What sets Stanley Middle School apart?
Stanley's Middle School is unique in its student-centered approach and focus on meeting the specific needs of young adolescents. In collaboration with teachers in a small student-to-teacher ratio, students develop ambitious learning goals drawing on individual interests and curricular objectives.
Our program integrates concepts across subject areas to develop a student's cross-disciplinary skills. Students attend subject matter classes in grade-specific sections, while 6th, 7th and 8th graders work side-by-side in team-taught, advisor-led homerooms.
Our Strengths:
- Teachers expertly attuned to learning needs of adolescents
- Strong social and emotional support
- Engaging and compelling integrated study units
- Meaningful relationships between teacher and student marked by deep respect
- Progressive academic rigor focused on effective high school preparation
Curricular Components
Our Middle School capitalizes on the framework of subject-specific guiding questions to focus students' learning. Highlights of these questions include:
Language Arts
- 6th Grade (Humanities): How is a story influenced by its storyteller?
- 7th Grade: How do I capture my thinking in both reading and writing
- 8th Grade: How can I determine the important universal themes in human experience that can be derived from a wide range of literature?
Mathematics
- 6th Grade: How do I apply math knowledge to real-world problems?
- 7th Grade: How do I know if I truly understand a mathematical concept?
- 8th Grade: What strategies can I use to become an effective problem solver?
Science
- 6th Grade: What is my role in the universe?
- 7th Grade: What makes something exist?
- 8th Grade: What makes you, YOU?
Social Studies
- 6th Grade (Humanities): Who has a voice? Whose voice matters?
- 7th Grade: What does it mean to be an American?
- 8th Grade: What is my role as a member of a nation in promoting and supporting democracy in the world?
Middle School Leadership
Kendall Early, Stanley's Head of Middle School, is an empathetic, grounded and collaborative leader who champions students and their voices. Before joining Stanley he served on the senior administrative leadership team at St. Anne’s Episcopal School in Denver as the Director of Inclusive Teaching and Learning as well as the Director of High School Placement.
Kendall began his career in Atlanta public schools teaching high school math after graduating from Stanford, and at every step, he has always modeled the lifelong learning he asks of students.