Middle School for Art and Philosophy

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At the Middle School for Art and Philosophy, we believe in providing our students with a safe environment and developmentally appropriate, rigorous, and culturally responsive curriculum. Our goal is to foster a community of life-long learners, productive citizens, and critical thinkers who apply what they learn throughout their lives. We target the learning needs of our students based on qualitative and quantitative data. We offer daily literacy intervention periods, a Living Environment Regents course, an Algebra I regents course, and foreign language. Our students are exposed to a variety of art forms such as visual arts, African dance, mural design, photography, graphic design, music production, theater, among many others. We believe in offering our students a variety of art experiences throughout the school year which culminates in our yearly school musical production. We measure success by our student's commitment to learning and their dedication to making a change. We develop our students critical thinking skills by giving them an opportunity to think, ask questions, and learn effective communication skills. Students are encouraged to lead by example and hold each other accountable for all actions. This work is facilitated by our focus on developing the social-emotional needs of every student through our advisory goal-setting program and Morningside "Be the Change" restorative circles curriculum.

Source-reported description, not a current review or independent assessment. Programs may have changed.