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Grade 8 Gets Ready for High School!
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March 22, 2024The classical liberal arts consist of two groups of academic disciplines - the Trivium and the Quadrivium.The Quadrivium are mathematics based arts, while the Trivium are language based arts. Our Grade 8 students, now completing their last year of formal grammatical instruction, have begun the practical application of those concepts in a series of English compositions. Animals are the subject of the first series of essays. These essays are coordinated with, and complement, the SMS science program. Completed compositions include detailed expositions on the squirrel, the owl, and the bee. Future topics will include fruits, plants, trees, and natural phenomena. The total eclipse of the sun, which is to occur on April 8th, will be the subject of student composition.This practical work in composition will prepare students for logic, the next step in the Trivium and a subject of study for freshmen at SMS.
(Shown here are some of our 8th graders with their most recent composition submissions.)
