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.