The Middle
School seeks to meet the educational and emotional needs of early
adolescent students who are experiencing rapid physical, intellectual,
and social growth. The program accommodates students at different
levels of maturity and includes a balance of teacher-structured and
student-initiated activities.
Middle School teachers take advantage of the natural curiosity, energy,
and enthusiasm of fifth through eighth graders. The faculty and administrators
provide a secure base from which students can enter into the greater
autonomy of adulthood, a process which involves risk-taking, success,
and failure.
The rigorous curriculum focuses on basic skills, a disciplined manner
of inquiry, individual creativity, and good study habits. Students
are encouraged to cooperate rather than to compete and to share their
special gifts and talents.
Last revised
01/06/2006 |
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