Middle Years Program (6th - 8th)

Program Highlights:

• Inquiry-based, Integrated Units of Study
• Literature-based Language Program
• University of Chicago Mathematics Materials
• Hands-on lab-based Science Program
• Research-based Social Science Program
• Spanish Language curriculum, including TPRS
• Study Skills and Time Management instruction
• A wide range of elective mini-courses (six weeks and longer)
• Three years with the same teachers and a low student-teacher ratio
• High school credit for successful performance in classes such as Spanish I, Algebra I, and Math I

The Middle Years Program provides students the opportunity to progress along a continuum, acquiring an academic foundation of information and concepts in the core subject areas while incorporating technology, English, social science, mathematics and science. Projects targeting community resources, interdependence and diversity create an appreciation and understanding of the social and cultural community.

Our staff understands that adolescent children are ready to accept responsibility for their academic success and behavior. Students create lasting relationships and develop leadership and cooperative skills through activities, such as community service projects, class trips and theatrical performances. Students recognize and appreciate the unique gifts and talents of their classmates and themselves.

Where does a High Meadows education take students?

The process of learning is, by definition, interrelated. Student led investigations support the rigors of intellectual inquiry. Learning mathematics by reasoning and problem-solving reinforces basic skills. Students read to acquire knowledge, and they examine writing styles as they experience literature of variou s genres. And all basic skill areas come together in units of study. For instance, a study of rivers and mountains, students are likely to:

• Read, discuss and write about Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn
• Write a research paper about a world river
• Go orienteering on a local watershed
• Experiment with slope, velocity and volume
• Create a model of the earth to scale
• Contribute to community awareness through a Roswell city drain painting project
• Provide data to research scientists
• Apply technology to analyze research data
• Examine problems and evaluate solution to environmental issues
• Demonstrate knowledge through mulit-media presentations