The Buford Middle School motto is "Ready for Greatness." Each year, the school makes greater and greater strides in addressing the academic, social, and personal needs of adolescent learners. Staff members and students have worked together to develop high expectations for academic success and personal responsibility. Such collaboration creates a strong school community in which students, teachers, and parents are partners in the learning process.
Through a comprehensive program of study that details courses for grades 6-12, Buford prepares its students for success in high school and beyond. The Career Cruisers tool is used to identify individual interests that may be pursued in core classes or electives. Parent conferences are held several times during the year to make sure that both students and parents fully understand what progress is being made toward high school graduation. Honors level courses are offered in some subjects for students who are ready for accelerated learning.
Classes follow a block schedule for sustained learning and a sharper focus on core classes. Teachers use the “Understanding by Design“ model to create lesson plans that fully engage students for longer class periods and develop higher order thinking skills.
Buford has the strongest site-based athletics program in the area, offering more than 20 activities year-round. Approximately half of the students participate in at least one school sport. Other after school clubs are devoted to drama, yearbook, gardening, and student council. Students also can stay after school to receive academic help. In all, 75% of the student body participates in an extra-curricular activity-academic, fine art, or sport- during the school year. In order to educate all students so that they will become responsible and productive citizens in a culturally diverse society, Buford employs a rich variety of enrichment and intervention resources so that every student can identify and nurture his or her talents.
Buford Middle School sponsors multiple community service projects throughout the year. Recent activities include fundraising on behalf of victims of the Haiti earthquake, donating blankets for animals at the SPCA, and collections for the Santa Fund and food bank during the holiday season.
Through a comprehensive program of study that details courses for grades 6-12, Buford prepares its students for success in high school and beyond. The Career Cruisers tool is used to identify individual interests that may be pursued in core classes or electives. Parent conferences are held several times during the year to make sure that both students and parents fully understand what progress is being made toward high school graduation. Honors level courses are offered in some subjects for students who are ready for accelerated learning.
Classes follow a block schedule for sustained learning and a sharper focus on core classes. Teachers use the “Understanding by Design“ model to create lesson plans that fully engage students for longer class periods and develop higher order thinking skills.
Buford has the strongest site-based athletics program in the area, offering more than 20 activities year-round. Approximately half of the students participate in at least one school sport. Other after school clubs are devoted to drama, yearbook, gardening, and student council. Students also can stay after school to receive academic help. In all, 75% of the student body participates in an extra-curricular activity-academic, fine art, or sport- during the school year. In order to educate all students so that they will become responsible and productive citizens in a culturally diverse society, Buford employs a rich variety of enrichment and intervention resources so that every student can identify and nurture his or her talents.
Buford Middle School sponsors multiple community service projects throughout the year. Recent activities include fundraising on behalf of victims of the Haiti earthquake, donating blankets for animals at the SPCA, and collections for the Santa Fund and food bank during the holiday season.