The students in Grades Seven and Eight participate in a musical whose dress rehearsal is performed before the entire school and which gives two public performances. Students also have the opportunity to participate in a Middle School choir which performs publicly in Indianapolis. Grade 7 Physical Education Students are given the opportunity to apply all skills learned in prior years. Goals include an understanding of aerobic exercise, of individual and team competition, and of physical fitness. Students meet for PE four times a week for forty minutes each time.
Research is required in traditional print media and in electronic resources.
An awareness of the wider world in incorporated in geographical and cultural elements in the Age of Discovery and with the inclusion of Asian rulers in the Age of Monarchs. Maps are required as part of the explorer's journal and map quizzes are incorporated in most units.