b'Middle SchoolA unique modelThe WPCSD has one middle school on two distinct campuses, with for moving up about 500 students attending the 6th Grade Academy housed in the Eastview building and 1,000 in 7th and 8th grades at Highlands Middle School.Having all 6th graders come together for a single year creates a strong sense of community among students merging from Ye elementary schools and allows us to provide heightened academic and social-emotional support.Focused on this developmental stage, during a key transitional point in their educational journey, each grade level is divided into teams to create a more student-centered, personalized, and supportive environment. Starting in 6th grade, students may choose from four foreign languages, including Mandarin Chinese. Sixth graders also benet from an exciting Visual Reasoning Enrichment course that teaches visual literacy and allows students to explore enrichment opportunities of their choosing. We employ innovative instructional software programs for targeted English language arts (ELA) and mathematics intervention and offer writers workshop, critical literacy and mathematics classes to challenge our students to expand their intellectual horizons. Eighth graders can take high school Regents level science and mathematics courses while still in middle school. Recently, Regents Earth Sciences became available to all 8th graders. More than 25 activities are offered, including intramural and modied sports, a variety of clubs, and musical performing groups. WPPS brochure4.indd 5 12/11/23 5:20 PM'