wvss is a member of the international baccalaureate (ib) program. it is one of the three public schools on the north shore to provide the high school program (the others being carson graham secondary school and ecole andre piolat). it offers a variety of ib courses, such as biology, chemistry, english, film, french, geography, history, japanese, mandarin, mathematics, physics, spanish, theatre, and visual arts. the standard diploma programme course, theory of knowledge, is required in this program.