Middle School Overview
The Episcopal Day School strives to provide a motivating and nurturing environment where all children feel respected and honored. Teachers create an environment for productive learning. An emphasis on mastering the basic skills and challenging students to use these skills in creative and far-reaching ways is integral to our program. Personal responsibility for learning is fostered through classrooms that are safe for students to explore, ask questions, and experiment with individual and collective ideas. Individuality is fostered as students are provided avenues for exploring their creativity through art, music, and drama. Physical fitness and good sportsmanship are stressed through participation in physical education and interscholastic athletics. A teacher advisor system creates a unique bond between faculty and students during the often challenging Middle School transition years.
The school day begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. Before school care is available from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. After school care is available from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Curriculum Sixth grade
Language Arts, Literature (Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, A Christmas
Carol by Charles Dickens, The Miracle Worker by
William Gibson,
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle), Life
Science, World Geography, Mathematics, Spanish, and Physical Education
Curriculum
Seventh grade
Language Arts, Literature (Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, A Midsummer’s
Night Dream by William Shakespeare, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, A
Proud Taste For Scarlet and Minever by EL Konigsburg),
Earth Science, World History, Pre Algebra, Spanish, and Physical Education
Curriculum
Eighth grade
Language Arts, Literature (A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks,
A Separate Peace by John Knowles, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lord
of
the Flies by William Golding, Macbeth by William Shakespeare), Physical Science,
American History, Algebra, Spanish, and Physical Education
Cocurricular
Art, Religion, Health, Music,
Study Skills
Summer Reading
Rising
6th: Black
Beauty - Anna Sewell
Queenie Peavy – Robert Joseph Burch
Rising 7th: My Brother Sam is Dead –James and Chris
Collier
The Pigman - Paul Zindel
Rising 8th: Across Five Aprils - Irene Hunt
The Education of Little Tree - Forrest
middle
school
scholarships
Middle School
North Augusta
overview
6th
grade curriculum
7th grade curriculum
8th grade curriculum
cocurricular
beyond eds
clubs
special events
athletics
Student Handbook
Director
of Admissions:
Karen
B. Lilly
706.733.1192
klilly@edsaugusta.com
Episcopal Day School
2248 Walton Way
Augusta, Georgia 30904
tel - 706.733.1192
fax - 706.733.1388
Beyond EDS
Beyond EDS is a program designed to help Middle School students experience the power of love-motivated service. Each Middle School student is required to complete 15 hours of service work per year at one or more of the organizations working with EDS. Students in Middle School attend Chapel weekly, serve as lay readers, and acolyte on a rotating basis.
Clubs
Annual, Art, Chess, Choir, Computer, Math Counts, Spanish, Student Council,
Literary Magazine.
Special
Events
6th grade trip - Savannah, GA
7th grade trip - St. Simons Island,
GA, Cumberland Island, GA, and Okefenokee Swamp, GA
8th grade trip - Washington, D. C.
Participation in all-school assemblies * Awards Day * Athletic Banquet
Church
of the Good Shepherd
2230
Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30904
tel-706.738.3386
fax-706.738.0745