Middle school - the "middle years"!  This is the grade span in which youngsters are most transformed. They enter middle school as children and leave as young adults. Students go through many developmental stages during the middle school years. We provide many opportunities to be academically, socially, and emotionally well-rounded during each middle school experience. We understand our middle school students need variety. We challenge them through investigations, research, collaboration, team building, and creativity. We allow opportunities to deepen their critical thinking skills. God is still part of our day as we use what we know to serve others and be role models to our elementary students.

5th and 6th-grade social studies:

• Work to bring history alive and develop an understanding of early humans and River Valley Civilizations, and the role geography had on their settlement.
• Continue building upon historical thinking skills, while focusing on the concepts of empire, religion, and government, examining the impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on our modern society.
• Focus on geography with the intention of building greater knowledge and understanding of world geography and expanding their perspective of the world. 
• Study the continents of the world, and the five themes of geography: location, place, and human interaction with the environment, movement, and regions. 
• Continue with their study of world history, covering the medieval and Renaissance time periods.

7th and 8th-grade social studies:

• Explore American history topics spanning the Colonization of the Americas to World War Two and the Holocaust including the creation and foundations of our government, expansion of our country's borders, contributions of important Americans, and how our country has been shaped by diversity. 
• Continue to practice critical and historical thinking skills by analyzing primary and secondary sources
• Study current events weekly to help maintain a knowledgeable level of awareness of our local, regional, national, and international news.
• Have the option to extend their study of U.S. History with the biannual seventh and eighth grade trip to Washington, D.C.

St. Anne Catholic School offers five math courses. The first three Math I, Math II, and Math III are a tiered approach to teaching the skills and concepts to succeed in algebra. The next two are algebra at either the middle school or high school level.

Math I
In fifth grade, students will:

• Transition from elementary school to middle school math.
• Learn about the different types of numbers, and recognize number patterns.
• Be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals and fractions.
• Convert between decimals and fractions.
• Understand and learn about negative numbers using integers.
• Begin solving basic (one step) equations with integers.
• Learn to use the properties to solve problems.
• Be introduced to ratios, proportions, percents, and probability.
• Be introduced to the metric system with measurement.

Math II
In sixth grade, students will:

• Expand the depth of Math I while adding additional concepts.
• Look at decimal patterns.
• Learn how to use exponents.
• Expand their use of the order of operations.
• Learn ways to display data in different statistical displays.
• Understand the meaning of absolute value.
• Plot points on the coordinate plane, and learn about slope.
• Be able to fluently move between fractions, decimals and percents.
• Apply percentages to solve problems.
• Expand their understanding of probability to include permutations, combinations, independent and dependent events.
• Learn the geometry of circles, triangles, polygons, and angles.

Math III (Typically for 7th graders)
In seventh grade, students will:

• Expand the depth of Math II while adding additional concepts.
• Learn to solve algebra word problems.
• Add rational numbers to their understanding of the numbers systems and number patterns.
• Learn about the Pythagorean Theorem and how to apply it to solve real world problems.
• Learn to solve percent equations.
• Study proportions, triangles, and polygons in geometry.
• Learn about congruency, angles, and right triangles, including area, volume, surface area and 3 dimensions.
• Continue with statistics learning ways to display data and include matrices.
• Learn to solve multi-step equations and inequalities.
• Graph solutions to equations and inequalities in one and two dimensions.
• Identify linear functions and slope.

High School Algebra I (Typically for 8th graders)
Middle School Algebra (Typically for 8th graders)

The algebra course is offered at two different levels depending on the student's ability. The high school Algebra I course is the same course a student would take in high school. Upon successful completion of this course the student may skip Algebra I in high school and go to geometry or Algebra II. The middle school algebra course covers the same concepts but at a less rigorous level introducing and practicing the skills and concepts for the student to be successful in high school Algebra I.

In eighth grade, students will:

• Solve multi-step equations and inequalities in one and two dimensions.
• Identify linear functions and slope.
• Use variables when solving linear equations.
• Solve and graph compound inequalities.
• Recognize functions, develop function rules, and graph functions.
• Work with linear, exponential, and quadratic functions learning to solve and graph them.
• Solve systems of equations with multiple variables.
• Factor polynomial functions.
• Use the Quadratic Equation to solve second order equations.
• Apply all these skills and concepts to real world problems.

5th and 6th-grade Religion:

• Attend weekly school Mass and monthly Adoration, and participate in Reconciliation.
• Learn the concepts of the Creed through Sacred Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
• Study God’s covenants with mankind as part of His loving plan.
• Discover God's presence in liturgy and various forms of prayer.
• Gain an understanding of and encounter Christ through the Sacraments.
• Explore the vocations of the Catholic Church.
• Model and share their faith during monthly activities with their 1st grade Spirit Buddies.
• Participate in regular service projects.

 7th and 8th grades Religion: 

• Attend weekly school Mass and monthly Adoration, and participate in Reconciliation.
• Plan various school liturgies.
• Identify, discern, and maintain appropriate physical, emotional, spiritual, and sexual boundaries.
• Discover the Church through learning the concepts of the Creed and other Catholic theology.
• Deepen their understanding that it is through Christ that they can fully live out God’s plan for salvation. 
• Discuss and explain the theology of the body in relation to family life. 
• Discover God's presence in liturgy and 
• various forms of prayer.
• Gain an understanding of and encounter Christ through the Sacred Scripture.
• Experience an encounter with Christ through the Sacraments.
• Explore the vocations of the Catholic Church.
• Model and share their faith during monthly activities with their PK and Kindergarten Spirit Buddies.
• Participate in regular service projects.

5th grade science:

• Investigative Matter
• Matter and Energy in Ecosystems
• Earth’s Systems
• Earth and Space Patterns

6th-8th grades Science:                                                                                                   

In middle school, students will:

• Particpate in literature circles.
• Present informational and persuasive speeches.
• Present researched information using the inquiry process.
• Write informational papers, including a properly cited research paper, and a fictional story.
• Use various reading strategies to closely analyze text.
• Write and present book talks on independent reading books.
• Collaborate and present various projects.