Middle Years Programme

The Middle Years Programme (MYP) is designed for students between the ages of 11 and 16. This period is a particularly important phase of personal and intellectual development. The MYP is a comprehensive program, which provides a framework of academic challenge and life skills appropriate to this stage of development.

• The MYP has established goals for students enrolled in the program. These goals are designed to:
  Focus on rigorous academics;
• Provide interdisciplinary thematic instruction so that students are able to connect what they learn;
• Call for students to develop higher level thinking skills as well as important life skills;
• Provide students with intercultural awareness;
• Promote responsible global citizenship, while preparing the students for their future as members of a world society.

The MYP offers an approach to learning which embraces yet transcends the focus on traditional school subjects. While insisting upon a thorough study of the various academic disciplines, the program accentuates their inter- relatedness. The program is marked by the following:

• 1. An interdisciplinary, holistic approach to learning through the Areas of Interaction;
• 2. A framework of objectives to be delivered through the present ASM curriculum;
• 3. A process for synthesis, application, and evaluation;
• 4. Cross cultural appreciation and teamwork;
• 5. Progress through growth of abilities and character.