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Middle School Curriculum - Students may enter in 5th grade.

World Language Immersion

Students can begin middle school with no language background.   German for the older beginner is for our new and current students & Spanish & French will be offered at two levels

  • German for the older beginner uses programs from Germany made especially for integrating non-native speakers and refugees directly into middle school classrooms, especially in science. 
  • French:  French Literature, Film, Geography, and Cultures of Africa are integrated into the French curriculum. 
  • Spanish  Latin American Geography, Art History, and Earth Science are integrated into the Spanish curriculum.
  • Science is taught in German and English.

Middle School Curriculum

Humanities: Integrated English Literature, Composition, Social Studies and Music History & Appreciation

In general the curriculum will be in this order: 

  • 5th: Ancient Civilizations, Introduction to World Religions:                        World Literature and Myths
  • 6th:  Middle Ages to 1492:                                                                                      World, British and early American Literature
  • 7th: Civics, US History to 1861:                                                                             American and British Literature
  • 8th:  The Modern World: (Late 19th century - 20th Century):                      World and American Literature


  • Civics is taught from a global perspective and will be a global study of citizenship, human rights, and various government structures, concentrating on our system of government in the United States. We will respectfully look at issues from various viewpoints.
  • World Religions is taught from an open, respectful, and as a neutral as possible point of view. Students will take field trips to the VMFA's Asia and Medieval galleries, and to a variety of places of worship. They will have the chance to interact with guest speakers.
  • US History may be taught in Spanish for advanced Spanish speakers, otherwise it will be offered in English.

Mathematics taught in English

  • Math 6: Sixth grade students  solidify the foundations of arithmetic, fractions, decimals, geometry, problem solving skills, beginning algebra and  statistics.    
  • Pre-Algebra: Seventh grade 
  • High School Algebra I:  Eighth grade for high school credit.  
  • Geometry studies are additionally integrated throughout middle school with the studies of architecture and Art through the Art History Curriculum.   

Science

Life Science, Chemistry, and Physics - taught in German

Using a curriculum designed to integrate refugees and new German learners of into standard middle school science classes, biology, chemistry, and physics are studied on a trimester basis each year.


English Science Units:

  • – Astronomy and Meteorology  
  • – Geology/Mineralogy and geological landscape art

The Arts

Latin Dance - taught in Spanish

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Art History - taught in English rotating curriculum

  • History of Painting
  • History of Architecture
  • History of Sculpture 


Studio Art - taught in Spanish


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Heartwood Grove School

6802 Patterson Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226

804-433-3561

Email: admin@heartwoodgrove.com

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