The Middle School provides challenging opportunities for students in grades five to eight to enhance their understanding of themselves and the society in which they live through a hands-on program that promotes curiosity, exploratory learning and problem-solving, and is attentive to the growth and needs of early adolescents. Critical thinking skills are integrated into a program that balances direct skill teaching and active student participation, utilizing the principles of student as learner and teacher as coach with an overall goal of encouraging our students to be life long learners.

Teachers work together as two teaching teams for 5th-6th grades and 7th-8th grades within the Middle School Division, to facilitate inter-disciplinary projects and collaborative teaching and learning with individual attention.

Middle School teachers, who serve as grade level advisors, work as a team to meet the needs of the students and provide a smooth transition from self-contained classes in Lower School to the challenges of new logistics and departmentalization. These new demands require applying a new set of organizational skills and strategies which are taught throughout the school program. This grounding in solid academic practices helps students take intellectual risks, develop as learners and solidify their confidence.

The social curriculum promotes the development of self-discipline, respect and responsibility through the advisory program, leadership opportunities, life skills and service learning. Extracurricular activities develop student strengths in leadership, athletics and the arts.