Pittsburgh Frick 6–8 Middle School

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Location
Pittsburgh Frick 6-8
107 Thackeray Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Coordinates: 40.443183° N 79.957841° W USA
Information
School district	Pittsburgh Public Schools
Principal	Dr. Wayne N. Walters
Enrollment	536 as of 1-May-2007^[1]
Faculty	Faculty
Type	Public, International Baccalaureate
Grades	6–8
Motto	Nothing in life is so complicated, that it cannot be achieved by discipline and hard work.
Mascot	Dolphin
Color(s)	Blue and White
Established	1983
Representative	William Isler
Homepage	Frick ISA Middle School

Frick ISA is a public school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

1 History
2 International Baccalaureate Curriculum
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

It was founded by Henry Clay Frick in 1927, as a training school for teachers. In 1983 it became a middle school housed at Dilworth School in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of East Liberty. It moved to its current site in the Oakland neighborhood in 1986.

[edit] International Baccalaureate Curriculum

Frick currently is using an IBMYP curriculum. IBMYP stands for International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. The IBMYP website can be found here: IBMYP The IBMYP is a curriculum that tries to teach 11-16 year old students about the world, and the responsibilities required as an adult. They implement extracurricular activities into the school program. They added a new feature called the S.A.C.K. (Service, Action, Community, Knowledge) book. In the book, the students must reach the goal of 10 hours of Community Service, 10 hours of action (sports, etc.), and an additional 10 hours of Creativity (art, etc.). The IBMYP dovetails into the International Baccalaureate at Schenley High School.