Grades 7-8

Mission

The 7-8 mission is to empower our adolescent students to achieve academic, social, and community success.

Middle School Program

At Achieve Language Academy, middle school classes are a mix of both 7th and 8th grade students, with the exception of math. The daily schedule begins with homebase, where the community building skills of Developmental Design are used.

Middle school students rotate through four core subject areas (language arts, math, science, and social studies) in 85 minute periods. Instruction in each class includes extra emphasis on reading and academic writing. Achieve students also attend specialist classes in languages and culture (Hmong, Spanish), Physical Education, and Music.

Goals

The three major student goals of our team are the following:

1. Use differentiation to meet the needs of each learner
2. Continue to teach literacy skills through all subject areas
3. Emphasize higher level thinking and problem solving skills

Extracurricular

Extracurricular activities offered include boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, run club, school of rock club, student council, acapella group, choir and drum ensemble. All 7/8 students have the opportunity to visit the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Thursday afternoons and evenings.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with … the WORLD around them. 

Gloria Estefan