At Newman, Middle School students are part of dynamic educational environments with experienced educators who know the needs of Middle School learners and who are experts within their content areas. Classrooms are inclusive and allow students to take full advantage of the educational opportunities available to them, and push students to grow and demonstrate their understanding through projects, experiments, and traditional assessments, either working independently or as a collaborative member of a group. Each student is appreciated as an individual and supported by faculty members who fully understand this developmental stage in the life of a child.

A central part of a Middle School student’s Newman experience is choice. In Middle School, students can begin participating in a number of extracurricular activities. Whether it is through Newman Athletics, Speech and Debate, Robotics, Chess, or the Middle School Musical, students are active in shaping their own learning, growth, and development. 

That same spirit of choice is alive within the academic program as well through our Enrichment program, which allows students to take elective courses in the 7th and 8th grade. Our Enrichment program boasts robust offerings within STEM, Humanities, and the Arts, as well as creating space for Independent Reading and Student Support programming. Middle School is a time for students to explore, to be challenged, and to learn systems that best support their own learning. For a full overview of our Enrichment programming, click here. 

To help with that development, Middle School students participate in our Advisory program on a daily basis. In advisory, we employ a balance of group and individual advising. Our robust advisory program, which matches a group of 10-12 students with an adult for three years, aids in forging new relationships, developing student self-advocacy, and building and strengthening community. Advisories develop positive group dynamics through a combination of group games and discussions. Advisors also work individually with students throughout the year to set personal goals, overcome challenges, and celebrate successes. 

 

Middle School is a time of substantive growth for students, through robust academic programming, engagement with advisors and student support services, and through outdoor education trips at each grade level. In the Newman Middle School, students truly do “learn to do by doing.”