The Middle Years Programme (also called the MYP) is the second program of the International Baccalaureate which is a non-profit educational foundation. The MYP should prepare students not just to enter the Diploma Program in high school, but it should prepare our children to be independent and life-long learners in a global society.
Here are a couple of videos I found that can help express the intentions of the MYP and the IB in general: