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About the
Middle School
Our
mission at St.
Margaret’s Episcopal
School is to educate the
hearts and minds of
young people for lives
of learning, leadership
and service.
Our Middle School
Program
Character
• In the Episcopal
tradition, we emphasize
moral integrity,
spiritual growth,
compassion, and
responsibility.
• We strongly support
learning experiences
which
• Are genuinely
responsive to students'
intellectual, physical,
social, emotional, and
moral development.
• Deliberately and
comprehensively attempt
to develop morally sound
reasoning and behavior
• Uphold the dignity of
the individual and
stress our social
responsibility
• Above all, seek to
develop good people,
fostering caring for
others, democratic
values and moral
sensitivity
Community
• We seek diversity and
acknowledge the dignity
of each individual
within a community
framework that
emphasizes teamwork,
mutual respect, service
and commitment to the
common good.
• We strongly support
learning experiences
which
• Recognize that each
child has a unique
contribution.
• Involve students in
meaningful and useful
community service
• Accommodate individual
differences and
celebrate diversity
• Emphasize
collaboration,
cooperation, and
community
Balance and Breadth
• We believe that
personal growth and
awareness are best
fostered through the
pursuit of a broad range
of academic, artistic,
athletic and
co-curricular
opportunities.
• We strongly support
learning experiences
which
• Open doors to new
ideas, evoking
curiosity, exploration,
and at times, awe and
wonder
• Teach a full range of
communication skills
• Draw on varied forms
of intelligence and
multiple modes of
expression
• Nourish the
imaginative life,
cultivate initiative,
responsibility, and
encourage risk-taking
• Are full of
exploratory
opportunities
High Expectations
• We guide and nurture
our students as they
discover and cultivate
their unique gifts and
talents, challenging
each individual to
achieve his or her full
potential.
• We strongly support
learning experiences
which
• Are academically
challenging but
age-appropriate
• Are integrated so that
students see the
connection to their life
• Address students' own
questions and focus upon
enduring issues and
ideas
• Actively engage
students in
problem-solving and a
variety of experiential
learning opportunities
• Significantly engage
students in setting
goals, planning and
assessing their own
learning
• Encourage and
challenge students to
give their best as
life-long learners and
doers
Such learning
experiences require
environments in which:
• Achievement is honored
• Community is
emphasized and anonymity
is eliminated
• Parents are considered
an integral part of the
learning process
• Teachers enjoy Middle
School students and they
are skilled in the
appropriate pedagogy
• The Middle School is
separate from Lower and
Upper Schools as an
acknowledgment of unique
qualities of Middle
Schoolers
• The school climate is
safe yet stimulating,
relaxed yet alert .
• Young adolescents are
understood, cared for,
and trusted
• Knowledgeable, caring,
inquiring faculty and
administrators are
employed
• Respect characterizes
interpersonal
relationships
• Being and doing are
regarded as important as
knowing
• The process of
learning is valued as
much as the content of
learning
• Multiple learning
strategies are a blend
of the traditional and
progressive
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