The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme of Rockingham County at Reidsville High School was approved in May of 1996, by the Board of Education. RHS began offering its first classes in the fall of 1997. At that time, there were only three public high schools and one private  high school in NC that were authorized by the IB Organization to offer the program.  At the present time, there are twenty-seven schools in North Carolina offering the diploma programme.

The IB programme offers a quality curriculum that encourages critical thinking by the study of traditional disciplines while encouraging a global perspective. It is designed for the academically motivated student who can function independently and has learned to manage time well.

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.

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The curriculum is modelled by a hexagon with six academic areas surrounding the three core requirements.

Over the course of the two-year programme, students:

• study six subjects chosen from the six subject groups

• complete an extended essay

• follow a theory of knowledge course (TOK)

• participate in creativity, action, service (CAS).

Normally:

• three of the six subjects are studied at higher level (courses representing 240 teaching hours)

• the remaining three subjects are studied at standard level (courses representing 150 teaching hours).

Subjects, other than languages, may be taught and examined in:

• English

• French

• Spanish

• There are pilot projects taking place in German and Chinese.