IB in YRDSB
Visit the York Region District School Board website to learn more about the International Baccalaureate Program.
Grade 8 students who currently live in York Region are eligible to apply.
Visa students (i.e. international fee-paying students) are eligible for the IB Programme at Emily Carr Secondary School.
If spots are available, Emily Carr S.S. may be open to board transfers.
We recommend that students are working at grade level in French at time of application.
Alexander Mackenzie High School, Bayview Secondary School, Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School, Maple High School and Milliken Mills High School, Emily Carr Secondary School (in candidacy), and Langstaff Secondary School (in candidacy) are authorized IB World Schools.
YRDSB anticipates that we will be able to offer placements to over 750 students at the seven sites. We will offer 116 spots at each site.
Transportation is not provided for regional programs such as IB. Our schools are located on local transit lines.
Students who are in grade 9 or 10 should contact the IB Coordinator at the school that serves their home address to learn about eligibility and available space.
Although we revisit our course offerings regularly, we do not anticipate that we will be offering HL math in the future. There are very few post-secondary programs that request HL math, and our students are still eligible to apply because they earn both the IB and Ontario Secondary School Diplomas.
In grade 11 and 12 IB students have a full course load. There is no room in the student schedule to take extra or non-IB courses.
A small percentage of YRDSB graduates do attend international postsecondary institutions. We do not release the names of schools to which students apply, or select to attend. YRDSB has a 100% graduation rate and all IB students have accepted or deferred offers of admission to postsecondary learning.
We work very hard to support students so that they thrive while participating in YRDSB’s pre IB and IB Programmes and we hope that they will work through and complete their IB course of study, but students are not obliged to stay in a programme that is not the right fit for them. Be advised students may be required to return to their home school if they do not stay in the programme.
You are assigned to a school based on your home address. To determine which school serves your home address, please visit the YRDSB School Locator. We strongly encourage you to do this before completing the online application.
This is a question that needs to be considered on an individual basis as there are several variables taken into consideration (for example, your closing date). Prior to completing an application, you will need to make an appointment to speak with an administrator from your IB area school who will assess your situation.
No. Application eligibility is based on home address and, regrettably, we are not able to make exceptions.
No. Application eligibility is based on home address and, regrettably, we are not able to make exceptions.
No. Application eligibility is based on current home address, and regrettably, we cannot make exceptions.
No. Application eligibility is based on home address at time of registration and, regrettably, we are not able to make exceptions.
You may apply to Programmes offered by other Boards or private schools; however, when applying to the YRDSB Program, you are only able to apply to your area IB School.
If you move into a new IB catchment area, transfers can only be considered if there is available space.