Core academics
English Language Arts, Mathematics & Finance, Lengua Española, and Science & Discovery are aligned with US Common Core standards.
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The Middle School House
Identity, independence and voice.
Our Middle School program blends academic rigor with real-world skill-building, weekly service and student-led leadership across an open-air campus of gardens, flexible spaces and coastline.
TSH11+ years
The Middle School House
“Adolescence is a wild, ever-changing remodeling process. Confidence isn’t handed to the child; it’s built skill by skill, with their own two hands.”
The learning approach
Identity, independence and voice.
Core academics and movement are woven together with hands-on Skill Labs that grow in complexity, independence and responsibility from 6th through 8th grade.
Movement
Swimming, surf, surfskate, gymnastics and team sports build physical literacy, teamwork and body awareness alongside academic growth.
Skill Labs
Students build practical, transferable skills through Food, Land & Market; Care, Childhood & Community; Maker & Design Studio; and Movement & Wellness.
What children experience
Apprenticeship-style learning and practice.
01Food, Land & Market
02Care, Childhood & Community
03Maker & Design Studio
04Movement & Wellness
The Middle School journey
Three years. Growing purpose and responsibility.
016th Grade
Exploration Year
Students move through all four Skill Labs — hands in the garden one week, a recipe in the kitchen the next, wood and tools the week after that — with no service commitment yet. It's permission to try everything and be good at nothing yet.
027th Grade
Practice Year
The rotation continues, but now students take on a weekly service commitment of their own — showing up for younger students, for school systems, for something outside themselves — and start learning that responsibility isn't a single moment, it's a habit.
038th Grade
Concentration & Capstone
Two areas explored, one chosen, and a self-led project built in front of the whole community. The capstone project is the beautiful ending to an exciting Middle School Program. It allows students to apply what they have learned to a real problem, question, or practical project — and to demonstrate knowledge, critical thinking, planning, problem-solving, independence, and communication skills.
Continue the journey
One school.
Four Houses.
Each House is a new chapter, connected by the same belief: children learn best when they feel known, trusted and free to grow.
Admissions
Could this be your child’s House?
Complete the application form and our admissions team will guide your family through the next steps.
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