一周一次, 整个学校走出了封闭的时间表,进行为期一天的跨学科学习冒险 集中一天. 班级旅行, another key p艺术 of our middle school experience, bring students to different p艺术s of California and the U.S. 通过这些冒险和挑战, our students show themselves to be kind and natural community builders. 由于所有这些以及更多的原因,我们的中学是一个学习和成长的好地方.
赌场捕鱼网投’s 中学 艺术s program encourages students to feel 自信和成功的创造性努力和承担风险,犯错误,再试一次.
所有六年级的学生都选修视觉艺术. 视觉艺术课程中的活动探索塑造艺术表达的基础:线, color, 纹理, 形状, 和体积. Students employ a wide variety of media and techniques. Projects involve drawing, painting, sculpture, clay, and conceptual creations.
六年级音乐是一门为期三个月的课程,向学生介绍各种音乐技巧和概念,包括键盘演奏, 打鼓, 弦乐器, 音乐理论. 学生在一些音乐选择上工作,重点是创造性的策略和解决问题的能力. 在小团体中,学生 collaborate with their peers to select, 准备, and perform a piece of their choosing for a school recital.
Seventh and eighth grade students can choose between music and visual 艺术s classes. Students have the opportunity to learn new instruments in band, 在唱诗班中发展他们的声音, or cultivate their 艺术istic talents in visual 艺术.
七年级学生参加一个学期的CodeCombat选修课. 通过CodeCombat, 学生学习如何用Python编写代码, 最流行的编程语言之一. 全面的课程包括计算机科学单元,并通过基于项目的游戏开发和web开发单元加强学习,学生 will progress on a journey from basic syntax to recursion.
八年级的时候, 学生将六年级和七年级发展的技能结合到基于项目的体验中. 通过使用小型电路板, 传感器, 汽车, 和编码,学生 will design and program their own robot. 项目挑战包括编码对不同环境刺激的适当反应. The final project is to build a line-following car.
In addition to the required electives in computational thinking, 学生们在秋季有机会参加我们竞争激烈的FLL机器人团队,以及全年的各种机器人和计算思维选修课.
Sixth grade reading selections focus on identity and community. Seventh grade literature includes Western Civilization-themed texts, such as the Trojan War and the plays of Aeschylus. 八年级英语, 你将探索美国文学, with texts such as To Kill a Mockingbird and The Joy Luck Club. 英语 classes also include public 说话 and performance.
除了探索文学, 通过参与写作和编辑过程,你将学会清晰、简洁地表达你的想法. 学生阅读, 在各个年级进行写作和编辑, 注重文学分析, 英语语法和写作习惯, 语言和词汇发展, 以及各种体裁的写作, 包括创意, 分析, 以及自传体形式. 在中学的课程中, the depth and sophistication of students' 写作 develops and improves.
每个学生都是一个由9-10名不同年级学生组成的顾问团的一部分,顾问团由一名中学老师领导. Advisory groups meet weekly with their advisor. This is a time to check in with a caring adult who knows them well, 听取同行的建议, discuss social-e运动al topics relevant to middle school students, 玩游戏, 祝大家玩得开心. Students typically stay with the same advisor through their middle school experience. 三年后,这些成年人可能会成为学生最有力的支持者和最亲密的导师.
Students p艺术icipate in Life Skills class in sixth grade, study sex education as p艺术 of seventh grade science class, and take Human Development class in eighth grade. 六年级的时候, 生活技能包括学习技能, 如何适应中学生活的课程, 同侪压力和数字公民. Seventh grade sex education is grounded in anatomy and biology, 包括对青春期身体和情感变化的坦诚对话. Eighth grade human development focuses on making good choices, and tackles topics such as peer pressure and drug and alcohol education.
中学的数学课是为学生建立和展示对数学的掌握而设计的, 培养批判性思维能力, 增加信心. Students are placed in 数学 classes by readiness rather than grade level, and most 数学 classes have a mix of students across grades, 提供丰富的学习氛围.
Students will apply the skills learned in textbooks to real-life situations. 中学数学课包括数学6、代数预科、代数、高等代数和几何. 一些八年级的学生有机会在高中上高等数学课.
“Health and fitness for life” is our physical education motto. 学生通过学习不同种类的运动,获得对自己的健康和幸福负责的知识和技能, 练习正确的形式, 参与团队合作, 准备和计划健身活动. 学生参加心血管健身, 肌肉力量和耐力, 团队运动带来的灵活性, 个人活动, 和调节.
Physical education includes a variety of team sports including water polo, 足球, 夺旗橄榄球, 极限飞盘, 篮球, 羽毛球, 和更多的. Students will also swim, dance, practice yoga, and do circuit training. We believe it is necessary for students to develop cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills to be successful learners. 体育精神和建立信心是我们体育课程的重要组成部分.
Sixth grade students begin the year by studying the human brain, 当他们开始他们的中学旅程时,了解他们作为思考者和学习者是谁. 之后,重点是地球科学. 这包括对天气的研究, 矿物学, 岩石循环, 板块构造论, 地震, 和火山. Sixth grade also includes units on planetary and environmental science.
By studying groups and peoples from around the world,学生 come to understand societies through the frame工作 of culture, 经济, 和政治. They will journey through a series of historical and geographic regions, 从遥远的很久以前开始,在时间和空间上越来越近——六年级时的环太平洋地区, 七年级的西方文明课, 八年级的美国研究. They will learn how and why civilizations change over time. By integrating 社会研究 with 英语 and 艺术, they will gain an understanding of the interconnectedness of our world.
Sixth graders study the lands and peoples of South Asia, 东亚, 在介绍了用于评估社会特征的主要分析技巧之后,我们将了解美国和大洋洲. 主题包括史前和外观, 扩张, and increasing complexity of human societies; technology and innovation; religions and philosophies; beliefs and government; social structures and systems of rule; aesthetics and 艺术s.
七年级学生探索神话, 古希腊和古典希腊的文化, 中世纪生活和一神论传统, 启蒙运动, and explorations of the origins of modern democracies.
八年级的社会课程侧重于美国社会和政治结构的冲突和变化. This course examines American history through a cultural and social justice lens, 审查宪法和人权, 迁移, 移民, 美洲原住民文化, 奴隶制, 以及公民权利. 学生学习如何理性和客观地调查有争议的问题,并在课堂讨论的最前沿尊重他们的同龄人.
Acquiring verbal fluency and a 工作ing vocabulary receive high priority. An emphasis on grammar clarifies communicative intent. Activities engage students’ interest and encourage lively discussion. 速成班的学生可能被安排在高级中学或高级学校的世界语言班.
通过练习阅读, 写作, 说话, 和听力,学生 gain comfort and ease in communicating a new language. Cultural studies help them to understand languages in context. Playing games and telling stories are mainstays in our language classes, and the speed of language acquisition reflects the fun kids have in these courses.
赌场捕鱼网投中学在许多体育项目上与其他学校进行校际竞技, 包括:极限飞盘, 足球, 篮球, 排球, 还有国旗橄榄球. Practices take place during the school day’s elective period. 比赛在放学后举行,赌场捕鱼网投公共汽车或货车提供往返比赛的交通工具. 赌场捕鱼网投的交通部门正忙着照顾整个学校的需要, and there are times when we may need to ask for parent help as chaperones or drivers.