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International Baccalaureate » IB Policies

IB Policies

As an authorized IB World School, Meridian implements policies to align to IB philosophy and practice. Below you will find a link to each policy as well as the key takeaways that can be found in each.
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Meridian serves students in Kindergarten through 12th grade.
  • Meridian is an open-enrollment public charter school with no academic admission requirements and no tuition required.
  • Students must live in Williamson County to enroll.
  • To be entered into the lottery for the following school year, an application must be submitted between January 1 and February 28. Applications submitted outside that window are placed after other applicants on the waitlist.
  • A blind lottery takes place in March and families are notified of the results within two weeks.
  • All students in grades K-10 enroll in the IB PYP and MYP programmes, respectively.  The IB Diploma Programme is open enrollment. The majority of grade 11-12 students are IB Diploma candidates, over 85% take and pass one or more IB exams, and over 50% of our alumni have earned the IB diploma.
 
Academic Integrity Policy
 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • All members of the school community should be aware of and follow the expectations of their role articulated in Meridian School’s academic integrity policy.
  • All students learn and practice academic integrity across the continuum through intentionally-selected approaches to learning skills. 
  • Leaders work to address misconduct in the area of academic integrity in a developmentally appropriate manner.
  • At Meridian, we work to ensure all students understand what it looks like to show academic integrity even as technology is constantly evolving.
 
Assessment Policy
 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Learning, teaching, and assessment effectively inform and influence one another.
  • As a public charter school and IB World School, we follow both the assessment requirements of the state of Texas and the International Baccalaureate Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma Programmes.
  • Assessment is a tool to allow students to take agency in their own learning and to inform stakeholders of student learning progress. 
  • Effective assessment involves feedback, a variety of formative and summative assessment methods and reflection on the part of students and teachers.
  • In order to make assessment equitable, we use common assessment criteria and practice calibration across classes and grade levels.
  • All members of the school community have responsibilities in supporting effective learning and assessment.
 
Inclusion Policy
 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • At Meridian, we work to build a community that is inclusive of all.
  • Meridian strives to identify and meet the academic and social-emotional needs of all individuals within our school.
  • Meridian adheres to all legal requirements regarding students identified as having special education needs.
  • Staff are hired specifically to ensure students have equitable access to the IB curriculum at Meridian.
Language Policy
 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • All students are language learners and all teachers are language teachers.
  • All students at Meridian learn a second language. 
  • A student with a home language other than English will receive support to ensure equitable access to our curriculum.
  • Families are an important component in developing a child’s language profile.
  • Meridian provides a combination of physical and virtual resources to support language development.