Middle School, one of the most important periods in a student’s life, are the transition years where young adolescents go through profound changes in these formative years in terms of physical growth, emotional needs, maturity levels and academic progress. At PARC International School, our curriculum is designed to not only teach content and academic skills, but also provide each student a wide variety of opportunities to develop strong skills and manage responsibility effectively. For this purpose, we encourage students to take risks, make mistakes, explore their interests and passion, and above all build on their strengths and address their weaknesses. And because we believe that learning extends beyond the classroom walls, our curriculum encompasses the collective goals of exploration, interaction, and investigation.
The Middle School program harnesses the capacity for critical thinking and self-awareness in students, enabling them to find success in a progressive and challenging educational program. At PARC International School, we aim to create a school climate that is positive, caring, trusting, inviting, and safe to graduate Proud, Ambitious, and Responsible Citizens.
Middle School, one of the most important periods in a student’s life, are the transition years where young adolescents go through profound changes in these formative years in terms of physical growth, emotional needs, maturity levels and academic progress. At PARC International School, our curriculum is designed to not only teach content and academic skills, but also provide each student a wide variety of opportunities to develop strong skills and manage responsibility effectively. For this purpose, we encourage students to take risks, make mistakes, explore their interests and passion, and above all build on their strengths and address their weaknesses. And because we believe that learning extends beyond the classroom walls, our curriculum encompasses the collective goals of exploration, interaction, and investigation.
The Middle School program harnesses the capacity for critical thinking and self-awareness in students, enabling them to find success in a progressive and challenging educational program. At PARC International School, we aim to create a school climate that is positive, caring, trusting, inviting, and safe to graduate Proud, Ambitious, and Responsible Citizens.
Academic Program
Academic Program
English
The Middle School English program at PARC International School is designed using the Common Core standards that prepare students for life outside the classroom. Our students will learn to use logical reasoning and evidence collection skills in addition to critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills that are all essential for success in college, career, and life.
Students will be inspired and challenged to reflect deeply about themselves and the world they live in through exploring themes in literature and other complex texts while enhancing their writing skills and improving their reading proficiency. Furthermore, they will be also encouraged to think creatively, critically and express their ideas in both oral and written forms.
Our English program emphasizes a development in student voice in both reading and writing. Students read and analyze grade-level appropriate texts in literature and other complex texts, write for a variety of audiences and purposes, present their work orally and in writing, utilize technology to enhance their understanding and their communication, follow the conventions of English language grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and make connections within works of literature, poetry, and informational texts.
School Math
By the end of the middle school students will be able to:
- Add, subtract, multiply, divide and compare integers.
- Solve daily life applications using the greatest common factor and least common multiple.
- Solve operations with proper, improper fractions and mixed numbers.
- Solve operations using decimals.
- Apply ratios and rates of measurements.
- Convert between fractions, decimals and percents.
- Model, write and evaluate numerical and algebraic expressions.
- Solve equations and inequalities.
- Draw polygons in and out of a coordinate plane.
- Draw and analyze figures to find the circumference and area of regular and irregular shapes.
- 11.Analyze and find the surface area and volume of 2D and 3D geometric figures.
- Use statistics and graphs to compare data.
- Understand and apply experimental and theoretical probability.
- Understand, recognize, and prove congruent and similar geometric figures.
- Understand and analyze functions.
16.Solve systems of linear equations by graphing, substitution, combination and elimination with 2 variables then examine special systems.
17.Understand and compare rational and irrational numbers then Investigate roots.
18.Prove and apply the Pythagorean theorem and its converse.
19.Know and apply properties of exponents.
20.Understand and compare scientific notation.
Science
By the end of the year middle learners will be able to:
- Determine the characteristics of a living and a nonliving thing.
- Use a microscope and label its parts.
- Discover cell theory.
- Differentiate between a plant and an animal cell and define the function of each part.
- Define eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
- Determine how cells, tissues and organs are organized.
- Differentiate between unicellular and multicellular organisms.
- Explain the types of muscles and movable joints and their function and location in the human body.
- Recognize the organ systems of the body and their parts ( digestive, respiratory…).
- Explain how plants transport materials in and out of the plant.
- Define traits, genetics, pedigree.
- Identify the types of reproduction of unicellular and multicellular organisms.
- Interpret the states of matter, the motion of particles and the physical and chemical change.
- Discuss the water cycle and it’s parts.
- Recognize climates on earth and the kinds of pollution in addition to finding solutions for each kind.
- Define and explain the process of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
- Recognize ecosystems and it’s biodiversity in an environment.
- List and define the types of energy.
- Differentiate between mass, density and volume then solve equations with one unknown using the formula.
- Convert between metric and non-metric units.
- Understand the law of conservation of mass and balance chemical equations.
- Develop knowledge about earthquakes, volcanoes and earth’s surface.
- Predict how to reserve natural resources.
- Analyze fossils and rocks and build a timeline.
- Develop understanding about position, motion, velocity , time and acceleration then solve real life problems using the formulas.
- Label the types of forces acting on an object.
- Discuss magnetism and electromagnetic forces, electricity and electric forces.
- Examine mechanics and mechanical waves.
- Establish info about light (reflection/ refraction)
- Describe the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
The Science program at PARC International School provides students with opportunities for discovering and developing their own natural curiosity in a fun and engaging way. Our program aims to build a strong foundation in science that is characterized by deep understanding of basic science concepts and learning more advanced concepts in the future.The program will also empower them to ask more questions, think critically, and generate innovative ideas.
Our students will also build a conceptual understanding of the natural world and will be knowledgeable about the concepts and processes of the three major branches of science: earth, life, and physical sciences.
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