The idea of an International Baccalaureate was first conceived in the early 1960's by a group of teachers in the International School of Geneva in conjunction with other international and national schools in New York, Copenhagen, Wales, Paris, Frankfurt, Tehran and Montevideo. The founders of the IB were most concerned with the ever-increasing emphasis on education as the mere delivery of information, the fragmentation of knowledge, and the crowding out of aesthetic and creative experience. In 1965, the International Baccalaureate Office was established in Geneva. An experimental project was launched in 1967 and offered for use in 20 schools in 1970. In 1984, Lawrence Corsa, the Principal of George Washington High School, applied to the International Office and was granted permission to offer the program. In 1985, GW became the first high school in Colorado to offer the IB program. Since 1987, twenty more programs have been established in the state. There are more than 475 IB Diploma programs in North America, and over 1,357 worldwide.

The link below will take you to the George Washington H.S. International Baccalaureate Program website.

GW International Baccalaureate Program

GW IB G4 Project