The middle school curriculum is designed around a focus on Expeditionary Learning, a proven model for comprehensive school reform. Expeditionary learning emphasizes learning by doing, with a particular focus on character growth, teamwork, and literacy. It connects academic learning to adventure, service, and character development. It helps teachers learn to teach reading, writing, science, math, and other subjects through a challenging set of inter-connected real-world projects called learning expeditions. Literacy instruction, embedded in learning expeditions, is a special focus of this design.
Our middle school is organized around two core teams, one at seventh grade and one at eighth. The seventh grade teachers move or 'loop' up to eighth grade with their students to increase consistency and to provide ongoing relationships that are so important for middle school students. Curriculum is designed around integrating the core curricular areas to provide a meaningful experience for students.
Middle School Curriculum
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