Middle School
What's different about the Big Picture Middle School experience?
- One Student at a Time
- Advisory Structure (17 students per advisory)
- Student-Interest Driven
- Project- Based Learning/Exhibitions
- Experiential Learning Opportunities/Service Learning
- Apprenticeships
- No Grades/Credits
Middle School Advisory Work
7th Grade
Students increase their academic skills and explore their interests/passions in order to become independent learners.
Our goal is to always stay responsive to student interests and needs.
- Research Projects (For example: What is excellence? What does it mean to be healthy? What does it mean to be green?)
- Digital Citizenship - Evaluating Online Research Resources
- Reading/Writing Daily and develop Mathematical Mindset
- Restorative Justice/Community Building
8th Grade
Students continue to increase their academic skills in order to develop independent, interest-based projects.
Our goal is to always stay responsive to student interests and needs.
- Projects and Application of New Learning (doing or making, not just researching)
- Digital Citizenship
- What’s Next Unit (Post-High School Options, Career Explorations, College Visits)
- Reading/Writing Daily and develop Mathematical Mindset
- Restorative Justice/Community Building
Examples of 2017-2018 Experiential Learning Opportunities and Service Learning
7th graders
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September: Pacific Science Center
- October: Sleep Clinic Center at Harborview Hospital, YMCA
- November: Tiger Mountain, Bowlake Transfer Station
8th Graders
- September: Lake Sammamish
- October: Lemay Car Museum, Cedar River Park, Highpoint Neighborhood Trail (Various stops)
- November: MOPOP
Service Learning
- Lifelong.org in Seattle
- St. Vincent De Paul Food Bank in Georgetown
- Humane Society in Bellevue
- Bike Works in Seattle
- L’Arche Farms in Tacoma
- Sea Tac Community Center
- Environmental Center