By K Khozein, Middle School Math Teacher This past quarter in Probability and Proportions, students applied their knowledge of proportion...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 s...

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

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 creatin...

"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 l...

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

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

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 re...

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