The MYP and IB curriculums challenge and assist students to work together to achieve personal excellence and university/college admission. As a school-within-a school, we are equipped to provide excellent academic and artistic instruction within one of the largest high school student populations in North Carolina. We are small enough to be responsive to parents' wishes and flexible enough to respect each student as an individual. A talented international student body from 37 countries fosters the values of international understanding and global responsibility. Our curriculum develops compassionate responsible citizens, prepared not only for the rigors of college but for lives of purpose and personal fulfillment.

The Myers Park IB program is world-renowned for its success in producing outstanding young adults through a unique balance of academics, extensive extracurricular activities and community service. One hundred percent of our graduates pursue post-secondary education - many with scholarships. Distinguishing features include both the highest SAT average and highest percentage of students identified in the National Merit Competition in Mecklenburg County. Recent graduates' admissions include: Brown, Davidson, Duke, Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, Swarthmore, Yale, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Virginia.

The IB Middle Years Program not only encourages students to pursue an academic and rigorous curriculum, but also provides a natural progression to the IB Program in grades 11 and 12. It is organized around three major concepts: Intercultural Awareness, Holistic Education, and Communication. The program extends the traditional curriculum to include immersion in the five Areas of Interaction - approaches to learning, community service, health and social education, environment, and homo faber (concerned with the products of the creative genius of people). These pervade and recur throughout the five years of the MYP, through the eight subject groups, interdisciplinary teaching and projects, whole school activities, and the Personal Project. Grades 6, 7, and 8 are completed at Randolph Middle School; the final two years (grades 9 and 10) are completed at Myers Park.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a course of study that covers the last two years of high school, and culminates in a series of international examinations in various subjects. Students who participate in the full Diploma Program are required to study and examine in six different academic subjects. They are also required to fulfill three additional requirements: a critical thinking class known as Theory of Knowledge, a 4,000 word piece of original research known as the Extended Essay, and a minimum of 150 hours of participation in extracurricular activities and community service known as Creativity, Action, and Service. If a student satisfies these central requirements and achieves a cumulative score of 24 points (each exam is graded on a scale of 1 to 7) on the six exams, he or she is awarded the IB Diploma. Student may also choose to take three or more individual IB courses (IB Concentrated Studies) and the subsequent exams; the awarding of IB Certificates recognizes these students.