Deep River
Middle School
A CURRICULUM THAT GUIDES LEARNING
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The curriculum at DRMS works to enforce the North Carolina Common Core State Standards through student based team collaboration and differentiation to ensure that all students have equal opportunity to succeed. The curriculum will not only be delivered through core classes but instead students will have the opportunity to master information, 21st Century Skills, and develop as individuals through a diverse range of courses that are of the most interest to them. It is crucial to our mission that all information presented to the student is followed with practical application to enforce connections to real world application and enforce relevance of material.
Students will discuss topics such as the environment, human rights, gender, war, conflict & violence, globalization, and corruption and abuse of power along with topics suggested by students and parents throughout the year.
All of our subjects feature themes for the quarter. For example, one theme may be the classical book Moby Dick. Language Arts will be reading this book and discussing its literary strengths. Science will be discussing ocean creatures, as well as physical science subjects such as wind force.
Social Studies will be discussing the timeframe of the book’s subject, and focusing on the greater world at the time such as politics and religion. Math will be featuring questions that pertain to sea-faring and the ocean such as the geometry of sails and volume.
As our school is democratically based, these themes are voted on by the student body for the year. Suggestions for themes are taken from students at the end of the preceding year, and each grade level will have a different theme each quarter.
This ensures that our school creates an environment of cooperation and creativity. Teacher creativity in this project is constantly being tested, in our efforts to bring the students the most interesting and engaging material.
Everything is Connected
Fine Arts: Journalism, Visual Art, and Performing Arts, Yearbook
These courses allow students to learn new skills and express themselves through an artistic medium. These courses incorporate deeper thinking and problem solving skills. Yearbook is offered only to 8th grade students.
21st Century Skills: Computer and Career Planning Skills
Students will be introduced to computer based skills and be given the opportunity to explore their career interests through these courses. Students will be required to take at least two semesters of Computer Skills and at least one of Career Planning Skills during their three years at DRMS.
Foreign Languages: French, Latin, Spanish, Individual Language Study Based on Interest
Students will go beyond learning the language and learn about the history and the culture of the people working with the history and English educators.
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Students will take exploratory courses on a nine-week basis. Each student will be given the opportunity to take two exploratory courses at a time.
PE/Health: All first year students will be required to take a semester of PE/Health to learn about their physical and emotional wellbeing
Students will develop a better understanding of the physical and mental changes they are experiencing during their young adolescents. Unlike the traditional approach students will spend a substantial period of time learning about the brain and understanding the mental concerns surrounding many individuals their age.
Music: Chorus, Band, Music Appreciation
Students are taught not only how to read and perform their musical knowledge but will be taught the history and the intent of the music presented to them. Students may take a general music appreciation course in which they study music from traditional aborigine to current hits. Chorus and Band will be performance based courses.