• IBLOGO

    Riverdale High School has been an IB World School since May 2006 and offers the IB Diploma Programme, an academically challenging and balanced programme of education, which addresses the intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being of students, and is respected by universities across the globe.

    The Diploma Programme (DP) is a rigorous pre-university course of study designed for students in the 16 to 19 age range. It is a broad-based two-year course that aims to encourage students to be knowledgeable and inquiring, but also caring and compassionate. There is a strong emphasis on encouraging students to develop intercultural understanding, open-mindedness, and the attitudes necessary for them to respect and evaluate a range of points of view.

  • The IB Mission Statement

    The International Baccalaureate® 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 programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

    These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

  • The IB Learner Profile

    The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.

    The International Baccalaureate® (IB) learner profile describes a broad range of human capacities and responsibilities that go beyond academic success. They imply a commitment to help all members of the school community learn to respect themselves, others and the world around them.

    The profile aims to develop learners who are:

    • Inquirers
    • Knowledgeable
    • Thinkers
    • Communicators
    • Principled
    • Open-minded
    • Caring
    • Risk-takers
    • Balanced
    • Reflective 

  • Click here to access information from the Louisiana Department of Education.

    For more information about the IB Diploma Programme at Riverdale High School, please contact our IB Coordinator Monique Pontiff.

    Pontiff Monique Pontiff, IB Coordinator
    Monique.Pontiff@jpschools.org