Approaching high school, students begin to approach life through their Thinking. This is an important moment of learning through individual exploration as they develop conceptual thought and begin formulating their own judgments. They will be searching for Truth, and as this coupled with Love, respect and gratitude, it will evolve into Responsibility and Duty to the world. Through middle school, we gradually introduce opportunities to delve independently into content of interest and think critically about their subject matter, yet still in a very lively and dynamic modality.

In the upper grades, the goal of our program remains the same in supporting students with an interdisciplinary, holistic approach in which the student is engaged in the whole learning process with self-created “textbooks”, independent and group projects, and more. Teachers remain a source of authority on their subject, bringing content through lively, artistic methods; and are joined by other teachers in leading rotating blocks of specialty subjects.

However, to meet the changing needs of the Middle School student, academics become more rigorous with content that expands and deepens. The content continues to be presented through story, but is joined by an examination of facts and research to shape their reason and discussions to ignite critical thinking.