Middle School

Our experiential, inquiry-based curriculum challenges students to engage deeply in independent critical thinking and sophisticated analysis of complex material. Students develop the specific intellectual, collaborative, and technology skills they’ll need for the next leg of their academic journey.

Increasingly intensive world language instruction shapes each student as a true citizen of the world. While Spanish forms part of the curriculum starting in preschool, by Middle School students speak with notably greater comfort and fluency in their choice of Spanish or French.

A robust array of fine arts offerings in visual arts, engineering and design, music, drama, and public speaking, along with music ensembles and student-run dramatic productions, spur Middle Schoolers to explore new talents and express their creativity.

Our Middle School building shapes and inspires our students’ learning prowess, leadership capacity, and collaboration skills with cutting-edge science labs, welcoming gathering spaces, and a rooftop “classroom in the sky.” Students also enjoy access to other state-of-the-art facilities on campus, including the arts center, athletic center, turf field, and library.

A mixed-grade advisory program, in which students work with the same faculty advisor over three years, forms deep bonds of trust as students navigate this exciting period of personal and academic growth. Students build close relationships with the advisor and their peers, sharing experiences, insights, concerns, and triumphs as they look toward high school and young adulthood.

The latest technologies integrated into the curriculum – including a 1:1 Chromebook program and a technology and innovation lab where students engage in our design and engineering program – ensure that they use technology as an effective learning tool, rather than an end in itself.

Numerous leadership opportunities, such as Student Council, a student ambassador program, service learning projects, advisory groups, sports teams, dramatic productions, and the buddies program, help Middle Schoolers develop true leadership skills, which include compassion and empathy.

A wide variety of electives, including engineering, newspaper, chess, strings, psychology, and more, encourage students to hone current talents and discover new passions.

Interscholastic team sports, including soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, lacrosse, softball, and tennis, deepen students’ athletic capacity, foster fun but serious competition, develop sportsmanship, and build lifelong healthy habits.

Student-led service learning projects allow Middle Schoolers to confront and engage with global and local issues such as hunger, homelessness, environmental sustainability, and community building, and learn how to make a difference in the world.

Frequent day and overnight trips expand each student’s comfort zone and enhance classroom learning. A week-long trip in eighth grade allows students to immerse themselves in a different environment while building bonds with their peers and becoming more independent, responsible young adults.

A carefully designed high school placement process, which includes individual counseling, test prep classes, and mock interviews, guides eighth-graders to confidently choose and apply to best-fit high schools, creating a powerful reset point as students enter high school. Our high school placement team works closely with area high schools to help find the right place for each student, and advocates for all Langley students with the schools of their choice.