Today’s children are growing up in a very different world from the one their parents were educated to navigate. Students who graduate from North Central need skills that go far beyond basic literacy, the ability to solve mathematical and scientific problems, and technological knowhow. Students will need to understand cultures and politics other than their own. Further, fluency in another language is essential in today’s world. Students must have a sense of the world that cannot be gleaned from a book or a computer screen.

Inquiry-based instruction teaches subject-specific content and critical-thinking and problem-solving skills while promoting the transfer of concepts to other content areas. This method of instruction has been proven to motivate and engage all types of learners and therefore prepare
every child for success.

Washington Township has always been a high-performing district because of the cutting-edge education provided to all students. IB will help Washington Township maintain it’s history of excellence and keep it’s students competitive in the 21st century.

Currently, all eleven Washington Township schools are IB Candidate Schools which means they have successfully completed the first stage of the authorization process. Elementary schools anticipate PYP authorization to occur in the spring of 2012 and the middle schools and high school anticipate MYP authorization in the spring of 2013.

North Central High School is already an authorized IB World School for the Diploma Program. They were authorized in 1988 as the first Diploma Program in the state of Indiana.