Fourth grade is the year when students move from the Lower School to the Upper School and students are able to demonstrate higher levels of responsibility. They are challenged and supported by teachers who are trained in differentiation and meeting individual needs. Fourth graders have 1:1 Chromebooks in class.

• Read award-winning novels and short stories
• Strengthen math skills and challenging multi-step problem solving and critical thinking
• Build inquiry skills and the Scientific Method for hands-on investigations
• Learn about Texas history and performing the Texas Play/Musical
• Ancillary classes include Technology, Art, Music, Spanish, and PE

Students in fifth grade are allowed to work more independently and are encouraged to be more self-reliant. Fifth graders attend Camp Kappe for a four-day outdoor learning experience of God’s gift of nature with a curriculum provided by the School of Environmental Education. They also have 1:1 Chromebooks in class.

• Expand creative writing skills
• Use problem-solving skills to solve expressions and equations, percentages, and geometry
• Conduct inquiry-based experiments and hands-on investigations
• Ancillary classes include Technology, Art, Music, Spanish, and PE

Middle School students switch classes and learn how to take ownership of their learning with different teachers throughout the school day. Each student is issued a Chromebook for the school year with access to Google Suite, online textbooks, and other resoures and subscriptions. Students are held to high expectations to exhibit responsible digital citizenship in an increasingly digital world.

• Become members of the Micah Club, a service organization to help our students to develop a strong sense of community through service to others
• Conduct inquiry-based experiments and hands-on investigations using deeper critical thinking skills
• Rotate through quarterly electives of Art, Spanish, Music, Technology (6th Grade), and Speech (7th and 8th Grade) with daily PE
• Participate in a middle school-only retreat