IB programmes offer students access to a broad and balanced range of academic studies and learning experiences. They promote conceptual learning, create frameworks within which knowledge can be acquired, and focus on powerful organizing ideas that are relevant across subject areas and that help to integrate learning and add coherence to the curriculum.

The programmes emphasize the importance of making connections, exploring the relationships between academic disciplines, and learning about the world in ways that reach beyond the scope of individual subjects. They also focus on offering students authentic opportunities to connect their learning to the world around them.

The steps provided below are intended for 8th grade students who are zoned for one of the following high schools: West Ridge, Clover Hill, Cosby, James River, Monacan, Midlothian.  Students zoned for any other CCPS high school must apply to the Meadowbrook IB Programme per CCPS policy.  Private school or homeschooled students must apply to the CCPS school they are zoned to attend.

Students who are not residents of Chesterfield County may not apply to a CCPS Specialty Center, including the Midlo IB Programme, until residency in Chesterfield is established.

Ninth or tenth graders attending Midlothian High School who are interested in applying to the IB Programme should contact the IB Coordinator at Stuart_Jones@ccpsnet.net