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Tonalea Midde School

At Tonalea Middle School, your child will thrive in an AVID-focused environment, benefiting from strategic teaching methods like note taking and WICOR strategies (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading).

Tonalea Students on a Computer

Innovation is at the heart of our curriculum, where math students delve into real-world math concepts through "prisms of reality." We offer diverse electives such as forensics and coding, alongside fine arts, band, and middle school sports.

Through our various clubs, including robotics, students connect and compete, fostering shared interests and personal growth. Your child's potential will flourish within our dynamic and forward-thinking educational community.

The Coronado Learning Community is unwavering in its commitment to nurturing the dreams and aspirations of all our Tonalea Middle School students. With a shared vision for a brighter future, community partners join us in our pledge to champion early aspirations of higher education through the Coronado Promise.

Middle School Grade 6-8 Programs

AVID

Tonalea is an AVID school, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination. AVID is an educational program designed to support students in achieving their academic and personal goals. AVID provides a structured framework to help students develop the skills and behaviors needed for success in college and beyond. Tonalea practices AVID strategies in all classes school wide with a focus on notetaking and WICOR strategies including writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading. It drives how we teach.

Gifted Services

Provide learning experiences that are responsive to the cognitive, creative and affective development of gifted students by applying education theory and research-based models of curriculum and instruction that are culturally relevant and designed to ensure specific student outcomes. For more information about the Gifted Program at SUSD. Middle School Gifted Specialist - Aimee Goodman aimee.goodman@susd.org 

National Junior Honor Society

Here at Tonalea, we participate in the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) program. It is an international student organization that consists of chapters in middle school. For more information about Tonalea's NJHS program please contact William Williams 

Honor's Path

Here at Tonalea we have an Honor's path for your middle school students. We have the following honor programs at Tonalea:

  • 6th Grade ELA Honors
  • 6th Grade Social Studies Honors
  • 6th Grade Accelerated Math
  • 7th Grade ELA Honors
  • 7th Grade Social Studies Honors
  • 7th Grade Accelerated Math
  • 8th Grade ELA Honors
  • 8th Grade Social Studies Honors
  • 8th Grade Accelerated Math
High School for Credit Classes

In eighth grade, you are eligible to get two classes at Tonalea for high school credit:

  • Algebra
  • Spanish I
World Language Offerings

Spanish and Spanish for Heritage Speakers for High School Credit

Elective Offerings:

STEM, Band, Choir, Orchestra, Art, PE, Computers, Student Council, Digital Art, AVID, Forensic Science, Video Production, Math Intervention.

National Junior Honor Society
NJHS

Here at Tonalea, we participate in the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) program. It is an international student organization that consists of chapters in middle school. For more information about Tonalea's NJHS program please contact William Williams @ wwilliams@susd.org

PBIS School

PBIS

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based three tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. PBIS creates schools where all students succeed. Here at Tonalea students earn PBIS points during the day and may use those points in the Tiger Store (that is our school store) or in our teacher stores (all teachers have a store for students). 

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Social-emotional learning, also known as, SEL, is a method of promoting holistic child development by teaching students skills such as self-regulation, persistence, empathy, self-awareness, and mindfulness. SEL has been shown to boost students’ test scores and grades, promote on-time graduation and college enrollment, increase students’ financial earnings as adults, and support their mental and physical well-being by teaching students to regularte their emotions, pay attention, and work well with their peers and classmates. 

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