Middle School is designed to:

• Meet the wide range of needs and abilities of middle school students so that they develop and master those skills basic to full participation in society;

• Help middle school students learn and foster in them a desire to seek knowledge;

• Emphasize the learning process through a flexible and integrated curriculum of basic skills and exploratory areas within an organizational structure which will best meet the needs of middle school students;

• Focus attention on the unique developmental stage of each student, the need for personal responsibility and independence, and the identification of a positive selfimage;

• Enable middle school students to develop a positive and working relationship within the school and encourage identity with and active involvement in the local community;

• Be staffed with personnel who respond to the unique needs of students at this level.

Last Modified on October 6, 2010