The TDSB is proud to have a number of authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) Schools.  The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) is a recognized leader in the field of international education, encouraging students to be active learners, well-rounded individuals, and engaged world citizens.

The Diploma Program is for students aged 16 to 19 and is a demanding two-year curriculum leading to final examinations and a qualification that is welcomed by leading universities around the world.

This program includes a curriculum, pedagogy, and student assessment appropriate to the age range, professional development for teachers, and a process of school authorization and evaluation.  

The International Baccalaureate Mission Statement:
The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) 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 IBO works with schools, governments, and international organizations to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment. These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate, and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right. 

IB Learner Profile
IB programs promote the education of the whole person, emphasizing intellectual, personal, emotional, and social growth through all domains of knowledge. Underlying the IB program is the concept of education of the whole person as a lifelong process. The ten characteristics of the IB Learner Profile, include:

• Inquirers
• Knowledgeable
• Thinkers
• Communicators
• Principled
• Open-minded
• Caring
• Risk-takers
• Balanced
• Reflective

A Tradition of Academic Excellence Continues

Parkdale Collegiate Institute is proud to “Let knowledge grow from more to more…”  We celebrate all of our students’ accomplishments and take this opportunity to congratulate 2018 graduate Frances Mangina for her stellar results.

Frances tied for the highest average of all TDSB graduates.  With a 99.7% average, Frances has been awarded the title of TDSB 2018 Top Scholar.  All the while, she has been active in Parkdale’s vibrant student life of teams and clubs.

In addition to this honour, Frances is also one of a very rare few who has achieved a perfect score on her IB Diploma!  Congratulations are in order for this outstanding result in the academically rigorous International Baccalaureate programme.  Frances is continuing her studies at Princeton University.

PCI is thrilled to see a perfect score of 45 two times in the past few years! Tony Chen also achieved a perfect score upon graduating from our I.B. Diploma Programme. Tony has since completed his Bachelor of Health Sciences at McMaster University, and continues his studies at the same university.  He is pursuing a combined MD/Ph.D. in Biochemistry.

Tony echoes the sentiments of many Parkdale IB grads when he states, “It was an experience which challenged my resilience, intellect, and creativity, teaching me the confidence to confront obstacles and rise to the occasion. It gave me an opportunity to learn from an engaged cohort of classmates and a passionate team of teachers, both incredible sources of inspiration and support….Thanks for the great memories Parkdale!”