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Ranked amongst the top 50 middle schools in the country, Phillips Preparatory was awarded the Department of Education’s National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence two times. Phillips Preparatory is a 2019 Alabama Bicentennial School of Excellence and received the 2017 and 2018 Lagniappe’s “Best Public School” award. Phillips Preparatory offers an International Baccalaureate curriculum to over 800 students in grades 6-8 and emphasizes the International Baccalaureate’s learner profile: caring, knowledgeable, risk-takers, reflective, thinkers, open-minded, communicators, inquirers, principled, and balanced. The curriculum provides opportunities for academic exploration, extension and mastery of all subjects with emphasis placed on project-based learning opportunities that encourage students to apply their learning to real world situations. Phillips is an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (MYP) School, Alabama Bicentennial School, and a National Blue Ribbon School
