Middle School

In Frederica's Middle School, learning is fun. Students engage in a variety of creative learning activities that spark their interests and imaginations. But this doesn't mean our classes are easy. Our standards are high; our Middle School curriculum is challenging. Students are expected to master skills in math, science, language arts, and social studies, to achieve competency in the application of computer software to their core academic courses, to build a solid foundation in the foreign language of their choice (Spanish or Latin), and to participate in fine arts and physical education classes. 

Honor Code

Our Honor Code teaches honesty, integrity, and respect as the cornerstones of the type of student we seek to produce. A clearly defined honor system emphasizes important values, and our Exploratory courses help address issues critical to young people in the throes of adolescence and enable our students to experience a variety of topics in small group settings.

Middle School Curriculum

Our Middle School curriculum is designed to focus on active, hands-on learning in the classroom across subjects and grade levels. We fundamentally believe that young adolescents learn best by doing. They need to be given the chance to take ownership of their learning and then spend time reflecting on what happened and what they might do differently next time.

Outside of the classroom, we offer students multiple avenues to grow as leaders and thinkers. We participate in annual Model U.N. conferences, allowing interested students the opportunity to research, write, speak and think on their feet in public in competition against schools in our area. Internally, under the guidance of our Dean of Students, we have a "Leadership for All" model that allows interested students the opportunity help run our weekly assemblies, coordinate our annual service-learning project with Safe Harbor, a local non-profit organization, and plan various Middle School events like dances and spirit week. 

In addition to these offerings, each October the entire Middle School engages in our Carpe Vitam program. Carpe Vitam is Latin for "Seize life." During this program, each grade spends a portion of the week off-campus. The goals of these trips are to help students develop skills in resilience, collaboration, leadership, problem-solving, and communication. Students in grades five, six, and seven spend time at different spots across Georgia. These experiences include kayaking, ecology, local history, and environmental stewardship. Students in eighth grade spend time in Washington, D.C. In our nation's capitol and surrounding areas like Gettysburg, PA, they are able to bring the history they have been studying in class to life.