To build a future, you need a solid foundation.

As you enter the doors of our middle school and walk through our hallways, you’ll see a school where students are free to leave their lockers open. This is Marshall School. A place where students enjoy learning because teachers are passionate about their subject and genuinely enjoy students. Education comes not just from teachers but also from peers as they support the accomplishments of their classmates.

Marshall middle school students are enthusiastic learners who eagerly raise their hands knowing they’ll have a chance to be called on. They begin to discover who they are and all that they can achieve. Marshall faculty teach them how, rather than what, to think.

Confidence and leadership come with practice, with trying, and trying again. Marshall provides students with opportunities to become confident leaders.

Academic Strength

	Standardized testing: 99% of Marshall’s middle school students score at or above the national average on the reading and mathematics sections of the CTP III, the standardized test given to students attending the nation’s most challenging independent schools.
	Student-teacher ratio12 to 1
	Average class size16

Middle School Curriculum

Marshall’s middle school curriculum features daily instruction in English, math, science, social studies, physical education/health and…

	Foreign languages (French, German, and Spanish)
	Fine arts (art, band, choir, and strings)
	Study skills (organization, time management, research, and critical thinking)
	Writing across the curriculum to develop confidence and expression of ideas
	Musical and dramatic performances
	Athletic teams in seventh and eighth grades, offerings in fifth and sixth

Grade 5

Daily instruction in English, math, science, social studies, French and Spanish, physical education/health

Rotating courses:

	Art, music or strings
	Writer’s and thinker’s workshops
	Ethical studies
	Intramural and club activities
	Outdoor education at Jay Cooke State Park

Grade 6

Daily offerings are the same as fifth grade, but students begin to concentrate their foreign language study in either French or Spanish.

Rotating courses:

	Advisor/advisee
	Art, band, music, or strings
	Writer’s, thinker’s, and reader’s workshops
	Ethical studies
	Intramural/club activities

Grade 7

Daily instruction in English, transitional math, natural science, social studies, foreign language options in French, German, Spanish, and physical education/health.

Daily concentration in art, band, strings or orchestra

Rotating courses:

	Writer’s and thinker’s workshops
	Ethical studies
	Directed study
	Outdoor education at Camp Widjiwagen

Grade 8

Students begin to concentrate their daily studies:

	double block of English with daily instruction in language arts and literature
	math options: pre-algebra, algebra IA or honors algebra, earth science, geography, physical education/health
	fine arts options: art, band, choir, or orchestra,
	foreign language options: French, German or Spanish.

Just the Facts

Located on a 35-acre hillside campus overlooking Lake Superior and downtown Duluth, Marshall School is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for students in grades 5-12. Students of diverse socioeconomic, religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds from a wide variety of geographic areas attend Marshall.