Middle School Experience
It's not just the destination, it's the journey
In life, and at St. Patrick's, that saying rings true, but while we value and focus on that journey we appreciate that it is the sum of those experiences, attitudes, and values that lead to a positive destination. St. Patrick's Grade 8 students are sought after by high schools throughout our region—and beyond.
MacArthur Campus
A Purpose-Built Middle School Learning Environment
The MacArthur Campus, home to our Middle School (Grades 6 to 8) and where students complete their St. Patrick’s experience, is the perfect setting for these essential years during which students move from being elementary-age children to young adults on the cusp of high school.
A Dedicated Space for Growth
These years represent a time of tremendous transition for these young people—intellectually, socially, emotionally, morally, and physically. Guiding this time is an extraordinary faculty who reflect our core belief in the infinite value of every child and help prepare our students to come to know and believe in themselves. By the time our students move on to secondary schools, they have developed the ability to explore and express increasingly complex ideas with competence and confidence.
Essential Years
An Approach that Nurtures & Inspires
Knowing that students learn best when they can be fully invested in their work, we strive to create classes and experiences that honor student voice, choice, and leadership, while nurturing a strong sense of connection with the adults who guide them.
Classes on the MacArthur Campus balance teaching approaches that weave in and out of a project-based curriculum and more traditional methods, ensuring that students master essential skills while they develop the ability to manage their own work.
Committed, Talented Faculty
St. Patrick’s Middle School program is characterized by a tight-knit student community, devoted faculty and staff who have chosen to become experts in early adolescent education, and rigorous academics scaffolded by instruction in non-cognitive skills.
Individually and collectively, the teachers know their students. They know their strengths, they know their areas of growth, and they know what is required to get the best from them.
17th Annual Grade 8 Performing & Studio Arts Night Featuring Moana Jr.
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The Joyful Return of Café de Poetas
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Grades 7 and 8 Overnight Trips
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Class of 2023 Secures Excellent High School Choices for Secondary Schools
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Congratulations to our 2023 MAESA Participants & Winners!
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Grade 6 Travels to Echo Hill
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A Captivating Spring Concert Evening
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The 42nd Annual Recitation Contest Moves Audience with Delightful Oration
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New Baseball Team Offered to Middle School Students
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Cake Raffle 2023 was a Huge Success!
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Grade 7 Trip to Harpers Ferry and Power Plant
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St. Patrick’s Wins the Horizons Geography Bee!
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St. Patrick’s Hosts Middle School Choral Festival
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Ashley’s Farewell and WCC President’s Volunteer Service Award
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First Middle School Dance in Over Five Years
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Rethinking Parenting Coffee: SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) with Amy Killy, LCSW
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Grade 8 Student Participates in HackBAC at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
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The Social Institute Offers Families More Resources For Helping Students Manage Technology and Social Media
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Grade 8 Students Engage in Photography Workshops
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Grade 6 Students Use Design-Thinking Skills for Gingerbread House Project
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Grade 7 Science Project Builds Understanding of Electricity
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Middle School Game Night Returns After Three Year Hiatus
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Cross-Divisional Celebrations
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Building Social Skills On & Offline
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Expansion of Middle School Leadership Opportunities
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End-of-Year Celebrations Bring Wolfhound Spirit and Refreshed Traditions
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MAESA Fair Brings Area Episcopal Schools Together for First Time Since 2019
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Grade 6 Egg Drop Highlights Study of the Brain
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Addressing Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Across Grade Levels
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Wells Collective Engages Parents and Educators in “How to Talk to Your Children About Race”
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Grade 8 Student Honored in 2021 New York Times Coming of Age Contest
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What Time Is It? It’s Echo Hill Time!
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Grade 8 Studio Art Exhibition: hiSTORY, herSTORY, theirSTORY, ourSTORY
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MacArthur Campus Virtual Gallery Features Spring Artwork
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Middle School Students Receive President’s Volunteer Service Award
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Grade 8 Civil Rights Movement Experience
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Grade 8 Civil Rights Experience
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Middle School Advisory Connects with Surrounding Community: The Rock Story
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Middle School Students Launch Virtual Art Gallery
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Grade 5 Virtual Parent Coffee: MacArthur Campus Preview—Wednesday, November 18, 9:00 am
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The Middle School Core
As the oldest members of the St. Patrick’s student community, our students develop a core of key attitudes and values that stay with them into high school and far beyond.
Middle School students build on the School Creed of:
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Honesty
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Respect
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Responsibility
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Kindness
They do so to develop the essential habits of:
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Empathy
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Agency
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Inquiry