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Middle School

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The Nashoba Brooks Middle School program engages, challenges, inspires, and prepares girls for a lifetime of learning and leading. Our students engage in a culture of achievement and growth—striving for personal excellence as uniquely defined by their own strengths and goals. These years are of the utmost importance in their development as pre-adolescent and adolescent girls, seeking to define themselves with and among peers while also establishing their own strong sense of self and newfound independence. Our team of expert educators knows and enjoys working with girls at this age and stage. Nashoba Brooks Middle School teachers help students navigate this time with confidence and poise as they stretch to their potential.

At Nashoba Brooks, our students develop both the skills and the confidence to learn and lead in any environment. They bring with them boundless curiosity and unlimited potential, and they inspire each other to dig deeply into learning. Our students develop their own voice and perspective through multiple, integrated learning platforms—research and problem solving, coding and composition, music and drama. They learn to express their ideas with conviction and to consider multiple perspectives in honing their own.

Grades 4 and 5

Test Link

Grades 4 and 5 are foundational years as students enter the all-girls middle school program and experience a joyful, supportive, and engaging culture of learning. 

 

Grade 6

Test-Link

Grade 6 builds upon students' love of learning, as a bridge from the strong foundation in Grades 4 and 5 to our upper middle school, building their capacity for increased independence.

 

Grades 7 and 8

Test-Link

Grades 7 and 8 foster civic participation and leadership as critical components of our all-girls middle school education.

 

Why a girls’ school?

Achievement

Girls’ schools create a culture of achievement.

Nearly 80 percent of girls’ school students report that most of their classes challenge them to achieve their full academic potential, compared to 72 percent of girls at coed independent and 44 percent at coed public schools. — Dr. Richard A. Holmgren, Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools

Leadership Skills

Girls’ schools empower students to become bold leaders.

93 percent of girls’ school graduates say they were offered greater leadership opportunities than their peers at coed schools, and 80 percent have held leadership positions since graduating from high school. — Goodman Research Group, The Girls’ School Experience: A Survey of Young Alumnae of Single-Sex Schools

Self-confidence

At girls’ schools, girls occupy every role.

All-girls settings seem to provide girls a certain comfort level that helps them develop greater self-confidence and broader interests, especially as they approach adolescence. — Dr. Rosemary C. Salomone, St. John’s University, Same, Difference, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling

Focus on STEM

Girls’ schools champion the educational needs of girls as a group that is underrepresented in STEM majors and careers.

During the middle school years, girls show a decline in both their performance in mathematics, and in their attitudes toward mathematics. Research suggests that girls’ schools may mitigate that decline, in comparison with coed schools. — Dr. Carlo Cerruti, Harvard University, Exploring Girls’ Attitudes About Math

Dedication to Girls

Girls’ schools know how girls learn best.

To be successful, students need more than just a feeling of support. That support must translate into actions that are geared toward student success. Nearly 96 percent of girls’ school students report receiving more frequent feedback on their assignments and other course work, compared to 93 percent of girls at coed independent schools, and 80 percent at coed public schools. — Dr. Richard A. Holmgren, Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools

Nashoba Brooks is a proud member of the International Coalition of Girls' Schools. Read more about The Girls' School Advantage. 

 

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