Middle School
Our middle school curriculum and programs are designed specifically to meet the unique emotional and social needs of young adolescents.
The academic rigor of subjects increases significantly as students’ awakening intellects are ready for critical and objective thinking, knowledge of cause and effect, and more refined observation, which they experience in academic main lesson blocks, with themes such as chemistry, physics, and algebra. Their emotional lives blossom through positive and concrete modes of expression, which include the study and writing of poetry, literature, and biographies. They experience a dynamic interplay of knowledge of self and the world as they engage in a wide variety of arts – from painting, sculpting, woodworking and orchestra and chorus to the annual production of a class play. Students take on growing personal responsibility in their classwork while learning time management skills to balance school work with extracurricular activities.
The academic rigor of subjects increases significantly as students’ awakening intellects are ready for critical and objective thinking, knowledge of cause and effect, and more refined observation, which they experience in academic main lesson blocks, with themes such as chemistry, physics, and algebra. Their emotional lives blossom through positive and concrete modes of expression, which include the study and writing of poetry, literature, and biographies. They experience a dynamic interplay of knowledge of self and the world as they engage in a wide variety of arts – from painting, sculpting, woodworking and orchestra and chorus to the annual production of a class play. Students take on growing personal responsibility in their classwork while learning time management skills to balance school work with extracurricular activities.
Sixth Grade
Main Lesson Topics:
Advanced grammar, self-editing, expository, descriptive and narrative writing, conditional sentences, report writing, language and math skills, business math, percentages, geometry, world geography with an in-depth focus on Europe, Africa, Asia and South America, geology, physics, and astronomy.
Special Subject Lessons:
Physical education, Spanish, woodworking, music, orchestra, handwork, drama, painting, art and Cyber Civics.
Main Lesson Topics:
Advanced grammar, self-editing, expository, descriptive and narrative writing, conditional sentences, report writing, language and math skills, business math, percentages, geometry, world geography with an in-depth focus on Europe, Africa, Asia and South America, geology, physics, and astronomy.
Special Subject Lessons:
Physical education, Spanish, woodworking, music, orchestra, handwork, drama, painting, art and Cyber Civics.
Seventh Grade
Main Lesson Topics:
Renaissance, Reformation, The Age of Exploration and Discovery, chemistry, physics, physiology, geography, astronomy, algebra, creative writing and poetic structure.
Special Subject Lessons:
Woodworking, Spanish, drama, handwork, fine arts, choral music, orchestra, physical education, and perspective drawing and Cyber Civics.
Main Lesson Topics:
Renaissance, Reformation, The Age of Exploration and Discovery, chemistry, physics, physiology, geography, astronomy, algebra, creative writing and poetic structure.
Special Subject Lessons:
Woodworking, Spanish, drama, handwork, fine arts, choral music, orchestra, physical education, and perspective drawing and Cyber Civics.
Eighth Grade
Main Lesson Topics:
American, French, and Industrial Revolutions, American History, civil war to present day, Shakespeare, geography, meteorology, physiology, chemistry, geometry, physics, algebra, grammar and biology.
Special Subject Lessons:
Woodworking, Spanish, drama, handwork, fine arts, painting, choral music, orchestra, physical education, fund raising, and Cyber Civics.
Main Lesson Topics:
American, French, and Industrial Revolutions, American History, civil war to present day, Shakespeare, geography, meteorology, physiology, chemistry, geometry, physics, algebra, grammar and biology.
Special Subject Lessons:
Woodworking, Spanish, drama, handwork, fine arts, painting, choral music, orchestra, physical education, fund raising, and Cyber Civics.
Middle School Day
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:10-3:00
Wednesday 8:10-1:00
Middle School Admissions Process
Please consider our school tour. After taking the tour, you will be asked to submit an application. once your application is received, middle school teachers will review your application. You will be invited to meet with a teacher. If it feels like a good fit for the child, the family, and the class, you will be offered to move into the enrollment process.
Olympia Waldorf School bases acceptance into our middle school program on our ability to meet children’s needs and other factors such as age ratios and overall class makeup. Even if a student is age-appropriate for a class, the teacher may decide that they are not ready to begin. Teachers pay special attention to applicants with birthdays between April 1st and June 1st.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:10-3:00
Wednesday 8:10-1:00
Middle School Admissions Process
Please consider our school tour. After taking the tour, you will be asked to submit an application. once your application is received, middle school teachers will review your application. You will be invited to meet with a teacher. If it feels like a good fit for the child, the family, and the class, you will be offered to move into the enrollment process.
Olympia Waldorf School bases acceptance into our middle school program on our ability to meet children’s needs and other factors such as age ratios and overall class makeup. Even if a student is age-appropriate for a class, the teacher may decide that they are not ready to begin. Teachers pay special attention to applicants with birthdays between April 1st and June 1st.
We are currently accepting applications for both the 2021-22 and the 2022-23 school year.
contact us for more information 360-493-0906
contact us for more information 360-493-0906
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