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Middle School

We prepare students to shine as bold, conscientious, and global thinkers. 

Middle School students at SD

Our Middle School teachers embrace each child's individual talents and help them envision all they can achieve and change in the world. Teachers encourage a willingness to try new things and provide them ample opportunities to do so.

At San Domenico, students are challenged, celebrated, and nurtured every day in a variety of ways. It is exciting to see students develop leadership skills in Student Council, or to see our Eco-Club members learning and sharing ways we can all help care for our environment. Our core academic curriculum, along with our co-curricular activities, helps our students develop critical-thinking skills and expands their learning.

By eighth grade, our students have gained an exceptional academic foundation and a strong sense of self and purpose. We graduate confident, aware, and ethical young people. Through our creatively taught classes and teachers' guidance in helping students find their own voices and sharpen their critical thinking, we prepare them to engage with the world as genuine, bright, and articulate citizens.

Middle School News

Spooky Season, Panther Style

Panther Nation showed up in full costume! From our festive parade and bus driver costumes to pumpkin carving, haunted houses and costume contests, Halloween at San Domenico was one to remember.

Growing Community at Our Annual Garden Fair

Every fall, we gather for one of San Domenico’s most vibrant community traditions—our annual Garden Fair—a celebration that beautifully reflects our shared values of sustainability, community, and joyful learning.

Eighth Graders Bring Early American Debates to Life

Through creative posters and historical analysis, students explore the contrasting views of Federalists and Anti-Federalists amid the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, gaining insight into the enduring questions of power, rights, and democracy.

Curriculum Overview

Students have the opportunity to explore, perform, and create across four disciplines: music, dance, theatre, and visual arts.

Character Development reinforces the social-emotional growth that supports academic success and personal well-being.

Students enjoy the opportunity to pursue their passions and try new things through a robust elective program.

Students grow into analytical, expressive, and purposeful communicators.

Our sixth-grade Humanities course integrates English and Social Studies into a rich, thematic exploration of what it means to be human.

Our program immerses students in their choice of Spanish or Mandarin.

Our Learning Support program ensures that all students have the tools they need to thrive.

Our program nurtures confident, capable problem-solvers through a rigorous curriculum rooted in conceptual understanding.

Our curriculum encourages students to connect scientific concepts with real-world challenges that matter to them and their communities.

Meet the Team

Kali Baird

Kali Baird

Director of Middle School
Shari Byrnes

Shari Byrnes

Lower and Middle School Administrative Assistant
Brian Davis

Brian Davis

Assistant Head of School for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Tamar Gottlieb

Tamar Gottlieb

Middle School Guidance Counselor
Middle School Guidance Counselor
Paul Sanders

Paul Sanders

Head of School
Head of School
Catherine (Catherine R.) Wise

Catherine (Catherine R.) Wise

Learning Specialist