Middle School
	The Barnesville Middle School, comprising Fifth through Eighth grades, is a community of students, faculty, and parents who are committed to creating an environment for adolescents that helps them make a smooth transition to more independent learning. Each student is recognized as an individual and is encouraged to realize his or her potential. As students strive for independence during this transitional stage, the Middle School provides them with a positive, sensitive, and academically structured atmosphere in which to become aware of their role in the world around them

	Curriculum
	The Middle School provides a challenging, integrative, and exploratory curriculum with varied teaching and learning approaches. Teachers are committed to young adolescents and provide a balance of nurturing, support, and direction to enable them to cope with the complex emotional, physical, social, and academic changes specific to their developmental needs. Critical thinking, research, organizational skills, writing, and speaking are taught across disciplines. The courses in Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Math, Technology, Spanish, Physical Education, Art, and Music are carefully designed to promote a challenging, yet developmentally appropriate academic curriculum. Students are also given the opportunity to participate in a variety of extracurricular activities such as the Middle School Band and Chorus, weekly Club activities, drama, and interscholastic sports. In addition, community service and service learning projects enable students to gain a broader understanding of local, national, and international communities.