As students arrive on the cusp of adolescence, the program, designed to meet their developmental stage, provides further challenge for their emerging thinking, reasoning, and inquiry.

While becoming more academically rigorous, it also recognizes the need for students to experience themselves within the context of a wider social group, the Middle School, and offers additional activities and events for their exploring natures. Core curriculum includes:

History. From Rome, through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Age of Enlightenment, revolutions, industrialization, into modern times.

English. Vocabulary, grammar, composition, writing of reference papers; elements of poetry and figurative language, including ballads, sonnets, epics, Chaucer and Shakespeare; short stories; modern American and British novels and plays.

Geometry. Geometric drawing with instruments, plane geometry, solid geometry, and Platonic Solids.

Mathematics. Percents, ratio, proportion, areas, formulas, algebra from the simple equation through quadratics, powers and roots, binary system, inequalities, numerical trigonometry, probability, logic and problem-solving.

Geography. Western Hemisphere and the poles, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, oceans and winds of the world, world economic geography.

Natural sciences. Mineralogy, geology, astronomy, meteorology, human physiology and anatomy.

Physics. Optics, acoustics, heat, electricity, magnetism, hydraulics, mechanics.

Chemistry. Combustion, lime cycle, acids, bases and salts, metals, chemistry of foodstuffs.

Additional subjects and activities in each grade include:

• Japanese and Spanish foreign languages
• Vocal music and middle school chorus
• Instrumental music, band, orchestra, recorder ensemble
• Physical education and extra-curricular team sports
• Eurythmy/Movement
• Painting, drawing, sculpting
• Manual arts – handwork, woodwork, crafts
• Field trips and excursions
• Community service
• Dances and social events
• Class plays
• Life skills, council

Our program currently ends with eighth grade, but our graduates, well-prepared and confident, enter various mainstream and Waldorf secondary schools, both public and private. We are working toward starting our own high school.