Academics
Innovation Academics
Much of a student’s life at Innovation High is experimental and exploratory education. They enjoy both independence and accountability as they build a portfolio of work and craft a community that balances rights and responsibility.
In depth look…
What does academics mean to you? Is it synonymous with a list of neatly-packaged, compartmentalized, and unrelated subjects -- math, history, English, science, and the like? Is it a collection of facts passed along from one generation to the next? Are academics a means to an end? Our view is different here.
The world is interconnected, three dimensional, and ever changing. At Innovation High School, we assert that the best way to learn about our world is to interact with it. Our project-based courses ask students to get their feet wet, their hands dirty, and do something purposeful. Our focus on inquiry based instruction is crafted in the image of a world in which wide-ranging skills -- mathematics, writing, computer programming, and more -- are increasingly vital to individuals in society.
Come explore with us. Challenge convention. Do it boldly.
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Technology
We believe in using the right tools for the job. To that end, our school is filled all kinds tools -- cordless, analog, and digital technology. Every student has access to an iPad to use, and laptops are available when needed. In our maker-space, we have old-school hand tools along elaborate power-tools, a full size laser printer, vinyl and 3D printers too! But what is most important at Innovation, is that we learn how to use the tools to create quality work.
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College Prep
From the first week of school onwards, students are talking to their advisor and counselor about finding the right college to attend. They get the opportunity to work with college students in various programs, like bio-med, to get a real feel for college programs. By 12th grade, students will have visited numerous campuses, spoken with dozens of alumni and admissions officials, and found their “best fit” school.
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Project Based
We learn by doing. At Innovation, our staff create challenging projects that cause our students to stretch and grow through imagination, planning, creating, and building. Built into our projects is significant voice and choice on the part of the student. Quality work is put on display at public exhibitions held near the end of each semester.
International Baccalaureate
Since 2019, Innovation High School has been authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization to offer the “Middle Years Programme” to students in grades 9 and 10. We are fully authorized as an IB World School and accredited to offer the “Diploma Programme” as an option for students in grades 11 and 12.
An IB education develops students who will build a better world through global understanding and respect for difference.
As an IB World School, we are included in an international cohort of schools who share a common philosophy —a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that PRIDE Schools believes is important for our students. We encourage students of all ages to think critically and challenge assumptions. Our program is designed to develop multilingual students through language and cultural enrichment. Most importantly, we provide and inclusive school environment designed to empower students.
The Middle Years Programme not only prepares students for the rigor of the Diploma Programme, but also encourages students aged 11-16 to make practical connections between their studies and the real world.
The MYP aims to develop active learners and internationally minded young people who empathize with others, pursuing lives of purpose and meaning. The program empowers students to inquire into a wide range of issues and ideas of significance locally, nationally, and globally. The result is young people who are creative, critical, and reflective thinkers.
MYP students also complete a long-term project, where they decide what they are passionate learning about. They must identify what they already know, discovering what they will need to learn to complete the project, and create a proposal or criteria for completing it.
The IB Diploma Programme is a rigorous college preparatory program that 11th and 12th grade students can elect into.
The IB Diploma Programme:
Is a significant credential for college applications
Teaches students to analyze and understand the information they will encounter in school and beyond
Supports students in earning college credit by passing exams
The DP has similar aims to MYP, and relies on a framework of internationally recognized assessment practices to prepare students for educational experiences beyond high school. Students have the opportunity to choose coursework that suits their needs and interests, learning together as a cohort over the course of two years.
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit: www.ibo.org ›