Mini-term is a unique and exciting component of the Bentley experience and is a highly-valued time in our community when students slow down and engage deeply.
Our intellectually rigorous mini-term courses require students to expand their ways of learning, to take risks by experiencing something new, and to challenge their ways of thinking through experiential and creative learning. Students pose questions and explore answers in order to have a personally meaningful experience, while also learning to collaborate, to consider multiple perspectives, and to develop practical, relevant and applicable skills. During mini-term, students come to better understand themselves as learners, which becomes the basis for future learning and prepares students to approach their regular classes with fresh perspectives. Mini-term courses are taught over a one-week period and aim to enrich students beyond the core curriculum.
Examples of past mini-term courses in the Middle School:
3-D Design and Printing
Jazz Band at Skyline Studios
ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicles)
Basics of the Automobile
Poetry: Sense, Sound, and the Spoken Word
Children's Book Writing
Latin Culture: Music, Dance and Food
Advanced Volleyball Skills
Musical Theater
Creating with Earth (Art)
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