Warrendale Charter Academy’s middle school offers students a safe, caring school environment where they can feel comfortable being themselves. Our middle school is small so we are also able to deliver a more personal teaching environment that makes a difference in your child’s overall education. At Warrendale Academy, your child is given every opportunity to succeed because teachers are vested in each child’s success. Our teachers have a deep understanding of the students entrusted to their care. They recognize their strengths as well as their fragility. They demonstrate care and respect for their students by building genuine connections. Additionally, we value the strong relationships our teachers forge with their students’ parents. This mutual dedication is based on a common mission: To challenge each child to achieve.
Cognitively, middle school students begin to explore many new areas and concepts for which they were not previously ready. This includes exploring democratic virtues and procedures such as the function of rules and their necessity (as opposed to the teacher being in control of everything in the classroom). There is a shift away from the knowledge base and rewards for repeating memorized information to the use of higher level skills such as comprehension, inferring, analyzing, and drawing conclusions.
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