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Paving the way for a successful High School experience is an essential goal of all Highpoint Teachers.

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Our experienced and dedicated Teachers understand that Middle School students face many challenges during these difficult transitional years of their lives. Preparing them socially, emotionally and academically for High School, so they can become successful young adults, is a primary goal.

​Middle School students that meet criteria as Honor Students, can be inducted into the NATIONAL JUNIOR HONORY SOCIETY (NJHS.)  Students that achieve Principals Honor Roll status (straight A's throughout the school year) will also qualify for the ACE HONORS PROGRAM; ("ACE" is the acronym for "Achieving Continued Excellence.")

​GRADE 6 TO 8 CURRICULUM

​At Highpoint, we blend Florida's Sunshine State Standards and CPALMS with our individualized programs, to offer students advanced academics tailored to meet each child's individual needs. The Middle School Curriculum also incorporates fun based learning that seamlessly integrate the components of STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - with the 4C skills of Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity; and real world applications. In 8th Grade, Students also learn ROBOTICS to stimulate their curiosity and creativity. 

​The Sunshine State Standards (now called Next Generation Sunshine State Standards or NGSSS) are broad statements that describe the knowledge or ability that a student should be able to demonstrate by the end of every grade level from first through twelfth grade.[1] These standards cover eight content areas: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, World Languages, Fine Arts, and Health Education. The standards are subdivided into “benchmarks,” which outline the specific content, knowledge, and skills that students are expected to learn in school. 

We supplement our Curriculum by using numerous educational tools that motivate students and stimulate their different styles of learning. These include:
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• Interactive books on iPad
• STEM Research-based programs and Robotics
• ​Ten Marks for Math
• Showbie for HW and Quizzes
• Spelling City
• Flocabulary

Language Arts Curriculum:  www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5390/urlt/0081014-lafs.pdf
Academic Standards: www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/

CPALMS is Florida’s collaborative platform that connects education stakeholders, researchers, subject matter experts, practicing professionals,and professional organizations to Collaborate, Plan, Align, Learn, Motivate, and Share (CPALMS) instructional/educational resources and interactive tools that support standards-driven instruction. CPALMS is Florida’s official source for the standards, course information, assessment information, and serves as the dissemination platform for professional development and digital resources. Some of the existing and planned standards-based tools within CPALMS include: an interactive lesson planning tool, a peer and subject matter expert review process and system, a dynamic and interactive curriculum planning system, an interactive learning progression mapping tool, a formative assessment task builder tool, digital resource recommendation and authoring tools, a differentiated instruction tool, a professional development system, a lesson study support system, and many others. In addition to the CPALMS website, the system disseminates tools and content through mobile applications, email services, SMS, Widgets, an extensive API, and a just-in-time reporting and notification services.
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The CPALMS resource collection started in 2010 and currently includes 3,400+ resources with a current average of 100+ new resources per week. What is most unique about CPALMS is the review process that each of these resources go through prior to publishing them on any of the dissemination tools and services. The web-based review process delivers the resource to appropriate peer educators and subject matter experts, matching reviewer expertise with content and intended use of the resource. This rigorous review cycle includes the examination of the resource and its content accuracy, alignment to standards, appropriateness, pedagogy, advertising, ease of use, and many other criteria.