Grade Level
Middle
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Princeton Montessori Announces International Baccalaureate Authorization for Middle School
Princeton Montessori School is now authorized by the International Baccalaureate organization to offer the Middle Years Programme to students in grades 6-8. Recognized worldwide, the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes challenge students to excel in their studies, and encourage both personal and academic achievement. Princeton Montessori is one of only 7 schools in the state of […]
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Social Emotional Learning: Helping Students Reach Their Full Potential
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) can be hard to spot to an unfamiliar eye, but subtlety is part of its effectiveness at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, where the SEL curriculum spans kindergarten through twelfth grade. Activities include Lower Schoolers identifying emotions during morning meeting, Middle Schoolers working with test anxiety in advisory, and Upper Schoolers joining […]
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CANTON COUNTRY DAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS VALUE GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY
Canton Country Day School students love learning through meaningful service experiences, both in and out of school. The Service Learning Program at CCDS is an opportunity for students in grades 6-8 to participate in public service by giving back to their community. One Friday morning per month is set aside to meet these needs. Fifth […]
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Student Collaboration Teaches Personal Responsibility
Seventh graders in Cary Academy’s Charger Trails program—named after the school mascot, a charger horse—are focused throughout the year on what does, or sometimes doesn’t, make collaboration work. There are student-led conferences to discuss goal-setting, a Thoughtless and Hurtful Language seminar, and a year-end trip to a YMCA camp in Black Mountain for more team […]
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Engaging Students through the Arts
The arts connect us. Inspire us. Empower us to believe in something larger than ourselves. ‘Iolani School has excellent studio-based performing and visual arts programs which provides students with opportunities to travel around the world, experience different cultures, and pursue their passions and creative outlets.
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Kent School Links Middle School with Preschool Students
Kent School is offering a unique class called “Nature Buddies.” “Nature Buddies” links our Middle School students with our Little School students in a Chesapeake Bay Studies science exploration. “Nature Buddies” strengthens Kent School’s nationally recognized Chesapeake Bay Studies Program. Hannah Richardson, Middle School Science Teacher and Nature Buddies leader said, “This class brings students […]
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Theatre Week Unleashes Can-Do Spirit and Creativity
Principia Middle School recently implemented its first-ever Theatre Week. For their production of “Mulan, Jr.,” students did everything—sets, costumes, audio, and, of course, singing, dancing, and acting. Hear what our students thought about taking this Disney hit from script to stage in a week.
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The Howard School Only School in Georgia to Receive NBC's R.I.S.E. America Grant
The Howard School high school was selected as one of 50 high schools across the country, and the only school in Georgia, to receive a coveted NBC R.I.S.E. America Grant to support its drama program. More than 1,000 high schools applied for the grant.
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Kent School An Early Leader in Making Caring Common with Harvard GSE
Kent School is among the nation’s first schools and the only Preschool through Grade 8 school in Maryland to join a new national campaign to mobilize middle and high schools to prepare young people to be constructive community members and citizens who create a better world. Led by Harvard’s Making Caring Common project, the Caring […]
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A French Tradition Inspires A Character Lesson
Riverdale’s French classes have taken a French tradition, La Fete Des Rois, and made it their own. Their gratitude cards, illustrated and composed with care for the celebration, are dedicated to family, friends, teachers, and role models. They are on display outside of the student center. You don’t have to be a French student to […]
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Middle School Student Council Hosts "Shark Tank" for School-Related Pitches
ESD Middle School students demonstrated their entrepreneurial spirit today during their weekly assembly. In an ESD twist on the popular reality TV show “Shark Tank,” students were able to pitch their ideas for different school-related proposals to a panel of “Sharks,” as well as their Middle School peers. The Sharks were comprised of Head of […]
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Old Trail School Grade 7 Students Receive Rookie of the Year Award in Future City Competition
Old Trail School Grade 7 students participated in the Future City Competition and traveled to Columbus on January 20 for the Ohio Regional Competition. Future City is a project-based learning program in which students imagine, research, design and build cities of the future. With the engineering design process and project management front and center, students […]