Last week was Special Studies Week for the MDS middle school students. While the 7th and 8th Grade students explored marine biology in Florida, the 5th and 6th-grade students ventured to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Little did they know, a Nor'Easter awaited!

Science Night is an annual tradition. This year's celebration of International Baccalaureate learning was a huge success!

Our students:

Explored landforms
Discovered the principles of aerodynamics
Investigated geology
Learned about animal adaptations

Middle school students presented their ingenious ideas for a plethora of new inventions and innovations. It was great to be together as a community, learning and enjoying time together!

Eighth-grade students select a topic for personal exploration, inquiry, action, and reflection each year. Personal Projects allow students to become more involved in something they already enjoy or to try something for the first time. Students are asked to establish and work toward challenging yet achievable goals that demonstrate planning and taking initiative in one of these three areas:

Voluntary Community Service

Personal Development

Physical Fitness

At MDS, we recognize the importance of culture and understand that culture entails more than just the food, festivals, language, and clothing people wear. It's also about social and personal values, life experiences, world views, traditions, and heritage.

Eighth Grade Personal Projects are a time-honored tradition at Morganton Day School. Students spend a minimum of 20-hours engaging in self-selected projects and deepening their understanding of a specific topic.

Writing is a core communication skill. We use writing to express our own thinking and ot better understand the thoughts, feelings and ideas of others. At MDS writing is a core aspect of learning and is seamlessly woven into the curriculum.

Morganton Day School third-graders are on the road to better financial understanding! As part of their entrepreneurship unit, they have journeyed through balancing income and expenses, maintaining a checking account, realizing how interest works and setting financial goals.

When we frame these questions through the lens of the IB Key Concepts, learning becomes deeper and more meaningful.

International Baccalaureate learning uses concept-focused learning, requiring students to engage in higher-level thinking and a true understanding of the content rather than mastering facts. Concept-based learning uses “big ideas” to make sense of facts and apply them to the world around us.

Learning aims to transcend traditional boundaries between subject areas in the Primary Years Programme. Students explore six transdisciplinary themes of global significance.