Middle School

Welcome to the Middle School

The AISL Middle School is committed to helping all students in Grades 6-8 be the best versions of themselves so they can joyously soar on their own paths of learning, growing, leading, and contributing as world citizens. The Middle School realizes this commitment by offering a modern, relevant, and culturally responsive curriculum with a strong academic foundation consisting of core courses and a varied elective program. An advisory program provides students with opportunities to connect with an adult advocate and with other students in order to develop a sense of belonging. The Middle School is a place intentionally designed to meet the unique developmental needs of the adolescent learner. At AISL, we believe that a child’s emotional development is as important as their intellectual growth.

Middle and High School Parent-Student Handbook

Middle School Program Guide

News from Secondary

Secondary (MSHS) Connect - 6 September 2024

Secondary Principals Office

5 Sep 2024

Secondary (MSHS) Connect - 30 August 2024

Joe Barder

30 Aug 2024

What We Learn

Core

Modern Languages

Electives

Advisory

The Advisory Program is a support system designed to help students feel a sense of belonging and connection to the Middle School. Each student is assigned to a teacher/ advocate who is responsible for overseeing that student's total performance and involvement in the Middle School. This program is enriched through lessons and special programs focused on self concept/identity, relationship building, child protection, responsible decision making, conflict resolution, and service learning.

Additional Programs

After School Athletics and Activities

Student Support Services

The Middle School embraces diversity and is committed to supporting the learning needs of all students. Our Student Support Service Program- English as an Additional Language, Learning Support, and Counseling (Social-Emotional and Careers/University Advising) - ensures that all students have equitable access to learning and are supported socially and emotionally. Through an inclusive and nurturing educational environment, students are encouraged to become independent, lifelong learners in a global society.

Service Learning

Service learning is integrated into the middle school curriculum. Students have an opportunity to work with their peers, teachers, and advisors on projects that have a positive positive impact on the school campus as well as local and global communities. Through service learning, our middle school students begin to develop an understanding about what it means to create a just and sustainable world.

Technology

Students use technology in the Middle School to amplify learning and increase their abilities to communicate, collaborate, express themselves creatively, think critically, and solve problems. Students leverage technology- hardware and applications- to enhance their understanding of content areas, connect to their learning community, and understand the world around them. Students are creators of content, not just consumers of content, finding original ways to demonstrate their learning through new tools. Middle School students also learn what it means to be a responsible digital citizen by developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to live responsibly in an increasingly digital world.