East Middle School is located at 12000 Ridgemont Avenue West in Plymouth MN 55411. The principal is Paul Paetzel and the student day is from 8:20 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. The current enrollment is approximately 775 students in grades six through eight.
East Middle School was opened in 1967 and is located approximately one mile east of Xenium Lane on Ridgemont Avenue in Plymouth. The school's mission statement is "Wayzata East Middle School strives to be peaceful, challenging, innovative and respectful." The staff practice procedures based on the district's vision statement of "Becoming a model of excellence among learning communities." It is the district's mission to prepare all students for the future by providing a challenging education which builds academic competence, develops responsible citizenship, encourage creativity, promotes lifelong learning, advances critical thinking skills, instills a commitment to personal wellness and fosters respect for self and others.
East Middle School prepares its students for the future by following the district's directions that include applying the vision statement to all components of the district, erasing organizational barriers that limit participation of all cultural groups, striving for smaller class sizes, working toward a more individualized model of education and promoting a "client-centered" district.
Youthful energy, curiosity and idealism are appreciated by the staff at all Wayzata Public Schools middle schools. Middle school students are placed on a core team where they take math, science, health, communications or language arts, social studies, history or geography. During "core" time they also receive reading and flex curriculum, which offer enrichment opportunities.
Students in Wayzata middle schools are required to take three years of physical education and a performance-based music course from the Encore department. Students must also take one quarter of industrial technology, family and consumer science, art and world language in sixth and seventh grades. In eighth grade, students have the opportunity to explore two of these four offerings in a more in-depth semester-long course.
In addition to the standard curriculum, all Wayzata middle schools offer special services and Vision 21 (gifted) curriculum.
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