Middle School Curriculum

The Middle School curriculum has at its heart 11 key goals:

• The development of the intellect
• The development of a personal identity
• Self-expression
• Building community
• Healthy relationships
• Service to others
• Relating to adults
• Developing business skills
• Assuming responsibility
• Productive physical labor
• Becoming a responsible young adult and citizen

Public Montessori middle school programs seek the empowerment of adolescents through the encouragement of both individual responsibility and cooperative skills. Based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, all subjects are interrelated, and large blocks of thinking time allow the emerging cognitive ability to explore possibilities and ideas. Curricula are interdisciplinary, multi-stranded, and emphasize practical life application in each subject area.
Cooperative skills are enhanced through community service, team-building activities and multi-age mentoring opportunities. Students participate in job shadowing internships in which they prepare a resume, participate in Job interviews, and spend three - five days shadowing a professional in a career of interest. Middle school students provide support in science, math and reading for younger Wilson students.