About
WE ARE A PREschool THROUGH 8TH GRADE
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB)
WORLD SCHOOL LOCATED IN BEND, OREGON
Our Mission
To inspire a lifelong love of learning in our students. To enable our children to thrive in a complex world. To challenge them within a safe and nurturing community.
Our VISION
Seven Peaks students will emerge intellectually curious, confident in their education and individuality, compassionate towards others and inspired to do good in the world.
SEVEN PEAKS INCLUSION
Every community member brings their own history and identity to Seven Peaks where, together, we affirm the uniqueness of each individual. We all work every day to create an environment where students, faculty, staff, and families feel they belong.
As an IB school, Seven Peaks seeks to foster a diverse and inclusive community that values its members with equity and justice. Celebrating our differences is in harmony with the celebration of what we have in common so that together we all contribute and belong to the one Seven Peaks community. In this way we fulfill the mission of our International Baccalaureate® program, which is “to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.”
Through our dedication to this work, we are developing students with well-rounded, curious minds who will always seek to learn from the differences around them and contribute to inclusive environments that result in the most just and equitable outcomes. In this way, we enable our students to thrive in a complex world.
International baccalaureate inclusion
Inclusive education is facilitated in a culture of collaboration, mutual respect, support and problem-solving involving the whole school community.
Across the world, inclusive education has grown from a movement that was about the inclusion of students with disabilities to a holistic approach that is about all learners and values the diversity of the student population.
The IB approaches equity and inclusive education in two main ways:
- inclusive principles in the design of IB programmes
- inclusive education practices in IB World Schools.
Land acknowledgment
We are on the traditional territory of the Northern Paiute, the Wasco, and the Warm Springs tribes, which now comprise The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Acknowledging territory shows respect for Indigenous Peoples who called the land home before the arrival of settlers, and in many cases, still call it home. It’s important to recognize that we are simply guests on this land. As educators, students, and parents interested in growth, we pledge to continue learning about the first people who lived on these territories and to build relationships with tribal communities, and to include and uplift Indigenous voices as we advocate for a sustainable future.