Middle School Core Curriculum

Middle School Overview (Grades 7-8)

The Middle School serves as a bridge to the conventional high schools that most of our graduates attend and although it shares many features with younger classes, it is also a distinctive environment. The academic program at the Middle School level is rigorous: a thorough grounding in algebra; scientific studies in physics, chemistry, biology; language work in a variety of written forms, with frequent oral presentations; and a comprehensive humanities curriculum focused on novel study with a wide-ranging survey of history, Western culture, and social studies.

The daily schedule at this level begins to resemble a conventional school in many respects: teacher specialists for different subject areas, specific classes of specific times, regular homework with graded assignments and tests.