Middle School
A Supportive Scholastic Environment
Thanks to our talented faculty, forward-thinking curriculum, and warm, supportive environment, your Middle School student will blossom both intellectually and emotionally at Morristown Beard School.
Our Academic Program
Our teachers are not just experienced in their fields of study, they are experts in teaching those subjects to middle school-aged minds. They know their content inside and out, but they also know that responding to their students’ needs is paramount. They’ve built an academic program that is full of choice and diverse perspectives. They challenge our students with rigorous, student-centered lessons, but they also support them along the way by taking both proactive and responsive measures to ensure that each student will feel confident within each unit of study. Small classes and close working relationships between faculty, students and parents means every student has the opportunity to work to the height of their potential while also managing the other aspects and activities of adolescent life.
Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Programs
Our private middle school in Northern New Jersey is proud to offer a wide range of co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities for your child. These programs include:
- The Performing and Visual Arts
- Athletics
- Clubs and Activities
- Community Service
Middle School Signature Programs
The Middle School at MBS offers Signature Programs that use high-leverage focus areas to enhance our students’ learning. These programs help our students’ thinking develop in ways that reinforce and build upon traditional learning models; your child will be inspired to explore, discover, and act.
Design Thinking and The Makerspace
Encourages creativity, innovation, and hands-on problem solving through design thinking and maker-based projects.
English Workshop: Creative Writing Workshop 7 and Public Speaking Workshop 8
Dedicated writing and public speaking workshops for seventh and eighth graders that strengthen writing skills alongside English classes.
Foundation of Success: Study Skills and Organization
Explicit instruction in organization, time management, planning, and study habits to build lifelong academic success.
Global Learning & Global Perspectives
Extends learning beyond the classroom through immersive travel experiences that bring language, history, geography, and global perspectives to life.
Learning Beyond the Classroom Walls
Purposeful off-campus experiences, field studies, and community-based learning that connect classroom concepts to the real world.
MBS Centers for Learning
Decades of academic research highlight the importance of both meaningful teacher-student engagement and highly experiential learning in the intellectual growth of young people. Accordingly, Morristown Beard School has thoughtfully created four Centers for Learning to best engender the high-level development of several essential skills in your child.
The Center for Academic Writing
The Center for Academic Writing (CAW) acts as a support system for students, and, in concert with our philosophy, allows the students, themselves, to take on an important leadership role on campus as writing tutors in the center.
The Center for Teaching & Learning
The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) empowers all students to better understand themselves and their own learning stories while, at the same time, developing students’ self-advocacy and self-efficacy.
The Center for Quantitative Reasoning
The Center for Quantitative Reasoning (CQR) is a support center providing a place for students to strengthen foundational skills, receive extra help in their classes, and explore interest in mathematics that goes beyond the classroom.
The Center for Innovation & Design
Opened in 2019, the Center for Innovation & Design (CID) provides more than 8,000 square feet of flexible and innovative space where students design, build, and problem-solve as they engage in multidisciplinary projects.
