Middle School
Overview
We guide middle school students in learning to think beyond themselves.
We prioritize giving middle school students their own programs, their own times, and their own spaces that are designed just for them. But one of the great benefits of CCA is that middle school students are also actively involved in the life of the larger K-12 school. Middle school students have the opportunity to play on competitive athletic teams, to be members of dramatic productions and jazz and string ensembles, to direct student government meetings, and organize community service activities.
Middle school students are at an age where the natural tendency to focus on the self is in conflict with considering the needs of others. We guide students in learning to think beyond themselves.
The Middle School at Cape Cod Academy emphasizes all the great things that are possible at this wonderful age if we thoughtfully address the developmental needs of students at this time in their lives.
As educators, we know that students thrive when they feel physically and emotionally secure within a caring environment.
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The Middle School Experience
The 5 most important skills for middle school students to master are…- Work on higher order ACADEMIC SKILLS
- specific study skills
- classroom skills
- test taking skills
- organization
- time management
- Develop SOCIAL SKILLS
- social confidence
- social-emotional maturity
- Develop SELF-ADVOCACY SKILLS
- understand their own learning styles
- to represent oneself to others appropriately
- to take responsibility for their own education
- Develop COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- develop persuasive and eloquent written communication skills that to provide mechanically sound and eloquent, supported and concise
- effective oral communication, both in individual and group presentations
- Act with COMPASSION
- through daily interactions and service learning program, learn to approach others in the community with empathy and to respond with compassion
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Middle School Social Contract
Students annually shape the values of their advisor groups through their lens, looking inward at themselves while collaborating with fellow students in a safe, comfortable environment. Advisor groups create what we call “Social Contracts” for the school year. They then go a step further and recommended a social contract for the entire middle school to live by for the school year. Their values?- Be respectful of others and their surroundings
- Be open-minded and listen to the ideas and the opinions of others
- Be willing to try something new
When students define the behaviors and mindsets they value, they get better at seeing them (or their absence) in their daily lives and they develop an ownership stake in exerting positive social pressure in the life of the school. -
Traditions
- Spirit Week
- Middle School Dances
- Open Gym Nights
- Blue Team/White Team
- New School Year Team-Building Activities
- Grade 8 Bowling Competition
- Talent Show
We’ve learned more in one report card than in four years at the previous school. Great attention to detail. It’s not just what our son is doing now but also what the teacher hopes to draw out of him next."
Middle School Parent
Middle School Parent
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