As part of our work to become an authorized IB World School, we are creating four policies that will become an integral part of our educational philosophy. These policies are Assessment, Language, Academic Honesty, and Inclusion. Over the coming months, I will summarize each of these policies in the Mitchell eNotes and on the website so families can begin to understand these policies.
One of the four policies is the Language Policy. At Mitchell, Scarlett and Huron a team of people has developed a beginning version of the Ann Arbor International Baccalaureate Language Policy. The Language Policy in an IB school recognizes that language is at the heart of learning. The language policy also emphasizes the importance of a student's home language or mother tongue. The policy describes the supports a school provides for students who are learning in a language other than their mother tongue. We will be sharing these policies in more detail soon!
