School Mission:
The mission of Phillips Preparatory School is to produce globally-minded individuals who are compassionate, self-directed, goal-oriented, and technologically-literate. Our mission will be accomplished by providing an innovative college and career-focused curriculum that encourages curiosity, instills responsibility, and cultivates life-long learners who seek to create a better and more peaceful world. Unique Courses: IB Design, Foreign Languages, Art, Band, Drama, Chorus, and Video Production.
Additional Info:
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.
