Fifth and Sixth grades

As the oldest class in the school, fifth and sixth graders are grappling with identity development and facing a new set of social issues. Moving into pre-adolescence, students find that building friendships and relationships has new challenges and deeper possibilities. Students become more independent in their own learning, and they take more ownership over the daily maintenance of the physical and social facets of the classroom.

It is an age where students can wrestle with more complex and abstract questions and are eager for rich, integrated, and challenging work. An emphasis on cooperation, collaboration, and community forms the core of our social and academic curricula and enhances students’ ability to work together in meeting high academic expectations.