At the Washington Irving Middle School, we believe all students are capable of learning, thinking, and developing their social-emotional skills beyond their expectations.  Irving students adopt a growth mindset and demonstrate our school core values: respect, responsibility, and integrity.  Irving staff cultivate a safe, loving, and engaging learning environment that encourages all students to take risks as they seek knowledge.   As a result, Irving students become passionate lifelong learners who apply their thinking skills beyond our classrooms to solve and address injustices in their communities.  

Cohort Model

Irving is organized by grade/program clusters which builds meaningful relationships and supports our students’ needs.  Within each grade/program cluster, students are assigned to cohorts.  

Academic Courses: Math, ELA, Science, Humanities, Literacy  

Elective Courses:  Visual Arts, Technology, Physical Education, Multimedia, and Japanese (AWC)

2017-2018 Schedule: All students take four core academic courses, two elective courses, and one literacy course; plus 1 Advisory Block (once per week).  Each block is 60 minutes with the expectation of the Literacy Block which is 40 minutes.  

Special Academic Programming

• Program for students with Language-based Learning Disabilities
• Changing Students Lives: Program for students with Emotional Impairments
• 6th-grade AWC 
• Sheltered English Immersion Program for ELD: Levels 1 and 2
• Literacy Intervention Block for all students
• Weekly Advisory period with a focus on Social Emotional Learning and Social Justice Themes
  After School Programming: Free program sponsored by Boys and Girls Club and City Year