Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy
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Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy (CIBA) is a magnet school
located in East Hartford, Connecticut
right next door to East Hartford High School
connected by a bridge. The school has three academic levels: college-preparatory, honors
, and AP
levels.
The Academy’s founding body - The International Baccalaureate Organization- was formally chartered in 1968. Its advent, however, dates all the way back to the mid-1920s, when a number of international school
s took steps to establish a “common curriculum and university entry credential for geographically mobile students” while furnishing the “shared academic experience emphasizing critical thinking
and exposure to a variety of points of view [that] would encourage intercultural understanding and acceptance of others by young people. They succeeded.
CIBA is part of the East Hartford Public School system and is under the jurisdiction of Dr. Marion Martinez, Ed.D., Superintendent of the East Hartford Public Schools.
CIBA is a distinguished Blue Ribbon
School that is ranked among the best in America by the U.S. Department of Education
.
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
located in East Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
right next door to East Hartford High School
East Hartford High School
East Hartford High School is the public high school of East Hartford, Connecticut, along with its next-door neighbor, Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy , a college-preparatory high school for grades 9-12. East Hartford High is notably diverse for a suburban school, having a 34% black,...
connected by a bridge. The school has three academic levels: college-preparatory, honors
Honors student
An honors student is a person recognized for achieving high grades or high marks in their course work.Honors students may refer to# Students recognized for their academic achievement on lists published periodically throughout the school year, known as honor rolls, varying from school to school, and...
, and AP
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
levels.
The Academy’s founding body - The International Baccalaureate Organization- was formally chartered in 1968. Its advent, however, dates all the way back to the mid-1920s, when a number of international school
International school
An International school is loosely defined as a school that promotes international education, in an international environment, either by adopting an international curriculum such as that of the International Baccalaureate or Cambridge International Examinations, or by following a national...
s took steps to establish a “common curriculum and university entry credential for geographically mobile students” while furnishing the “shared academic experience emphasizing critical thinking
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the process or method of thinking that questions assumptions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false, or sometimes true and sometimes false, or partly true and partly false. The origins of critical thinking can be traced in Western thought to the Socratic...
and exposure to a variety of points of view [that] would encourage intercultural understanding and acceptance of others by young people. They succeeded.
CIBA is part of the East Hartford Public School system and is under the jurisdiction of Dr. Marion Martinez, Ed.D., Superintendent of the East Hartford Public Schools.
CIBA is a distinguished Blue Ribbon
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
School that is ranked among the best in America by the U.S. Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
.