More about this site

We’re connected to the official sanctioned website for IB Matters at Myers Park High School, because that’s what the Internet’s good for – making connections. But just one website can’t do everything for IB Matters. The official site does the official stuff and guides you elsewhere. It also recognizes that many Internet tools exist to share IB Matters, and each of those tools is good at different functions. This blog can help us share conversations and links to other places. Students can share a group on Facebook – in fact, it seems the biggest IB Facebook group is called “Victims of IB.” Let’s hope a new one starts – IB Matters, specifically for Myers Park. We appreciate young, dark humor, but don’t really want our kids to feel like victims.
Most parents, however, are probably not hanging out Facebook, so we can come here, and perhaps some students will hang out as well.
We already have an email system, though as technology changes, it might be good to examine a Google email Group instead. That shouldn’t be jumped into without lots of research.
Important: Students have found ways online to talk about IB, and this site is the place to get links to what’s going on already. We’re not trying to introduce lots of new information, and definitely not trying to out-code anyone.
Also, laughter helps, and laughing at ourselves can stretch the boundaries of officially sanctioned sites. That does not mean this site will sanction or link to mean stuff, or stereotypical stuff, but often our irreverent, creative students can push the boundaries, and being a link from the official site gives this site the freedom to send you other places.
This blog will try to be functional and well designed. It ‘s about conversation, and showing you – students and parents – what’s available.