DMAReady for the real world.
Adolescents want work that matters and adults who take them seriously. Our middle and high school gives them both: a rigorous academic program and real responsibility for the community they belong to.
The room
Sixth through twelfth grade at DMA is small by design. Students work in seminar, in the lab, and on projects with real audiences. They graduate with the study habits, the writing, and the self-advocacy that colleges notice.
Pre-algebra through the high school sequence, lab-based physical and life science, and the scientific writing to go with it.
Literature seminars, history through primary sources, and essays that are drafted, critiqued, and rewritten.
Students run parts of the school day and plan projects with budgets and deadlines. Leadership is practiced, not lectured.
Structured argument, evidence, and listening. Students learn to change their minds in public.
Conversation and reading at the level each student is ready for.
Study skills, test preparation, and guidance on applications, from the first campus visit to the last essay.
What a morning looks like.
- 7:30Doors open; free breakfast for early arrivals
- 8:30Advisory
- 8:45Math and science block
- 10:45Humanities seminar
- 11:45Lunch
- 12:30Project time, Spanish, STEAM or studio
- 3:00Dismissal (2:00 PM on Fridays)
6 through 12.
Small. Every student is known by every teacher.
Graduates go on to colleges and careers across South Florida and beyond.
A ceremony each June. Watch last year's film on the Life at DMA page.
Primary
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