FOCUSING FOR GREATER IMPACT

Some positive changes in the Middle School for the 2023-2024 school year include adopting a framework for grade-level focus Sixth grade will concentrate on “Me” Programming in advisory and across the grade will target executive functioning skills The mission focus will be on Character and the Middle School learning habits of being Gritty and Reflective. Seventh grade will concentrate on “You”. Advisory and grade-level programming will build empathy. The mission focus will be on Community and the Middle School learning habits of Caring and Collaborative. Finally, 8th graders will concentrate on “We”. Their grade-level theme explores issues in society. This ties into the 8thgrade Capstone program. The mission focus will be on Inquiry and the dispositions of Risk-Takers, and Open-Mindedness. Our advisory curriculum will help drive Student Led conferences as students articulate their growth in these specific important areas. Additionally, students will receive feedback on these habits of learning on their report cards.

Starting this spring, the Middle School will be on a three year whole division local field trip and study program. In April, our entire 8th-grade class will visit the 4.3 Peace Park in Jeju. They will present their reflections to the rest of the Middle School in an assembly. The 6th and 7th graders will have their own experience at the peace park as part of our final enrichment week of school. Next year, the whole school will visit a different location and topic of study in Jeju.