Pittsburgh Frick 6–8 Middle School

The Pittsburgh Frick 6–8 Middle School was a public school magnet school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

History

In 1983 it became a middle school housed at Dilworth School in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of East Liberty. It moved to its site in the Oakland neighborhood in 1986, which since 2009 has been the site of Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy. Frick Middle School was involved in the Pittsburgh Public School Redistricting plan, proposed by Mark Roosevelt, PPS Superintendent. Frick Middle School and Schenley High School were combined to make a 6-12 school, Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-12. This school is currently located in the Reizenstein building.

International Baccalaureate Curriculum

Frick used 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. There are eight subject areas - Language A, Language B, Humanities, Mathematics, Technology, Sciences, Physical Education, and Music. 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 dovetailed into the International Baccalaureate at Schenley High School.

References

External links

• Frick ISA Middle School
• Pittsburgh Public Schools
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