Press Release: Houston’s Harvard Elementary Receives International Recognition

For Immediate Release

Contact: Elise Sawyer, IB Coordinator
Harvard Elementary School
810 Harvard Street
Houston, TX 77007
713.867.5210 ext. 306

Four Years of Hard Work Comes To Fruition

HOUSTON (March 20, 2012)

Harvard Elementary School is pleased to announce that it has been named an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). Director General Jeffrey R. Beard and IB Americas Regional Director Drew Deutsch announced their decision simultaneously in Geneva, Switzerland and Bethesda, Maryland on March 14, 2012.

The school will offer the Primary Years Programme (PYP) to all students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 5. The programme focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and the world outside. Harvard Elementary School began the authorization process in 2008 with extensive professional development in the curriculum model and standards; inquiry; promoting international-mindedness; transdisciplinary and concept-based learning; assessment; and the action cycle.

"This is really a tremendous honor for our students, faculty and community," Principal Kevin Beringer commented. "The Primary Years Programme challenges our students to be globally-minded thinkers in an evolving world. They have a deeper understanding of how they can impact others through their actions."

The most significant and distinctive feature of the IB Primary Years Programme is the six transdiciplinary themes

: Who we are, Where we are in place and time, How we express ourselves, How the world works, How we organize ourselves and Sharing the plant. These themes are about issues that have meaning for, and are important to, all of us. The programme offers a balance between learning about or through the subject areas and learning beyond.

The six themes of global significance create a transdisciplinary framework that allows students to "step up" beyond the confines of learning within subject areas. These themes help teachers to develop a programme of inquiries which are in-depth investigations into important ideas requiring a high level of involvement on the part of the students.

About Harvard Elementary School

Harvard Elementary School, a magnet school for science, technology, engineering and mathematics is part of the Houston Independent School District located in the Historic Heights Neighborhood in Houston, Texas and has served the community since 1898. Harvard educates students in grades pre-kindergarten through 5 who live within the neighborhood attendance zone or through a magnet transfer. The enrollment is approximately 710 students. For more information please visit www.harvardschool.org

About the International Baccalaureate Organization

Founded in 1968, the IBO works with 3,001 schools in 139 countries to offer and develop its three challenging programs to more than 837,000 students ranging in ages 3 to 19. The IBO encourages students to be active learners, well-rounded individuals and engaged world citizens. It also serves in an educational advisory capacity to other educational organizations. To learn more about the IBO, please visit: www.ibo.org
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