Curriculum Detail

Department

Performing Arts

Integral to the interdisciplinary curriculum in the Middle School, the music program is a fundamental part of every student’s Middle School experience and ties into established themes in conjunction with other academic areas of study. Students learn to read and notate music; to listen to, analyze and describe music; to compose, arrange and perform music; to give and receive feedback; and to evaluate music. Most importantly, students develop an ability to utilize music to understand themselves and others, that builds a deeper level of empathy for fellow human beings. All middle school students collaborate to produce the annual Winter Concert with sung repertoire related to their grade-level curriculum.

The study of dramatic arts is included in the integrated curricula across grade levels including the fifth grade opera project, seventh grade Ellis Island reenactment and eighth grade constitutional convention simulation. 
In addition, seventh and eighth graders perform in a spring musical production as a co-curricular option. Students will sometimes perform at middle school morning meeting and at various events throughout the school year.

Dance is offered as an athletic option during the spring season for seventh and eighth graders. Students study ballet, modern, and jazz much like the upper school curriculum. During the winter sports season, the seventh and eighth grade musical is offered and features dance as a component of the production.

Curriculum Guide 2026-2027

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