Middle School

6th through 8th grade

The middle school years are a time of great change and growth, and the middle school experience at Friends Select is designed to give students precisely the guidance and support they need to negotiate these years comfortably. At the heart of the program is a dedicated and caring team of teachers and administrators who know individual students well and who embrace the joys and challenges of working with this age group.

The curriculum builds on the foundation of lower school and prepares explicitly for the challenges of upper school. In addition to the comprehensive academic program, teachers focus on study skills, helping students become more aware of how they learn, and how they can best manage their time and increasingly complex responsibilities.

Students also become more involved in the life of the community outside of school. Service projects become more involved. Friend Select's location in the heart of the city helps make concepts of government and culture come alive. Students become involved in co-curricular activities during and after school. They take their first cumulative exams and attend their first dances. At every stage in this transition, they encounter the warmth and support of a close community, united by Quaker values of integrity, mutual concern, respect and peaceful resolution of conflict.