Middle School (Grades 7 and 8) addresses the special needs of early adolescents providing a positive supportive climate with high expectations for each student to successfully transition to the college preparatory curriculum of the Upper School. A variety of instructional practices and assessments that promote learning are utilized. Increasingly rigorous academic courses are departmentalized to give specialized instruction in each subject while study and time management skills remain a focus.

Math, science, English, Spanish, and social studies are taught by separate teachers in multidisciplinary units throughout the year. Students continue to develop their abilities in technology, athletics, and the arts with required courses that include choir, band, theater arts, physical education, studio art, and computer skills.

Fostering the students’ capacity for abstract and critical thinking as well as their interpersonal and academic skills, the Middle School curriculum encourages individuals to become responsible academic students, outstanding citizens, and committed members of the community.