International Baccalaureate

Millard is proud to be the only district in Nebraska offering a kindergarten through 12th grade International Baccalaureate experience. The International Baccalaureate Organization is an international educational foundation founded in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. It was originally established to provide a common curricular framework for students of diplomats and military personnel. The program is designed to challenge students and to encourage growth in both personal and academic achievement. Students will:

• Be encouraged to think independently and drive their own learning.
• Take part in programs of education that can lead them to some of the highest ranking universities around the world.
• Become more culturally aware through the development of a second language.
• Be able to engage with people in an increasingly globalized, rapidly changing world.

The International Baccalaureate® Mission

• International Baccalaureate, or IB as it is commonly called, aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
• To this end, the organization works with schools, governments, and international organizations to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment.
• These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate, lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

Millard Public Schools offers the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and the Diploma Programme. For more information, click on the bars below. Questions? Please contact Coordinator of Special Programs, Dr. Kara Hutton, at 402.715.8708 and khutton@mpsomaha.org.