Middle school

Our curriculum has been developed through collaborative planning and is based on Common Core State Standards, NGSS as well as California Art  State Standards and the Ministry of Education (Egyptian) syllabus. The school has an established cycle of curriculum review, development and implementation.

Curriculum maps are created with corresponding unit plans. Consistency is found in maps, unit plans, lesson plans, and assessments. Staff will track progress and modify schedules based on student needs. There will be time for reunions and thematic meetings with coordinators

Rigidity is valued, as evidenced by the fact that Bloom’s taxonomy of learning needs is shared across departments. Topics and teaching strategies strive to maximize student participation in the learning process. Project-based and collaborative learning allows individual students to delve deeply into relevant topics of interest. In addition to learning important basic skills, our goal is to help students recognize connections and context

The aim is for its students to become confident performers, presenters and public speakers and work cooperatively and collaboratively. Students are taught to acknowledge their peers’ points of view and respond in an open minded manner. Students from grades three to nine participate within the MAP (Measure of educational Progress) assessment twice a year. The scores are gathered and compared to both the African and International benchmarks. Data from this testing informs the implementation of classroom and individual strategies to handle identified student learning gaps and wishes