Middle School Program

List of 12 items.

• Curriculum Overview

  The Middle School program features:

  • 按年级划分的英语、社会研究和科学课程
  • 数学和语言课程(按技能水平安排)
  • 世界语言选择:西班牙语，法语或中文
  • Art and music classes
  • 计算思维类(逻辑、问题解决、编程和机器人)
  • Physical Education
  • Life skills and human development classes
  • 班级参观国家尖峰纪念碑(六年级), 加州沿海地区(七年级)和华盛顿特区.C. and New York City (Eighth Grade)
  • Weekly advisory meetings, when students meet with a small cohort led by a teacher to have fun and navigate the social-emotional landscape of middle school.
  • 参加迎新活动、全校会议和其他社区活动.
  • Note: Language, art, 体育课和英语课出现的频率是一样的, social studies, math, and science.

• Art & Music

  赌场捕鱼网投中学的艺术课程鼓励学生去感受 confident and successful in their creative efforts and to take risks, make mistakes, and try again.
  
  

  All sixth grade students take visual art. The activities in the visual arts curriculum explore the fundamentals that shape artistic expression: line, color, texture, shape, and volume. 学生们使用各种各样的媒体和技术. 项目包括素描、绘画、雕塑、粘土和概念创作.

  
  Sixth grade music is a trimester-long course that introduces students to a variety of musical skills and concepts including keyboard playing, drumming, stringed instruments, and music theory. Students work on a number of musical selections with an emphasis on creative strategy and problem-solving. In small ensembles, 学生与他们的同龄人合作选择, prepare, 然后在学校的独奏会上表演一首他们自己选的曲子.
  
  

  七年级和八年级的学生可以选择音乐课和视觉艺术课. 学生有机会在乐队中学习新的乐器, develop their voice in choir, 或者在视觉艺术方面培养他们的艺术天赋. 

• Computational Thinking

  In required 每个年级的计算思维课程, students 学习逻辑处理和计算问题解决的基础. 
  
  

  In sixth grade, students participate in a First Lego League (FLL) Robotics class once a week for half the year. This class culminates in a Sumo Bot Focus Day. 

  
  Seventh graders participate in a required CodeCombat elective for one semester of the year. Through CodeCombat, students learn how to code in Python, one of the most popular programming languages. With a comprehensive curriculum that includes computer science units and reinforces learning through project-based game development and web development units, 学生将在从基本语法到递归的旅程中进步.

  
  In eighth grade, students combine the skills developed in sixth and seventh grade into a project-based experience. Through the use of small circuit boards, sensors, motors, and coding, 学生将设计并编写自己的机器人程序. Project challenges include coding appropriate responses to different environmental stimuli. 最后一个项目是建造一个顺行车.
  
  

  除了计算思维的必修课, students have the opportunity to participate in our competitive FLL robotics team in the fall as well as various robotics and computational thinking electives throughout the year. 

• Electives

  In addition to your required courses, you will have the opportunity each year to take up to three different electives of your choice. 自由选择的选修课包括:

  • Leadership
  • Archery
  • Robotics
  • Ceramics
  • Music jam sessions
  • Theatrical improvisation
  • Photography
  • Team sports

  Other elective classes are required, and include computational thinking, innovating in the Carter Innovation Studios, and life skills.
  
  

• English

  Students explore a diverse range of literature while discovering their voices in English classes that are designed to complement the Social Studies curriculum.
  
  

  六年级的阅读选择侧重于身份和社区. 七年级的文学包括以西方文明为主题的课文, 比如特洛伊战争和埃斯库罗斯的戏剧. In eighth grade English, you will explore American literature, 比如《赌场捕鱼网投》和《赌场捕鱼网投》. 英语课程还包括公开演讲和表演. 
  
  

  In addition to exploring literature, you will learn to clearly and concisely communicate your ideas by engaging in the writing and editing process. Students read, write and edit at every grade level, focusing on literary analysis, English grammar and writing conventions, language and vocabulary development, and various genres of writing, including creative, analytical, and autobiographical forms. Over the course of middle school, 学生写作的深度和复杂性得到了发展和提高.

• Life Skills and Advisory

  Every student is part of an advisory group of 9-10 students across grade levels that is led by a middle school teacher. Advisory groups meet weekly with their advisor. 这是一个与了解他们的成年人交流的好时机, get advice from peers, 讨论与中学生有关的社会情感话题, play games, and have fun. 学生们通常会在整个中学阶段跟随同一个导师. After three years, these adults may become a student’s strongest advocate and closest mentor.
  
  

  六年级学生参加生活技能课程, 把性教育作为七年级科学课的一部分, 在八年级上人类发展课程. In sixth grade, Life Skills includes study skills, lessons on how to navigate middle school, peer pressure and digital citizenship. 七年级的性教育以解剖学和生物学为基础, and includes frank conversations about the physical and emotional changes that occur during adolescence. 八年级的人类发展重点是做出正确的选择, 并讨论了同伴压力、毒品和酒精教育等话题. 

