This past weekend on September 22, 2018 we welcomed in the The Autumn Equinox, a point of perfect balance on the calendar of the year. Equinoxes take place twice a year, once in the Fall and again in the Spring, when night and day are of equal length and in perfect equilibrium. Here we find a total balance between dark and light in the physical world and in nature. Balance is a quality and inner experience as well that we are often striving towards optimizing in all areas of life and in our inner experience.
We as an IB School here in San Francisco, have a great commitment to balance through the entire calendar year as this is a component of the International Baccalaureate learner profile. The International Baccalaureate Programme aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. This program is one of the foundations of the academic approach here at La Scuola.
IB schools, programs and curriculums encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners.
As an IB School in San Francisco, our curriculums and faculty at La Scuola are committed to the development of our students according to the IB learner profile. It focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, balancing in the classroom and in the world outside. At the Primary Years level (K-5) our curriculumIt is a framework is guided by six transdisciplinary themes of global significance, explored using knowledge and skills derived from six subjects areas, as well as transdisciplinary skills, with a powerful emphasis on inquiry.
The IB profile aims to develop learners who are:
- Inquirers
- Knowledgeable
- Thinkers
- Communicators
- Principled
- Open-minded
- Caring
- Risk-takers
- Balanced
- Reflective
The IB Primary Years Programme & Benefits of International Baccalaureate Learning
- Addresses students’ academic, social and emotional well-being.
- Encourages students to develop independence and to take responsibility for their own learning.
- Supports students’ efforts to gain understanding of the world and to function comfortably within it.
- Helps students establish personal values as a foundation upon which international-mindedness will develop and flourish.
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