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Middle School

Ages 13 - 15 years (Seventh & Eighth Grade).......................

Active, self-directed, non-competitive learning continues at the Middle School Program level, where classes span two age/grade levels. The middle school program is open to grades 7-8. It is designed to integrate current research in adolescent development, the trends and issues in education, and the Montessori philosophy. The mission of the program is to provide opportunities for adolescents to be self-confident and gain self-knowledge, to belong to a community, to learn to be adaptable, to be academically competent and challenged, and to create a vision for their personal future.

A more structured academic curriculum covers a wide range of interests and abilities up through the oldest and most accelerated students in the class. Assessment and testing are “built into” daily lessons. Standardized testing is introduced in 3rd grade. To reach their full potential, students gain an integrated knowledge of science and technology, history, the arts, mathematics, literature, economics, politics, and world culture. They also acquire sound skills in writing and research, critical reading and thinking, and effective work habits. Not least of all, children learn to be responsible, respectful members of their classroom families and to celebrate both individual and group accomplishment.

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