The event was for incoming 6th graders and their parents.
See the curriculum below:
MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Students in grades six through
eight take classes in mathematics, social studies, language arts, science,
physical education, visual arts, music, library skills, technology and health.
In addition, most students study Spanish in grades six, seven and eight.
The comprehensive instructional
program seeks to meet students’ academic, social and emotional needs. The
curriculum is richly diverse, multifaceted and challenging with a wide range of
courses aligned with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and the
Common Core State Standards.
Our language arts program is a
literature-based model that involves teaching the traditional disciplines of
writing, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and reading through the creative use of
faculty-recommended literature. Reading and writing are integrated across the
curriculum as a cornerstone of all learning.
Students completing Grade 7 Language Arts demonstrating a high degree of
proficiency are eligible to accelerate to a Grade 9 English during their 8th
grade year.
The
instructional approach to mathematics has students acquiring math skills by
using them to solve every day, real-world problems that involve numbers.
Students are encouraged to use their creativity to explore math problems and
develop solutions by asking questions. Pre-algebra, algebra, and geometry are
some of the high school level math courses that are introduced during the
middle school math program. Students are required to do a great deal of reading
and analysis in our math classes. Exceptionally talented math students enter an
accelerated program, which gives them the opportunity to take geometry at
Columbia High School in their eighth-grade year.
Science and Social Studies
curricula are aligned with the NJCCCS, and provide students with the bridge
between elementary school exposure and the challenges of the high school
curriculum. Science is taught using
inquiry-based methods, allowing students to expand their understanding of the
world around them. Students are
introduced to the use of Data-Based Questions (DbQs) in Social Studies and
begin to deepen their understanding of history from a global perspective.
World language, technology,
health, music, and visual arts instruction follow a hands-on approach, where
students continually build, create, and analyze as they pursue higher levels of
knowledge. Students gain a greater
understanding of what they have learned through collaborative educational
experiences with other students in group settings.
Students will take Art 2D, Art
3D, Health and Technology during the course of the three years of middle
school. In addition, students elect areas of specialization in their related
arts program, selecting from semester long electives ranging from world
drumming, to Robotics, to Creative Computing and Design. Band, Orchestra and Chorus are available to
all students all three years of middle school.
Core subject teachers are
assigned to teams in each grade and work together to maximize learning and
achievement through interdisciplinary planning, led by an experienced team
leader teacher, and working closely with the school's administration.
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