The purpose of the IB program is to help students explore their own identities and cultures within a framework of other identities and cultures. AIA has made every effort to hire an international staff so that students are exposed to many different ways of looking at the world and, thereby, solving problems. Students explore these identities and cultures through art, music, literature, history and, of course, language. The very fact that we are an international school requires us to keep an open mind about the world around us and to reinforce our personal values while we learn to appreciate and respect the views, values, and opinions of others.