The IB World School

At Huffman Elementary

The IB World School

At Huffman Elementary

IB PYP Candidacy School

The IB World School

At Huffman Elementary

Our Mission

  • IB Mission Statement

    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 programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.  These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

     

    Huffman Mission Statement

    Huffman Elementary fosters the development of knowledgeable, principled, and internationally minded citizens. Our scholars approach the world with an open mind and aspire to understand the different perspectives and ideas of others while helping to create a more peaceful world.

Huffman News

Huffman Announcements

  • 2023-2024 Enrollment at IB World School at Huffman Elementary

    The International Baccalaureate (IB) World School at Huffman Elementary Primary Years Program (PYP) application will open on January 4, 2023 and continue through the 27th.
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  • IB PYP - What's That?

    The International Baccalaureate (IB) World School at Huffman Elementary Primary Years Programme (PYP) fosters the development of knowledgeable, principled and internationally minded citizens. The IB PYP focuses on the whole child, develops effective approaches to teaching and learning, works to increase an understanding of languages and culture, and explores globally significant ideas and issues. Our scholars approach the world with an open mind and aspire to understand the different perspectives and ideas of others, while helping to create a more peaceful world.

    Plano ISD's First Choice Elementary School

    The IB World School at Huffman is Plano ISD's first choice elementary school.  While students who attend Huffman are within the Huffman attentance boundaries, each year in the spring, we open up a lottery registraion for all students who live in the Plano ISD boundaries kindergarten through 5th grade. Students from all over PISD attend our school.  For more information on the Primary Years Program, visit IB PYP or ibo.org. 
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  • Registration Dates and Information

    Registration for the lottery to attend The IB World School at Huffman for the 2023-2024 school year is opening in January.  This registration is for kindergarten through 5th grade. 

    Registration for plano ISD's IB Primary Years Programme opens January 4, Parent meeting dates: in person December 5

     

    Registration Dates:

    January 4-27, 2023 at www.pisd.edu/academies

    Lottery Information: 

    Parent notification of lottery status: February 3, 2023

    Attention: 

    If you live in the Huffman attendance zone you do not have to go through the lottery registration process. Visit PISD's enrollment site to find out about regular PISD registration.

    If your child is entering Pre-kindergarten, you will not register for Huffman's Pre-k program during this time.  Visit the district's early childhood site for more information.
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  • Campus Tour Dates

    In-person: December 5th at 6:00 pm. Please RSVP here.

    Via Zoom: December 8th at 6:00 pm. Zoom Link: https://planoisd.zoom.us/j/94109002997?pwd=aTgweFI3bTk3UE1iWGZLb2ZMTnYvZz09     

    If you would like more information about IB PYP, we invite you to watch our introduction video.  Please contact Callie Anthony, IB PYP Coordinator with questions at callie.anthony@pisd.edu.  
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  • Title 1 Information

    Important Title I documents, including the Campus Improvement Plan, school parent engagement policy, school-parent compact, notice of qualifications can found on the campus website.  Hard copies are located in the school office.

    Los documentos importantes del Título I, como el Plan de Mejora de la escuela, las políticas de participación de los padres de la escuela, el pacto entre la escuela y los padres, y la notificación de las calificaciones se pueden encontrar en el sitio web de la escuela, y las copias impresas se encuentran en la oficina de la escuela.
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District Announcements

  • Bad Weather Make-Up Day: Thursday, April 6 

    To maintain the state-required 75,600 instructional minutes across the district, Plano ISD is using a combination of banked instructional minutes and a designated bad weather make-up day, in conjunction with an approved waiver from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), for school days missed during the inclement weather closure from January 31 through February 3. Originally scheduled as a student/teacher holiday, the first inclement weather make-up day, Thursday, April 6, 2023, will now be an instructional day. (view updated calendar) 
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  • SIGS and Gateway Engineering Summer Camp Registration Is Now Open

    Our Summer Institute for Gifted and Enrichment Students provides an innovative learning experience and is open to students in grades 1-7. 

    Students can choose from a list of courses that includes:

    • Humanities
    • Science
    • Mathematics
    • Social Sciences
    • Fine Arts

    Please visit the Plano ISD Summer School website for registration information.
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