The Middle School Wardlaw-Hartridge School
1 middle school
1.1 english , social studies
1.2 mathematics , science
1.3 foreign language
1.4 homerooms
the middle school
the middle school intended provide transitional experience between self-contained learning environment of lower school , freer, more individualized environment of upper school. middle school students have little course choice, except in foreign language. current middle school head maggie granados.
english , social studies
middle school english , social studies linked regional focus. in sixth grade, students study africa, south america, , asia. in seventh , eighth grades, students focus on united states. in years, grammar, writing skills, , public speaking developed between 2 subject areas.
mathematics , science
each middle school student follows set curriculum in both math , science. in math, each student progresses general math course in sixth grade, through prealgebra in seventh, algebra in eighth. in science, students move topics in life science in sixth, topics in chemistry in seventh, earth science in eighth.
foreign language
the foreign language curriculum begins requiring sixth-grade student take survey course, introduction world languages, of latin, mandarin, , spanish. after this, students must choose continue 1 of languages in levels ia , ib in seventh , eighth grades, respectively. academic course choice offered middle school students, once have chosen, may not change duration of middle school career.
homerooms
the middle school experience organized around homerooms. each student placed in homeroom of around eleven students or enters middle school , stays homeroom throughout or middle school career. each student starts day in homeroom , eats lunch homeroom on monday, tuesday, wednesday, , thursday. homeroom teacher serves student s advisor.
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