Middle School

About the Middle School

What We Believe about Middle School

Our middle school supports four essential attributes described in This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (2010), prepared by the Association for Middle Level Education.

First, an education for young adolescents must be developmentally responsive. In other words, it uses the distinctive nature of young adolescents as the foundation upon which all decisions about school organization, policies, curriculum, instruction, and assessment are made. Second, it must also be challenging, ensuring that every member of the learning community is held to high expectations. A middle school education should also be empowering, by providing all students with the knowledge and skills they need to take responsibility for their lives, to address life's challenges, to function successfully at all levels of society, and to be creators of knowledge. Finally, a middle school education must be equitable or fair. It advocates for and ensures every student's right to learn and provides appropriately challenging and relevant learning opportunities.

For more information on successful middle school education, please refer to the web site of the Association for Middle Level Education

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