MIDDLE SCHOOL Overview

In middle school, Epiphany students begin to make connections with some of the concepts they've learned in lower grades with bigger ideas. Skills like critical thinking and problem-solving are fostered in the classroom and broadened through valuable experiential learning trips throughout each year of middle school. Additional humanities and life skills classes compliment the rich STEM curriculum to help create a more well-rounded student and prepare them for the rigors of Epiphany's high school curriculum.

Grades 6-8 At A Glance

• Living history and experiential learning trips to Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, Charleston, Washington DC
• STEM trip to Disney for grades 6-8
• Small class sizes provide more personalized, individualized attention (8:1 student to faculty ratio)
• Highly qualified, experienced teachers who care about each student - focus on the individual student to achieve maximum potential
• Learning Services and various tutoring opportunities are available
• Kids want to come to school every day. Students, teachers, and parents describe their experience as a family, supportive, happy, friendly, and safe
• No teaching to the test/EOG/standardized testing allowing teachers to teach the full year and focus on each student's achievements and needs
• Dual accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools AND Southern Association of Independent Schools
• Balanced STEM curriculum with a comprehensive, hands-on science program
• Based on Sean Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Life skills classes in sixth grade continue the enrichment curriculum in lower grades and foster self-awareness and independence
• Beginning in 7^th grade, students will take two electives a year (one per semester), allowing them to discover and mature their interest in the arts or athletics
• A comprehensive advisory program that matches students with advisors who act as mentors and coaches for students throughout their Middle School years