Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence and Kimberlin Academy for Excellence are Candidate Schools* for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP). These schools are pursuing authorization as IB World Schools. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence and Kimberlin Academy for Excellence believe are important for our students. *Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme, or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit ​www.ibo.org.