by Carlos Aguayo, PE Teacher Middle School students at AVS have been dancing in PE! The dance unit consisted of popular line dances such as the Electric Slid...

by Toni Setteducato, Dean of Students Through understanding, compassion, and empathy, we want to encourage our AVS students to explore how they can contribut...

by Madison Pulliam and Keith Ross, Spanish Teachers At AVS Middle School Spanish classes learn about different Latin American and Hispanic cultures. The stud...

by Justin Engelbrecht-Larkin, English and History Teacher When studying economics, learning-by-doing can be challenging without a billion-dollar budget. Thus...

by Diana Ramzy, Math Teacher At AVS Middle School students created pictures of their choice using their knowledge of the coordinate graph, reflections of poi...

Over the spring break, Garden and Regenerative Practices Teacher Megan Szrom completed a service project on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Thanks to the AVS f...

In honor of Pi Day, the middle school eighth grade Data Analysis class, led by teacher Kiana Khozein, designed and taught a workshop about pi for the fourth-...

Students in Alta Vista's World Geography and Cultures course explore the relationship between place and culture. The goal of this course is to empower studen...

Middle Schoolers at Alta Vista have the opportunity to learn design thinking, collaboration and the way scientific ideas have shifted over time in the school...

In October, we started a series of posts about the Middle School's History of Science course, in which hands-on experiences integrate inquiry, design thinkin...

In History of Science, Middle School students have the opportunity to learn about what scientific thinking has looked like throughout human history. The goal...

As a reflection on their time at AVS, each 8th grader will give a Morning Message speech to the school community. Their prompt: What is something you have ex...

The middle school officially has a student council! After weeks of campaigning, middle schoolers voted for class representatives, a secretary and president t...

After learning about the in's and out's of trench warfare, students in Mr. Hobbs' America at Arms course spent the last two weeks creating trenches of their ...

"What comes first, the art or the idea?" This question kicked off a unit on conceptual art. Students in Katherine's Is This Art? course looked at the work of...

Students in Ms. Keleshian's Mathematical Modeling course applied their knowledge of trig operators in order to estimate the height of buildings and trees tha...

In case you missed it, check out this incredible video about Middle School and the Mission created by our very own middle schoolers. They walked 9.5 miles an...

In the span of ten days, three 5th graders — Mia, Cia and Evelyn — were tasked with the job of collecting the stories of three elderly residents: Claire, Jim...

Math in Elizabeth Keleshian’s Middle School classes is all about real world application. She double-majored in philosophy and math/economics at university an...

Kate Parker, History Teacher at AVS middle school, grew up in New Jersey, just outside of New York City. She went to boarding school in Connecticut and th...