At the middle school, students use their language skills to access information in each of the other content areas. Thus, at this level English Language Arts students are refining their understanding and appreciation of the written and spoken word. They are honing their own skills for communicating within the language.

Current grade-level reading list:

6th grade: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen; The Giver by Loius Lowery; Helen's Eyes by Marfe Delano; The Cay by Theodore Taylor

7th grade: Freak the Mighty by W.R. Philbrick; The Chinese Cinderella by Adeliine Mah; The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton; Gifted Hands by Ben Carson; So Far from he Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins

8th grade: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins; An American Plague by Jim Murphy