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| Middle School students interact with a team of doctors during the annual Organ Day. |
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Columbus Academy's Middle School recognizes and supports the unique transitional nature of the middle school student. In an effort to foster an effective and appropriate education at this crucial level, the program is built upon the following principles developed by the Middle School faculty:
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The Middle School experience promotes the love of learning through rigorous academic, artistic and athletic programs. A student who understands the intrinsic value of a multi-faceted education will develop the desire to become a lifelong learner.
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During middle school years, students progress from concrete thinking patterns toward abstract thought and develop the capacity to perform in myriad venues and to appreciate many diverse activities within a program.
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The partnership among students, faculty and parents provides experiences that encourage students to develop a sense of independence. While middle school is a time for experimentation and testing of boundaries, the program here provides appropriate limits on behavior, appropriate consequences for transgressions, and opportunities for students to understand the connection. The student ultimately assumes the obligations of self-monitoring and self-motivation.
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Middle school students need to view themselves as part of a greater community through which they can develop a sense of social responsibility, self-discipline and morality. For this reason, we attempt to make participation in various academic, athletic, artistic and social groups rewarding, and we try to minimize exclusion.
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In the middle school environment, habits such as organization, extended concentration, cooperation with peers, compromise and perseverance are fostered. As a result, the collateral learning which occurs is often more useful and transferable than objective content. |
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| Please click here to view the Middle School Curriculum. |
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