Beverly Vista School

Middle School

Middle School Classes

In grades six through eight, students at Beverly Vista School attend classes in a departmentalized program. At each grade level there is a team of teachers consisting of a math teacher, an English/language arts teacher, a history/social science teacher, and a science teacher. A team of specialists, who cover several grade levels, teach a wide variety of elective classes and support programs. Course requirements are as follows:

Sixth Grade

Two periods of Language Arts (Both periods are with the same teacher and the same group of students.)
One period of Mathematics
One period of Social Science (World History - Dawn of Humans through Ancient Rome)
One period of Science (Earth Science)
One period of Physical Education
One period of an elective class (Art, Choir, Computers, Beginning Band, or Beginning Orchestra)

Seventh Grade

One period of Language Arts
One period of Mathematics
One period of Social Science (World History - Fall of Rome through the Enlightenment)
One period of Science (Life Science)
One period of Physical Education
One period of Foreign Language (French or Spanish)
One period of an elective class (See Electives)

Eighth Grade

One period of Language Arts
One period of Mathematics
One period of Social Science (U.S. History - Colonial History through the Civil War)
One period of Science (Physical Science)
One period of Physical Education
Two periods of elective classes (See Electives)