Programs Features 2001-2002 Paideia philosophy is used to strengthen teaching skills. The Paideia teaching approach provides a rigorous liberal arts education through coaching, seminars, and traditional classroom instruction.
Teachers learn how to lead seminar discussions.
This creates a community environment that promotes ownership, teamwork, parental involvement and mutual respect. Students transition smoothly through the middle school curriculum because teachers work together on all three grade levels as a resource for student success. Hill Middle School offers three distinct modes of instruction to meet the needs of middle school students. The House of Knowledge offers Problem Based Learning, University House Offers Socratic Seminars, and the House of Jazz uses Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. Musicians use Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences theory to incorporate math, science, social studies, and writing lessons into the music lessons.