Middle School

SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Serving 6th-8th Grade

120 Wadsworth Avenue

NY, NY 10033

Our Middle School is defined by academic rigor, passion, and community.

Our middle school campus is the bridge between elementary and high school, where students develop more maturity and independence as they take ownership for accomplishing at a higher level of challenge and work to deepen their academic skills and accomplishment, including Spanish courses.


The educational program follows the common core curriculum through which our 6th-8th graders develop more maturity, skills and ownership at a higher level of challenge across academic disciplines: English language arts, social studies, math and sciences, along with Spanish language studies and the “essentials” – an array of arts and PE/sports opportunities.


We ask students to challenge themselves, manage their time, apply their learning and share perspectives with each other through classes that regularly feature discussion, debate, collaborative projects, hands-on problem-solving and investigations, and written and oral presentations.


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Primetime

A 12:1 student-teacher group where students convene to build relationships, set goals, and learn how to advocate for themselves.

Advisory

Students learn SEL skills like self-awareness & management, social awareness, relationship skills, and resposible decision-making.

Sports & Athletics

Sports—Multiple teams each season including volleyball, basketball, soccer, and flag football

Summer in the Square

We are proud to offer our students a true summer camp experience, with a program that rotates between art, sports, field trips, and much more.

Our Pillars for Learning

A culture of care leads to a culture of achievement.

We greet each student warmly by name, seek their input on school policy, and listen carefully to all parties in a conflict, reinforcing norms of trust, respect, high expectations, support, optimism and accountability.  By continually hearing the messages, “we know you, we have time for you, you matter,” students recognize the responsibility they have to themselves and to their community. 

The setup for success.

We have built-in opportunities for students to learn to increase their concentration and self-awareness, and practice stress-reducing strategies like meditation.  Students can also spend this time learning homework strategies, practicing goal-setting, developing academic perseverance and tenacity, or for extra studying.


Academic achievement is our key focus.

S2 is committed to being data-driven while keeping students, not only test scores, at the center.  Our students come from many places with varied levels of academic skills, and we meet them where they are.  Personalizing each student’s education is the key to their success.


A built-in democratic community at S2.

We give students authentic opportunities to practice democracy and make choices that contribute to our school.  We empower our students to address and discuss important & complex school, community, and social issues while learning multicultural awareness practices and perspective-taking.  When children believe their choices matter, they develop the personal skills necessary to exercise them responsibly.

A peek inside our Square.

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