of students attracted to the rigorous academic program. From a first class of 25, over 200 students now participate in the Middle Years and Diploma Programmes at Mount Pleasant High School in the Brandywine School District.
 
“The greatest reward for students is in the full Diploma Programme,” according to Lynn Wright, IB Coordinator. Mount Pleasant graduates have been awarded advanced placement and/or up to 26 college credits at a broad spectrum of colleges and universities. This year, 10 students will be attending college with full scholarships. A complete list of IB student college and university admissions may be found on the “University Admissions” link on the IB home page. “We are proud of the accomplishments of all our IB students,” said Mrs. Wright. “They are first-class ambassadors from Mount Pleasant to the rest of the world.”
 
The goal of the IB is to help create a better world by educating students. The mission of the organization states “The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.”
 
The IB Diploma Programme, the most challenging course of study available to high school students in the world, offers students a comprehensive liberal arts education that focuses on developing international understanding, intellectual rigor, and high academic achievement. Students study individual curriculum areas and transdisciplinary areas across a broad range of subjects. Special emphasis is placed on learning a second language, and students are provided opportunities for individual and collaborative planning and research.
 
Assessment is a key component of the Diploma Programme. Students submit work to both their classroom teachers as well as to outside examiners who are trained by the International Baccalaureate Organizations (IBO) and come from schools and universities around the world. Work is scored to common standards, and is moderated by the IBO to assure that there is constancy among examiners around the world. Students completing the Diploma Programme are highly prepared for post-secondary work.

See also:  IB Class of 2007
 
February 2008 article on IB from District Administration Magazine
 
42 of the Top 100 Public High Schools in America are IB World Schools
 
                   

 

The idea of an International Baccalaureate was first conceived in the early 1960’s by a group of teachers in the International School of Geneva.  In conjunction with other international and national schools in New York, Copenhagen, Wales, Paris, Frankfurt, Tehran, and Montevideo, the founders of the IB were most concerned with the ever-increasing emphasis on education as the mere delivery of information.  They wanted to address the fragmentation of knowledge and the elimination of the aesthetic and creative experience that was occurring in many curricula.

The International Baccalaureate Office was established in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1965.   An experimental project was launched in 1967 and offered for use in 20 schools.  Today, the Programme is being taught in over 115 countries.

In 2004, Mount Pleasant High School became the first public school in Delaware authorized to teach the IB Diploma Programme. Mount Pleasant is now one of over 700 schools in North America and over 1,400 schools worldwide that are part of the International Baccalaureate Organization.


Lynn Wright
High School Coordinator
 Pennsylvania State University, B.S. (Consumer Services in Business)
University of Delaware, M.S. (Life Span Development)
Wilmington College, Certification in Secondary Counseling
Years in Education: 27
Years at MPHS: 22
 

Deb Thurlow
Middle Years Coordinator
University of Rhode Island, B.A. (Sociology/Psychology)
Wilmington University, M.Ed. (School Counseling K-12))
Years in Education: 2
Years at MPHS: 2
 
For more information about the program, please contact: 

Lynn Wright, High School Coordinator 
Deb Thurlow, Middle Years Coordinator 
Mount Pleasant High School
5201 Washington Street Extension
Wilmington, DE 19809
(302) 762-7054
FAX: (302) 762-7042
Betsy Brown, IB Secretary