Personal and Social Growth

MIDDLE SCHOOL the college school

Personal and Social Growth

The College School’s curriculum in Middle School extends far beyond the academic. We ask students to grow as individuals and peers as well as as scholars and thinkers. Our adventure curriculum is designed to help students become judicious risk-takers and to accept challenge as an opportunity for growth. We develop students’ sense of independence, their ability to reflect on both good and bad choices, and their sense of self-advocacy and responsibility. Beyond their personal development, we ask students to grow into positive and responsible members of the community, both the immediate world of Middle School and the larger world around them. We encourage service to their communities and develop their skills at being good speakers and listeners with peers. We teach the skills of being able to make decisions in a group, making sure all voices are heard, and resolving interpersonal conflicts.

Advisors Each student in Middle School has an advisor, one of the six core middle school teachers. Advisors check in with students every morning as part of the Homeroom period and meet with their advisees as a group periodically through the year. Advisories also work together as a group on service projects at various points during the year (such as the canned food drive leading up to the younger grades’ Wagon Train of Food). A student’s advisor is a person to whom a student can bring concerns or issues. Advisors also serve as the first point of contact for parents. Parents should feel free to contact their child’s advisor to ask questions or to check in about their child’s progress.