Grades 6, 7, and 8 students can enroll in the middle school program at ASL year-round.
All you need to provide are your report cards from elementary school (international and
national schools are all accepted). At ASL, we deliver engaging and innovative
experiences so students can enjoy a safe, reliable, and flexible education in a
supportive environment.
Core Curriculum & Course Descriptions:
MATHEMATICS
M Grade 6 Mathematics
In Grade 6 Mathematics students will experience solving problems through interactive activities by being exposed to foundational concepts such as integer operations, equations, and statistics.
M Grade 7 Mathematics
This course covers Key foundational concepts like proportional relationships, probability, and geometry. Students will work with rational numbers, create and solve equivalent expressions, equations and inequalities, and analyze two- and three-dimensional figures.
PRE-ALGEBRA
Pre-Algebra will strengthen student skills in topics like linear relationships, functions, and equations, and learn new skills that prepare them for Algebra 1 in High school.
SCIENCE
Comprehensive Science 1
This course introduces students to the disciplines of life science, physical science, and earth-space science. The lessons require skills like analysis, problem solving, science knowledge, and engineering practices.
Comprehensive Science 2
It builds on concepts introduced in the first course in 6th grade, including the disciplines of life science, physical science, and earth-space science.
Comprehensive Science 3
This course builds on concepts introduced in the first and second courses in 6th and 7th grades, including the disciplines of life science, physical science, and earth-space science. Students learn about properties of matter, physical and chemical changes, atoms and the periodic table of elements, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, the universe, and the solar system.
English Language Arts
Language Arts 1
Students acquire a foundational understanding of the reading, writing, language, and speaking/listening skills necessary for success. They also learn to write effective narrative, informational, and argumentative pieces.
Language Arts 2
Students study the ways in which word choice and sentence structure contribute to developing perspective. Students continue to develop the reading, writing, language, and speaking/listening skills necessary for success with a strong connection to civics throughout the centuries.
Language Arts 3
Students examine how authors fine-tune and utilize their craft to create texts with purpose. Students continue to develop the reading, writing, language, and speaking/listening skills necessary for success. Students evaluate and analyze voice, purpose, diction, syntax, and rhetoric in historical speeches, and informational texts.
Social studies
World History
World History is presented to students as an integrated study of the political, economic, and social aspects of history. Travel back in time to discover the secrets and benefits of our world’s history.
Civics
In this course, students discover the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in the United States. This course examines elections, the lawmaking process, and how citizens can impact public policy. Geography and economics support the learning of civics in this course.
U.S. History
Students will investigate history by using the tools of a historian to examine the historical, geographic, political, economic, and sociological events that influenced the development of the United States. Students will imagine what it was like to live in the past by reading the stories from the people who experienced it.