West Ottawa High School nearer to landing coveted International Baccalaureate program

A prestigious program that helps students gain multicultural understanding could soon be approved for West Ottawa High School's 2012 school year.

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Graduates of the West Ottawa High School Class of 2012 might be the school's first with an International Baccalaureate endorsement on their diplomas. The program offers courses that aim to challenge students more and incorporate global views, with more inquiry and students’ engagement part of the curriculum.

Three trainers and a program coordinator visited the school last month to assess how prepared the district is to facilitate the program starting next fall. The report on the assessment is expected in December, Principal Kent Henson said. “We were very excited about the visit and feel it went well,” he said. West Ottawa would be among a handful of Michigan schools to become IB authorized.

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