Middle Way School

WE’RE HIRING! As our community continues to grow, we’re expanding our team for the 2026–27 school year — including openings for a Physical Education Teacher, Music Teacher, and Early Childhood Assistant Teacher.

Middle Way School blends the best in education research with the wisdom and compassion of Buddhist traditions. We’re looking for creative, energetic, and thoughtful educators to help lead and expand these programs.

Adaptability, resourcefulness, and a genuine love of working with children are values that inspire us to collaborate as a team.

Learn more:
middlewayschool.org/about-us/careers

We welcome your questions, ideas, and enthusiasm.

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Our sixth-grade Tigers recently installed a climbing tower for their goat friends — a gift they designed, built, and assembled together. 🐐

The process started with assessing what the goats actually needed and would enjoy. The project then moved through designing structures, pitching ideas, building models, and developing real construction and woodworking skills to actualize their vision together.

Last week, they assembled the finished structure on site and got the satisfaction of seeing the goats interact with their creation right away.

Afterward, students took some time to just be — sitting together in the sunshine, reflecting on a job well done, and enjoying the company of their four-legged friends.

☀️Special thanks to Napping Horse Farm for such an enriching partnership in education this year. Jaya and Jake do an incredible job of offering a safe, loving, healing space for animals in need of a home. The inspiration they have offered our students and the love and care they extend to our community is profoundly beautiful.



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✨ Circuits in action! Our third-grade Dragons kicked off their electricity unit by exploring the stories of often-overlooked inventors: Lewis Latimer, Joseph Swan, and Maude Adams—scientists and engineers who shaped the history of the lightbulb. 

From there, students dove into hands-on experimentation with copper wire, batteries, and bulbs, discovering how every part of a circuit must work together to transfer energy. They had a blast made real-world connections, exploring how the circuits inside everyday electronics like fans and bulbs actually function.

Problem-solving, testing, and making connections—science lights us up! 💡

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Each drop of water holds so much more than we normally notice. 🌊

This week, our second-grade Ravens stepped out the classroom and into the estuary alongside Sloop Clearwater’s Tideline Discovery Program for a hands-on aquatic field study. They explored the wonderful world of water, discovering the tiny creatures that form the foundation of the web of life.

With nets in hand and curiosity leading the way, students caught, identified, and classified fish and aquatic macro invertebrates. They evaluated the health of our local waterways through first-hand interactions with the living environment.

What they observed was more than science! They found that nothing exists alone: a mayfly larva, a shoreline reed, a fish, a child, and a river are all part of one unbroken web, each sustaining the other in ways that often go unnoticed.

To protect one element is to protect them all.

🌿 Thank you, and for an amazing day of discovery!

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