Middle School
KIS middle school creates space for students to explore who they are, connect with others, and build academic and social-emotional skills. Growth happens in the middle!
We want our middle school students to be supported and secure in who they are as learners, confident in their resilience. We provide quality standards-based instruction, feedback, and assessment, recognizing that strong pedagogy and skills development help make standards and content relevant to students.
Middle school at a glance
340
students sixth through eighth grade
11
languages spoken by middle school students
18
nationalities represented
25+
elective classes inspired by student interest
12
inclusive athletic teams
20+
school day clubs
Another key facet of middle school is helping students develop their sense of self and to learn how to advocate for themselves. We listen. We give our students choices. Our role as middle school educators is to coach students through their challenges, helping them develop resilience and a growth mindset.
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Learning in Action
Weather Review and Sustainable Travel
What makes weather happen? Grade six science students practiced meteorology skills before using real data to determine what the weather would be at their travel destination. Students then researched three travel options to determine the most sustainable way to get to their destination. This inquiry opened a conversation about the importance of integrity when making decisions that affect our environment.
Students engage in project-based learning using the design thinking process – empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test – for application across content areas. The middle school team also collaborates with families to support student growth.
Community is integral. Each student belongs to a small grade-level advisory group that meets multiple times a week while multigrade house teams meet throughout the year for team building. Our co-curricular program enriches the KIS experience too, offering multiple ways for students to get involved.
OUR COMMUNITY
KIS Voices
Nico
Middle School Student
Nico continues to build the community that first welcomed him!
When Nico started grade six at KIS, he wasn’t sure what to expect. His family had just arrived from a year in Beijing and before that, he’d attended school in Washington, D.C. Nico was nervous about finding his way around campus. “But then two students said hello,” he remembers and that connection helped him feel welcome.
As a middle school student, Nico enjoys making academic and co-curricular choices that match his interests. He also appreciates that each class has its own dynamic allowing him to get to know different students as they learn together. Two of his favorite classes – math and science – are interesting to him because they help explain how the world works. Another favorite class is PE which gives him a chance to try games from around the world, like Gaelic football.
Nico now continues to build the community that first welcomed him! At lunch he feels comfortable sitting with people he may not know well. “Everyone is nice and will talk with you,” he says. That sense of belonging is essential in middle school as all students develop friendships that nourish their social-emotional well-being.
Calendar & Resources
MS Badminton Jamboree
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Chuseok Break (No School)
all day
Chuseok Break (No School)
all day
Chuseok Break (No School)
all day
Chuseok Break (No School)
all day
Chuseok Break (No School)
all day
