Middle school

Schutz American School is an authorized IB World School offering the Middle Years Programme.

 

Mission Statement from the IB

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

Our Middle School serves students in grades 6-8 with approximate class sizes between 15 and 22 students.

Middle School Curricular Guide

Schutz Academic Integrity Philosophy and Practices

Schutz Assessment Philosophy and Procedures

 

Schutz is a school where enthusiasm for learning and being part of a respectful, caring family community is at the heart of everything we do. Our motto, “Schutz is Family,” is deeply ingrained in our culture. With class sizes of 15-22 students, we take great pride in offering an exceptional academic program that values inquiry and conceptual learning, extending beyond the classroom to inspire curiosity and lifelong learning.

As an IB MYP school, our Middle School faculty is dedicated to fostering students’ curiosity, skill development, and love for learning. Lessons are thoughtfully designed to encourage critical and creative thinking, while also nurturing strong character and essential life skills. In every aspect of school life, the Schutz Learner Profile—respect, responsibility, resilience, compassion, and integrity—is meaningfully incorporated to empower students to reach their fullest potential.

Our students are encouraged to take responsibility for their lives and to recognize how they can positively impact both their local community and the wider world. Leadership development opportunities, such as Model United Nations and Week Without Walls, play a key role in promoting global citizenship and preparing our students to make a difference internationally.

At Schutz, we recognize that:

  • Students are seeking new levels of independence and can be highly peer centered.
  • Changes students are experiencing affect their thinking and behavior.
  • Each young adolescent is maturing on his or her own timeline.
  • This understanding of young adolescent development also affects decisions about curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

Our Middle School educational programs are founded on the following four pillars:

    • Developmentally responsive: using the distinctive nature of young adolescents as the foundation upon which all decisions about school organization, policies, curriculum, instruction and assessment are made.
    • Challenging: ensuring that every student learns and every member of the learning community is held to high expectations.
    • Empowering: providing all students with the knowledge and skills they need to take responsibility for their lives, to address life’s challenges, to function successfully at all levels of society and to be creators of knowledge.
    • Equitable: advocating for and ensuring every student’s right to learn and providing appropriately challenging and relevant learning opportunities for every student.

Copyright © 1924-2020 Schutz American School. All Rights Reserved

This website is designed by: elzoghby.com