The curriculum is directed toward this end. The total educational program is directed toward the Christian formation of the child. The school community as a worshipping, loving, and sharing community provides a spiritually enriching setting for this formation. The religion classes continue the sequence begun in the Lower School. English The English curriculum concentrates on grammar and communication skills.
Students focus on writing and listening skills, and vocabulary development.
Reading The reading program in Grades 5 and 6 employs a multi-faceted approach to meet the varying needs of students. The Middle School continues the sequence begun in the Lower School but concentrates on the development of critical reading skills, provides an introduction to literature, and attempts to make each child a life-long reader. The literature program in Grades 7 and 8 covers the novel, short story, mythology, poetry, and Shakespeare as well as research skills and writing a research paper. With the foundation of mathematics well laid in the Lower School, the goal of the Middle School program is to solidify and strengthen basic concepts and to establish first notions of open-ended problems, basic geometry, and algebra. Students in Grade 8 who qualify may complete Algebra 1.