Middle School

In this semester-long course, students are introduced to the world of drawing three-dimensional objects using computers.

In Fifth Grade art, students strengthen their artistic skills while exploring more personal expression and creative decision-making.

Students attend health and wellness classes once per cycle throughout the school year. Topics such as self-advocacy, evolving friendships, becoming a healthy community member,

Students spend a semester learning about the importance of digital citizenship and practicing specific strategies to locate high-quality sources and how to cite them properly using Noodletools.

This class focuses on introducing design thinking and engineering, allowing students to tinker, collaborate, craft, and build.

Our signature science program is called STREAMS (sustainability, technology, research, engineering, agriculture, math, and service) which extends traditional coursework in science with fieldwork that respectfully utilizes the land that surrounds us.

In Sixth Grade art, students begin to approach art with a more mature and analytical mindset, building on foundational skills while developing greater independence and creative confidence.

Students attend health and wellness classes once per cycle throughout the school year. Lessons support students as they continue to develop independence, social relationships, and personal identity.

Students spend a semester learning about the importance of digital citizenship and practicing specific strategies to locate high-quality sources and how to cite them properly using Noodletools.

In this class, students will explore the foundational concepts of algebra and develop problem-solving skills that will help them succeed in future math courses.

In addressing this essential question, students embark on a journey of discovery, exploring the ways in which matter around us may change, the interconnected relationships that may change based on the transfer of energy, the ways in which Earth's geosphere and tectonic plates continues to change, and the cycling of matter and energy within and between the atmosphere and oceans.

In Seventh Grade art, students deepen their understanding of visual language and focus on developing a more personal and expressive art practice.

Students attend a health and wellness class as one of their full-time trimester courses. Students begin the trimester learning how to set personal goals, as well as exploring careers that match their current interests.

In addressing this essential question, students embark on a journey of discovery, exploring the ways in which organizational structure provides function to life, the distribution of natural resources among Earth's living organisms, how the human population may disrupt such organizational systems, and how the organizational structure of light, sound, electricity, and magnetism can advance communications technologies.

Students will investigate contemporary and historical art themes in Eighth Grade art using various media, skills, and techniques while learning to function in a studio art environment.

Students attend a health and wellness class as one of their full-time trimester courses. One focus of the course is understanding how leadership affects personal and community wellness.

Held at the end of May, the Middle School Spring Unit Program is an experiential learning opportunity that allows students to immerse themselves in a subject outside of the core curriculum.

At each grade level, students undertake research projects. In addition to exploring a topic in depth, students learn to evaluate sources and develop skills in notetaking, outlining, and critical writing.