The International Baccalaureate (IB) program, created in 1968, is a very rigorous series of academic programs for students world wide. IB encourages students to:  ask challenging questions, learn how to learn, develop a strong sense of their own identity and culture, and develop the ability to communicate with and understand people from other countries and cultures.  

Desert Mountain High School now offers a fully authorized IB Middle Years Programme. Ninth and tenth grade students may apply to participants in this highly acclaimed internationally recognized academic program.

The IB MYP exposes students to six of eight subject areas, developing skills, and creating experiences so that students will learn to see knowledge as an interrelated whole. The instruction reflects and is responsive to the different perspectives of all students and should guide them in forming their own international outlook. The IB MYP framework seeks to shift the emphasis from teacher-led instruction to student-led learning wherever possible. A focus on higher-order thinking skills gives students opportunities to develop a growing awareness of themselves and others as they explore real-world issues (International Baccalaureate). The Middle Years Programme aims to help all students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self and responsibility in their community.

2022 IB Shadowing Registration Link

IB MYP 9TH GRADE APPLICATION FORM FOR 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR

IB MYP 2022-23 summer assignments, recreational reading, IB Book Fair information, list of consumables

 DMHS IB students created this video (while remote learning) to help answer the question 'Why Chose an IB education at DMHS'