Student Outcomes

Ten characteristics of an international student are the guiding aims of all IB-PYP schools. This combination of skills, knowledge and dispositions forms the student profile of an IB graduate.

Twelve attitudes toward people, the world, and toward learning are essential to creating an international student. All outcomes benefit from the development of these positive attitudes.

There are six major conceptual themes guiding us in what we study each year.

Transdisciplinary Skills

Across all areas of study and throughout both interpersonal and intrapersonal life, there are skills that help everything work better. These skills fall into five basic categories.

It is not enough to learn things. The world needs us to be active problem-seekers & solvers.

French

Learning a second world language is part of becoming an international student.

Our final Unit of Inquiry is a problem-solving challenge as well as a summary of all the important learning gained by students. It is also a celebration and a rite of passage to middle school.

Here are eight ways to see our strengths and set goals in areas for improvement. We are all "smart" in different ways. This system lets us see how we are smart, not how smart we are.

The set of specific learning objectives is outlined for each subject area.

The IB Program

Whittier is part of a world wide system of learning. Read more about the IBO and its schools.

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