The American middle school experience is typically defined and characterized by:

• isolated success outweighed by prevalent mediocrity
• high degrees of variation in instruction
• a lack of academic rigor and irrelevant textbook-based learning

The middle school years (grades 6-8) in the United States are frequently perceived as a “holding pen” period between the elementary and high school years. “If students can make it through or wait it out, everything will be o.k. upon arrival in high school” is a common rationale. While this approach may have sufficed for previous generations, students today, especially young males, are not “o.k.” with an average middle school experience.

We are redefining the middle school experience by:

• teaching the skills that matter for the 21st century
• creating a culture that supports the individual and collective needs of young boys in an all male environment
• building relationships that last a lifetime and modeling habits for success

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