Intermediate Division Grades 7-8

Senior School is just around the corner. We will make sure you are ready.

During Grade 7 and 8 at KCS, you’ll work closely with innovative and supportive teachers who will help you strengthen and solidify your academics in every subject.

To build your leadership skills, you’ll help run and organize school events all year long. You’ll also get to take advantage of our huge variety of extracurricular activities, covering everything from sports teams to musicals to community service. You can even learn to cook, build robots or play drums in a rock band, thanks to our extensive list of electives. And we hit the road for epic trips to Quebec, Chicago and the historic battlefields of Europe.

Of course, getting ready for Senior School is about more than just classes. It’s about being independent and making your own choices. And when you know what matters in life, you end up making choices that take you to amazing places.

Grade 7
Grade 8

Grade 7

Goodbye kids. Hello young adults.

The growth in maturity that happens in Grade 7 is truly astounding. As they evolve from kids into young adults, their higher level thinking skills kick in and they take their work to new heights.

They expand their ability to be critical and creative in their thinking, and then apply this new outlook to their studies. Their projects become more global. Their understanding of issues becomes more complex. Their desire to challenge themselves explodes. And their awareness of their own learning becomes deeper and more thoughtful.

It’s also a year where their sense of self is changing and their relationships with their peers are evolving. To help them navigate these potentially choppy waters, our teachers make it a priority to reach out and share their supportive and practical wisdom. Young adults need to learn a new set of manners and social skills, and we know that they can’t do it on their own.

After all, even though some of them are as tall as their teachers, they still need someone to look up to. So we’re there for them - setting an example and helping them find their way.

Grade 8

Setting the stage for success in Senior School and beyond.

By the time our students start Grade 8, we know that they are already well prepared to have an amazing and successful Senior School experience. We spend their last year at the KCS Junior School taking their learning, independence, and leadership to the next level.

Academically, we go above and beyond to make sure that every student in Grade 8 has a rock-solid foundation in all subject areas. We want our students to make the most of every academic opportunity in Senior School, so we treat them as if they’re already there. To encourage them to take true control over their learning, our teachers become more like coaches or mentors, working alongside their self-directed and self-motivated students.

We also treat them like independent and capable young people. We provide them with increased privileges and responsibilities. We teach them advanced organizational skills. And we help them use their growing maturity as a tool for self-regulation.

Finally, we let them become genuine leaders in the school. Grade 8 students are house captains, tour guides, and school ambassadors. They lead assemblies, they spearhead spirit events, and they help teachers organize and run clubs for primary students.

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