Middle School
AWS’s middle school classes strengthen students’ individuality and character by fully engaging them intellectually, emotionally, artistically, and physically.
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Our interdisciplinary curriculum explores the essential questions in each subject, helping students build the intellectual and moral foundation for a productive and meaningful life.
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Challenging assignments and projects develop critical thinking skills, integrate learning across disciplines, and foster skillful, creative expression.
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Classes in music, drama, arts, and crafts nurture confidence and competence while cultivating practical, self-reliant individuals. Physics lessons train students in careful observation, moving from the mystery of phenomena to exact measurement.
The physical changes of adolescence naturally lead to a study of human physiology, taught from the hygienic perspective of personal responsibility for the integrity and health of our bodies. Earth science supports geographic studies that expand into Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and the planet as a whole.
Business arithmetic, algebra, and geometry become formal disciplines studied throughout the middle school years. The language arts curriculum expands into literature, grammar, and composition, which, along with mathematics, are taught in both main lessons and ongoing skills classes.
In addition to the broad, arts-infused academic curriculum, Asheville Waldorf School offers a variety of specialty classes taught by teachers dedicated to particular subjects.
SIXTH GRADE
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The Art of Language: Reading, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary
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Making Math Meaningful: Business Math & Geometry
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Roman History, Medieval History
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Earth Science
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Introductory Physics: Sound, Light, Heat, Magnetism, Electricity
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Drama/Speech: Class Play, Poetry recitation
SEVENTH GRADE
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The Art of Language: Reading, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary
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New Horizons in Mathematics: Introduction to Algebra; cont. Geometry
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European History: Renaissance, Reformation, & the Age of Discovery
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Cultural Geography: The World and Its Peoples
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Astronomy: Astronomers and their Discoveries
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Biology: The Mysteries of the Human Body
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Adventures in Physics: Electromagnetism; Mechanics
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Introductory Inorganic Chemistry
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Drama/Speech: Class Play, Poetry recitation
EIGHTH GRADE
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The Art of Language: Reading, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary
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Mathematics in Theory and Practice: Algebra; Geometry
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World History: Revolutions Past and Present
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Cultural Geography II: The World and its Peoples
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Biology: The Miracles of Human Anatomy
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Experimental Physics: Fluid Mechanics; Aeromechanics; Meteorology
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Experimental Chemistry: Organic Substances
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Drama/Speech: Class Play, Poetry recitation
