In middle school, our program supports students as they move into deeper independence, critical thinking, and self-awareness. Learning continues to follow a steady rhythm anchored by Main Lesson work in the mornings, with subject classes, movement, artistic practice, and experiential learning woven throughout the day. At this stage, students are developmentally ready to question, explore, and engage more consciously with the world around them.

As students enter seventh grade, the curriculum reflects a growing curiosity about both the outer world and their inner lives. History and humanities explore the Age of Discovery and the Renaissance, following explorers, artists, scientists, and thinkers who challenged existing authorities and reshaped human understanding. Art and science flourish side by side through perspective drawing, anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, physics, and mechanics, allowing students to experience transformation, cause and effect, and the laws governing both the physical world and the human body. Mathematics expands into negative numbers, algebraic thinking, and more advanced geometry, while writing and discussion grow more reflective, analytical, and expressive.

By eighth grade, students stand at a threshold—bringing together years of foundational learning with emerging clarity and voice. History turns toward the formation of modern society through American government, industrialization, and technological change, inviting students to examine not only what happened, but how different choices and values might have shaped another path. Science continues through a phenomenological approach, emphasizing careful observation and discovery before theory, with studies in anatomy, chemistry, physics, meteorology, and computer science. Algebra I and solid geometry strengthen abstract thinking and problem-solving.

Throughout middle school, students develop their capacity to think logically, write clearly, speak confidently, and engage ethically with complex ideas. Artistic work, music, movement, and hands-on experimentation remain essential, balancing intellectual rigor with creativity and embodied learning. Socially, older students step into leadership within the school community, mentoring younger students and participating in service-based projects that strengthen responsibility and empathy.

By the end of eighth grade, students are prepared to meet the next stage of their education with confidence—able to reason independently, communicate effectively, and stand firmly in their emerging sense of identity and purpose.