Middle School Homework Policy
The Middle School faculty views homework as an integral part of the curriculum at all grade levels. Homework contributes to effective learning by providing opportunities to practice and extend skills learned in school. Homework assignments require that students take responsibility for their learning and develop their time management skills.
Middle School Homework Policy - Lower House - Grades Four and Five
Students should expect homework at least four times a week and occasionally on weekends. Teachers coordinate all assignments so that students should be able to complete work for all subjects in 45 to 75 minutes. Students should do an additional 15 to 20 minutes of independent reading each night.
Middle School Homework Policy - Upper House - Grades Six through Eight
Nightly homework assignments should take students between 20 and 45
minutes in each major discipline. Long-term projects and papers may
require additional time several evenings during the year. Sixth grade
students should expect to do approximately one-and-one-half to two
hours of homework each night; seventh and eighth grade students usually
have between two and two-and-a-half hours of homework nightly.
Each month, a no-homework "weekend" is scheduled for the entire Middle
School. These weekends often correspond to school holiday weekends and
give students a chance to enjoy additional family time.
