The Sixth Graders are introduced to physics, chemistry, and astronomy through studies of atoms, light, optics and motion. A study of French begins in Fourth Grade. Through games, shared meals, puppet shows, songs, dramatizations and a unit on Paris and its landmarks, Middle School students become comfortable learning to speak another language. By Sixth Grade, students begin to read French and are introduced to formal grammar. In addition to their classroom studies, all Middle School students participate in courses of art, drama, library, music, woodworking, and computers .
Touch typing is taught in Fifth Grade.
The Junior High years are the culmination of a student's Far Brook experience. The Junior High students are seen as leaders and role models, inspiring the younger students to carry on the values and traditions of the school. In addition to serious work in the arts, rigorous academics challenge the students and prepare them to excel in the wide variety of high schools they attend. Topics for the Seventh Grade life science curriculum include energy, the workings of a cell, and the interdependence of living things and their environment. Topics for the Eighth Grade physical science curriculum include elements and compounds, distillation, and chromatography.