WELCOME TO MIDDLE SCHOOL 

Welcome to the Middle School transitional years, grades six through eight. During Middle School, students learn strategies and skills necessary for becoming independent learners, as they leave a maternal primary setting and prepare for the demands of their high school years. Middle school students are explosive with ideas, emotions, questions, and demands, creating an exciting and dynamic environment of continual change. To provide a framework to guide our students, we emphasize 3 core values, known as the Rs of middle school: being respectful, responsible, and reflective. If you act with respect in all that you do, you can be certain that the choices you make always consider the wellbeing of yourself and others in the community. If you act with responsibility, you are willing to take ownership of your words and actions. If you are a reflective person, you will learn and grow from your life experiences.

Being transition years implies that mistakes are an integral part of the learning process. Together as educators and parents, we must be prepared to respect the child’s right to make mistakes, responsibly help the child understand the repercussions that the mistake may have for self and community, and reflect on our role in helping the child learn from personal experience and accept the consequences that each action brings. For teachers and parents of the CMSFQ community, being responsible for the formation of our youth is a great charge, and these middle school years are crucial for setting the course. For you, our students, these transition years are full of change and surprises, but with support, guidance, and clear expectations, we have no doubt that you will have a wonderful and successful middle school experience.