Hunter Huss High School is the only school in Gaston County Schools authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program and is only one of eight high schools in the state of North Carolina authorized to offer the Middle Years Program for ninth and tenth graders. Hunter Huss High School has been authorized to offer the  Middle Years Program since July 2006. 

The IB Middle Years Program (MYP) for students aged 11 to 16, provides a framework of academic challenge that encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, and become critical and reflective thinkers.

Click here for more information about the Middle Years Program. 

Beginning with the Class of 2014, Hunter Huss High School has become an IB World School with the MYP, its practices and principles, available to all students who entered grade nine in August 2010.  

As we instruct our students and guide them as they find their place in our global society, we encourage each of them to successfully pursue the MYP certificate, a culmination of a two-year Middle Year Program which ends with the completion of grade ten.

In order the receive the MYP certificate, the students must meet these requirements:

• complete and reflect upon 15 hours of community and service.
• pass all classes required in the eight subject areas and score 33 points out of 56 possible points.
• complete the process of the personal project; present it to Huss staff and their peers; and score 3 out of 7 possible   points.

Honors Ancillary Reading 2011-2012

Click here for Ancillary Reading for the 2011-2012 school year for IB World History Honors and IB English 10 Honors.

Community and Service Opportunities

All 10th grade students must have 15 hours of community and service completed and reflected upon by January 3, 2012.

All 9th grade students must have 15 hours of community and service completed by September 2012.

Home Football Games 2011-work with the Loyal Huskies Concession Stand during home football games-Report to concession stand at 6:30 on the following dates:  9/24 and  9/30. Be prepared to work for 2-3 hours. This is not time to visit with your friends.

United Way of Gaston County Youth Council - start up meeting is Tuesday, Sept 6 at 7 pm at 200 East Franklin Blvd.  Must attend 8 of the regularly scheduled meetings.  Contact: Carmen Shultz  cschultz@unitedwaygaston.org

March of Dimes Team Youth - you must be nominated (due by September 15) to Katie Garrett of the March of Dimes.  Recommendation forms are in the Guidance office and should be completed teacher or grown-up who knows you well and can speak about your leadership potential, academic standing and character. Must be committed to working for the cause of the March of Dimes and willingness to be a spokesperson.  Recommendations should be sent directly to Ms. Garrett at the address on the form or if brought to Guidance soon enough, we can get it to her.

The Blumenthal Performing Arts Junior Ambassador Programs is accepting applications.  Juniors and Seniors ages 16 to 18, with at least 3.0 GPA, willingness to attend monthly workshops, volunteer in the community, parental permission and support. Applications are in the Guidance Office.  

Personal Projects for Class of 2014

As a reflection of our whole school IB program for grades nine and ten, all students in English 10 classes during the 2011-2012 school year will complete and present an MYP Personal Project. Information regarding the project and its deadlines will be distributed the second full week of each semester in English 10.

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.