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Williams Middle Magnet highlights IB Middle Years Programme, student achievements
Summary
School leaders described Williams Middle Magnet School as an IB World School in East Tampa, described program offerings and extracurricular achievements, and gave enrollment and staffing figures.
Brooklyn Calloway, assistant head of schools at Williams Middle Magnet School in East Tampa, introduced the school as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School and described its student body and program focus during a school presentation.
Kelly Norton, the school Middle Years Programme (MYP) coordinator, said the Florida Department of Education has ranked Williams with an A grade and outlined the schools academic offerings, extracurricular programs and recent student accomplishments.
The presentation said the school serves about 850 to 900 students and has 47 instructional staff on campus. Norton said more than half of Williamsstudents are members of the National Junior Honor Society. Extracurricular offerings cited included HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America), CyberPatriot, band, orchestra, visual arts, AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), and other electives.
Norton reported five students qualified for the HOSA International Leadership Conference last year. CyberPatriot placed third in Florida in 2023 and fourth in 2024, according to the presentation.
On curriculum, Norton said Williams offers the IB Middle Years Programme, with course areas that include language and literature, language acquisition (Spanish and French), individuals and societies, mathematics, sciences, the arts, physical and health education, and design. The presenters described the MYP as student-centered and academically rigorous with an interdisciplinary and service-learning emphasis.
Calloway said the school aims to develop intercultural awareness and global learners and invited attendees to visit classrooms to see the program in action.
No formal actions, votes, or references to statutes or local policy were made during the presentation portion of the meeting.
