middle school
As our students enter the Middle Grades, they’ve already started on their path to becoming talented musicians, artists, writers, and scientists. Now, they’ll continue their lessons on other languages and cultures. Furthermore, students will start to expand their view on scientific concepts through experimentation and exploration of hypotheses.
Sixth Grade
Sixth-graders enter a time when the inner light of reason and the outer world of sense-perceptions become central to their experience. This is mirrored in the study of history from ancient Rome through the Middle Ages; deepened and developed through business math and geometry; and integrates their being through studies in physics, mineralogy, and astronomy. Their knowledge of reading, writing, spelling, composition, and grammar is woven holistically throughout the curriculum.
Seventh Grade
Moving toward adolescence, the seventh-grader's own experiences of transformation are reflected in the Renaissance, creative writing, geometry, algebra, and chemistry. Their interest in discovery is met with studies of the Age of Exploration and with primary experiences of physical science. Ready to see the world--and themselves--in new ways, the students work with perspective drawing, world geography, and physiology.
Eighth Grade
By the end of this culminating year the students have a well-rounded picture of humanity and universe. This year brings fruition to the integrated curriculum of all the grades and enables the children to enter fully into the life of their own time. History, therefore, is an intensive study of the industrial revolution to the modern day, focusing on biography and delving into American history. Geography takes up the same theme, showing the earth's role in modern industrial civilization. Physics, meteorology, and chemistry complement these historical and geographical surveys with practical knowledge. Math also emphasizes the practical applications of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Human beings are again the subject of nature study through the study of anatomy of the human organism. Literature focuses on the theme of human freedom in the short story and the Shakespearean drama.
