City High Middle School, an International Baccalaureate World School, consistently ranks as one of the top performing schools in the State of Michigan. A 2019 National Blue Ribbon school, City has had 100% graduation rate and college acceptance rates. Scholarships for college or university tuition annually exceed ten million dollars.
City High Middle School is an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) school offering the Middle Years Programme (grades 7-10) and the Diploma Programme (grades 11-12). The curriculum at City incorporates eco-cultural sustainability, following the principles of Economicology as put forth by Peter Wege, into the IB program by following the IB mission to “develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect… [which encourages] scholars across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.”
THE GOAL OF THE IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME AT CITY IS TO:
- Provide scholars with an internationally accepted qualification for entry into colleges and universities
- Promote international mindedness
- Educate scholars in a way that emphasizes intellectual, personal, emotional, and social growth
- Develop scholars’ inquiry and thinking skills so that they can evaluate actions and information critically
Course Selection Guide
Middle Years Programme
| Requirements | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | 9th Grade | 10th Grade |
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Diploma Programme
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* Denotes high school credit in middle school.
Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS) hours are required each year in the MYP (grades 7-10). Monthly CAS (Creativity, Activity, and Service) hours are required in each year in the DP (grades 11-12).
AS PART OF THE IB PROGRAM AT CITY HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL:
- Take six years of core classes: math, science, English, social studies
- Take six years of the same world language beginning in 7th grade
- Take three years of physical education in grades 7 through 9
- Participate in the arts, either through visual arts or performing arts; scholars select their area of artistic interest in 8th grade and are expected to maintain that interest (music or art) through the end of 10th grade
Scholars who enter City High Middle School after 8th grade are expected to have successfully completed the same level of core course work as their peers in their grade level. This applies to math, science, English, and social studies. Scholars who enter City High Middle School in 8th grade are expected to complete five years of the same language; scholars who enter City High Middle School in 9th grade or beyond are expected to complete four years of the same language.
