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MRH Middle School

The Annual Cardboard Board Regatta

The Annual Cardboard Board Regatta

Middle Schoolers Teach ECC Kids About Beekeeping

Middle Schoolers Teach ECC Kids About Beekeeping

Campfire Closes the Day at Touch of Nature Expedition

Campfire Closes the Day at Touch of Nature Expedition

Middle Schoolers Show Off Regional Science Fair Awards

Middle Schoolers Show Off Regional Science Fair Awards

Rainbow Graces the Jekyll Island Expeditioners

Rainbow Graces the Jekyll Island Expeditioners

Aquatic Studies at Jekyll Island Expedition

Aquatic Studies at Jekyll Island Expedition

School As Expedition

At MRH, we have developed metaphors that are used in our schools to describe the teaching and learning that takes place there.

Students at MRH Middle School are immersed both inside and outside the classroom in a variety of experiences through the metaphor, “School as Expedition.” Learning expeditions are in-depth studies of topics that engage students through authentic projects, real-life studies, field work and service. Expeditions occur within the school walls when the community is brought into the classroom through expert guest speakers and outside of the classroom, on journeys to conduct fieldwork.

Expeditions are sometimes as close as across the street. Other times our students board buses and travel miles out of state all the way to Tennessee or Alabama to study mountains or ocean ecology. On these trips our students build amazing relationships with each other and with their teachers. 

What is an Expedition?

Expeditions are shared studies that provide the opportunity to bring to life the best of middle school philosophy, real-world learning, and teaching for understanding. This creates a rigorous curriculum for MRH Middle School that focuses on important ideas and skills, and addresses the "why" and "how" of learning in addition to the information learned. In each expedition, a complex concept is investigated from multiple perspectives. This integrated learning experience is created as each discipline is incorporated into the study. In town expeditions include the MetroLink, Forest Park, LREC, Finance Park, South Tech, Rockwood Cave, The Eagleton Courthouse, Whole Foods and the Soulard Market.  MRH students travel to The Great Smoky Mountain Institute in Tremont Tennessee, and to the Sea lab at Dauphin island in Dauphin Island, Alabama. Shared studies involve weeks of instructional time and may involve more time in the major discipline for the study.