About VVS

Verde Valley School is committed to providing the best possible academic program within a balanced residential program. VVS gives students the opportunities to excel academically, while learning to become independent, thoughtful and responsible members of a community.

As part of our ongoing commitment to provide our students with the best possible academic program, VVS is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, and offers the IB curriculum to all our juniors and seniors. (Freshmen and sophomores are enrolled in our pre-IB curriculum.)

The IB Diploma Programme is a challenging two-year curriculum that leads to a high school diploma that is widely recognized by the world’s leading universities.   IB students learn to think creatively, globally, and independently – all goals that are congruent with Verde Valley School’s historical mission.

In grades 11 and 12, students study six subjects selected from the six subject groups over a two-year period. Normally three subjects are studied at higher levels (courses representing 240 teaching hours), and the remaining three subjects are studied at standard levels (courses representing 150 teaching hours).