Hathaway Brown is a school not just with girls but for girls, and our Middle School is designed especially for the middle school girl. Our goal in the Middle School is to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment in which each young woman can learn, grow, and develop confidence and skills at a time when her body, mind, and emotions are changing almost daily. The Middle School provides numerous opportunities for students to try new things, to interact daily with caring adults, to work cooperatively in groups, to develop imagination and creativity, to think divergently, to become confident problem solvers, to release physical energy, and to succeed, succeed, succeed. Hathaway Brown's rich and varied curriculum is student-centered and planned to foster in the middle school girl lasting study strategies, habits of mind, and excitement for learning. We take full advantage of the middle schooler's penchant to interact with others and provide numerous hands-on group learning experiences.
Classes are participatory, active, and rooted in real-life experience.
A variety of teaching techniques, including role plays, debates, and simulation games, build on the student's interest and desire for active participation. The result is a student who is empowered to be the best she can be. Life in Hathaway Brown's Middle School with its exciting curriculum, assemblies, special events, field trips, and advisor time is intentionally structured to meet the needs to each girl as we strive to teach our students not what to think, but how to learn.