Middle school math and language arts teachers have developed varied programs to stimulate students' intellectual development. Students explore the elements of mythology and read myths from Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Aztec, Norse, Indian, Polynesian, Irish, Judaic, Australian, Zulu, and Middle Eastern cultures. Students improve research and writing skills by exploring a mythological topic of their choice.
Students receive extra support for writing effective sentences and paragraphs.
Skills taught include comparing and contrasting, organizational skills, detail, writing for open-ended prompts, and different forms of essay writing. Students are exposed to a higher level of problem solving to increase interest in mathematics as it relates to the U.S. global competitiveness and the quality of life. Taking direction from the NCTM standards and the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks, students study patterns and relationships to discover and develop questioning techniques.