Grade 7 Curriculum
Seventh graders are explorers. They are exploring what it means to be a learner and a leader during a critical time of adolescence. They are broadening their ability to think critically and analytically from multiple perspectives, and this ability is nurtured through a curriculum that inspires students with creative and challenging projects and experiences. The program incorporates direct instruction with opportunities for active discussion, in-depth research, and skillful presentation. New tools such as Chrome Books and Resource Period facilitate the students’ development of academic independence and self-advocacy as they move one step closer to high school. Each fall seventh grade students bond as they climb Cardigan Mountain on a three-day trip that combines science lessons with adventure. Each spring, seventh-grade students identify a question that deeply inspires them and which will be the foundation of a year-long, self-directed Capstone project that they will present in the spring of eighth grade. Throughout the year, seventh grade students take pride in their own academic initiative and personal role as contributing members of the community.
Program Highlights
- Design innovation
- Arts electives
- Seventh and eighth grade play
- Interscholastic athletics program
- Advisor program
- Third grade buddies
- Cardigan Mountain trip
Specialist Time
- World language four times a week for 50 minutes
- Arts electives four times a week for 60 minutes (music, visual art, performing arts, woodworking, and technology)
- Athletics four times a week for 90 minutes
- Clubs, advisory, and resource time

Math
The seventh grade curriculum inspires students to enjoy mathematics and navigate the transition to algebra. Major units include exponents and roots, integer operations, inequalities, trigonometric rations, manipulating variable expressions, and graphing linear equations in slope-intercept form. Students increasingly encounter problem-based challenges and create their own multi-media math reference books to consolidate their learning.

Science
Seventh graders learn to appreciate science in their daily lives by following current issues, challenges, and discoveries. With major units focusing on biology and environmental science, they use microscopes and manipulatives to understand cell structure, function, and division. Seventh graders work in a science lab, where they generate hypotheses, make observations, collect and analyze data, and draw logical conclusions. They also practice writing clear, effective lab reports.