All students use the technology lab approximately 35 times per year in addition to their technology class. Special Education and English as a Second Language help is provided for qualified students. A Gifted and Talented Education teacher inservices classroom teachers in differentiated instruction, inservices parents, and provides ideas and materials for GATE students. Two instrumental music classes are available to all students. Student Achievement Student achievement at Hall Middle School is assessed in a variety of ways.
All students produce a writing sample in the fall and in the spring.
The samples are scored using a 6-point rubric. Fall and spring samples are compared to determine growth. In the spring of 2000 all students in grades 2-8 took the Stanford 9 test as part of the California STAR program. Larkspur School District results are shown below. Larkspur students score among the highest in the state.