• Math

  Math classes in the Middle School are designed for students to build and demonstrate mastery, develop critical thinking skills, and increase confidence. 根据学生的准备程度而不是年级水平来安排他们上数学课, 而且大多数数学课的学生都是不同年级的, providing for a rich learning atmosphere.
  
  学生将把课本中学到的技能应用到现实生活中. Middle School math classes include Math 6, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Advanced Algebra, and Geometry. Some eighth grade students have the opportunity to take advanced math classes in the Upper School.

• Physical Education

  “健康健身，终身健体”是我们的体育校训. Students acquire the knowledge and skills to take responsibility for their health and wellbeing by learning different kinds of exercise, practicing proper form, engaging in collaborative teamwork, and preparing and planning fitness activities. 学生参加心血管健身, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility through team sports, individual activities, and conditioning.
  
  

  体育教育包括各种团体运动，包括水球, soccer, flag football, ultimate Frisbee, basketball, badminton, and more. 学生们还将游泳、跳舞、练习瑜伽和做循环训练. 我们认为培养学生的认知能力是必要的, 情感和精神运动技能是成功的学习者. Sportsmanship and confidence building are important components of our physical education curriculum.

   

• Science

  In middle school science, students develop curiosity about the natural world and a working knowledge of scientific problem-solving methods. Overall, the curriculum creates perspective on how we as humans fit into the natural world.
  
  

  六年级的学生开始学习人类的大脑, and learning about who they are as thinkers and learners as they begin their middle school journey. After that, the focus is earth science. This includes the study of weather, mineralogy, the rock cycle, plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes. 六年级的课程还包括行星和环境科学. 

  
  

  Life science is the focus in seventh grade. Students come to understand the environment as a dynamic living system and how they have the potential to affect change. Students also learn about evolution, the human body, adolescent growth and development, sexuality, and how to make responsible choices. 

   

  Eighth grade science prepares students for upper school science courses by developing their quantitative and analytical approaches to solving problems in physics and chemistry. Students learn about scientific measurement, atomic structures, the periodic table, chemical reactions, chemical pollution, and Newtonian physics concepts of force, motion, work, and energy.

• Social Studies

  通过研究来自世界各地的群体和民族, 学生们通过文化的框架来了解社会, economy, and politics. 他们将穿越一系列的历史和地理区域, starting far away and long ago and moving closer in time and space—the Pacific Rim in sixth grade, Western Civilization in seventh grade, and American Studies in eighth grade. 他们将了解文明如何以及为什么会随着时间而变化. 通过将社会研究与英语和艺术相结合, 他们将了解我们世界的相互联系.
  
  六年级学生学习南亚的土地和人民, East Asia, and Oceania after introduction to the main analytical skills used to evaluate the features of a society. Topics include prehistory and  the appearance, expansion, and increasing complexity of human societies; technology and innovation; religions and philosophies; beliefs and government; social structures and systems of rule; aesthetics and arts.
  
  

  Seventh graders explore mythology, cultures of ancient and classical Greece, medieval life and monotheistic traditions, the enlightenment, 以及对现代民主起源的探索. 

   

  Eighth grade social studies focus on conflict and change in American society and political structures. 本课程从文化和社会公正的角度审视美国历史, examining the Constitution and human rights, migration, immigration, Native American cultures, slavery, and civil rights. Students learn how to investigate controversial issues with reason and objectivity with respect for their peers at the forefront of class discussions.

• World Languages

  Like math classes, language classes in the Middle School are organized by skill level rather than grade level. Students may be placed into Spanish, French, or Mandarin 1A, 1B, or 1C depending on their prior experience. Students begin to acquire language through games and conversation, building a basic vocabulary. Grammar and syntax are introduced through stories and thematic units that incorporate world cultures. 
  
  获得语言流畅性和工作词汇是最重要的. 对语法的强调阐明了交际意图. 活动调动学生的兴趣，鼓励热烈的讨论. Accelerated students may be placed in advanced Middle School or Upper School world language classes.
  
  By practicing reading, writing, speaking, and listening, 学生在交流一门新语言时感到舒适和轻松. 文化研究帮助他们在语境中理解语言. 玩游戏和讲故事是我们语言课的主要内容, 语言习得的速度反映了孩子们在这些课程中获得的乐趣.

• Interscholastic Sports

  The Athenian Middle School competes with other schools in interscholastic athletics in a number of sports, including: Ultimate Frisbee, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and flag football. 实践是在学校的选修期间进行的. Games occur after school with transportation to and from events provided by Athenian buses or vans. Athenian’s transportation department is very busy taking care of needs of the whole school, 有时，我们可能需要父母作为监护人或司机的帮助.