CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
The Beacon Academy is an independent, non-profit, co-educational school that will provide a four – year college preparatory program to children of all nationalities, ages 14 – 18. Its curriculum, based on the International Baccalaureate (IB) Academic Programmes, will exhibit the best aspects of the Filipino ethos, and will prepare its graduates for both local and overseas colleges and universities.
Beacon expects its students to become engaged citizens who value diversity of thought and belief, and are committed to fairness and justice. The curriculum is guided by a commitment to the values that underlie the approach to education: interactive learning, rigorous and disciplined thought, communication, holistic understanding.
The Beacon Academy decisions regarding curriculum, course content and requirements, and pedagogy will be guided by anticipated authorization for the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) for grades 9 and 10 and the IB Diploma Programme (IB DP) for grades 11 and 12.
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The Beacon Academy has been authorized as an International Baccalaureate World School, Diploma Programme. The Beacon Academy remains a candidate school for the IBO Middle Years Programme. Only schools authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization as IB World Schools can offer any of its three academic programmes. Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IBO and its programmes, visit http://www.ibo.org.
