IB Brags

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• Kudos goes out to Kyrene Middle School who is hosting their second annual International Festival on March 31!! WELL DONE, Kyrene!

• The MYP program at Mesa Academy is completing a community project today, where students created solutions to community problems and then will be presenting those solutions to various community members (including the mayor of Mesa). Teachers, Rachael Brown and Bonny Hayward, did such a great job building interest, and the students have invested a lot of time and effort into their projects. Congratuations, Mesa Academy on such an awesome project!

• Congratulations to the Nogales High School IB 20th Century class who just finished producing the first half of their movie, Pancho Villa, which will be shown at the local theater once completed. Looking for some Oscars!!
• Westwood's MYP year 5 history students are teaming up with the Arizona Museum of Natural History to host an open house at the Mesa Grande Cultural Park (a Hohokam Native American archeological site in Mesa) on Feb. 11. They are portraying historical figures (in first person) that helped preserve the site over the last 200 years. What a wonderful project! Well done!
• Hats off to Verde Valley School who packs weekend meals in backpacks for hungry kids in local elementary and middle schools every week. VVS is committed to end local hunger in the Verde Valley. Congratulations to all involved for recognizing, and acting on, such a need within your community!
• A Cactus Shadow DP Student created promotional material about the AZ Water Crisis for the Sierra Club (now posted on their website) as part of their Global Politics IA. AWESOME JOB! Sierra Club What Can You Do
• Carson Jr. High's ELA and Individuals and Societies class created a very fun and challenging cross curricular instructional unit that motivated students to want to know more. It really created a hunger for more about the topic. Great job!
• Kudos to Barry Goldwater High School Young Women's Scholar Club who are working to fund female menstrual product dispensers in all public women's restrooms.
• Congratulations to Chandler High School who will be adding 4 new IB courses to their curriculum next school year. You rock!
• Madison Meadows Middle School's IB Project Design class made sustainable birdhouses and are exploring the option of a field trip to Arcosanti. Nicely done, Madison!