Blue Mountain Middle School is located at 7 Furnace Woods Road Cortlandt Manor, NY serving grades 6-8 in Westchester County. Blue Mountain Middle School, an Excellence in Education school, emphasizes student responsibility in a full academic program offered in teaching teams. A Unified Arts Program, general and instrumental music, foreign languages, performing arts opportunities, full guidance program, intramural and interscholastic sports and varied co-curricular activities are provided.
Officials work to ensure the curriculum is continually being reviewed, evaluated, and adjusted to meet the needs of students. Additionally, staff analyzes state and local test results as a means of changing curriculum and instruction. Technology integration and activities that provide opportunities for problem solving, students at every grade level gradually become accountable for their own learning. The teachers make every effort to incorporate literacy learning in all areas of learning: social studies, science, math, health, physical education, and the arts.
Blue Mountain Middle School in Westchester County serves a diverse, multilingual student population of immigrants to the United States. They seek to provide each student with a language-rich learning experience that moves them to a point where they can read, write and communicate effectively in English and their native language. The students will learn to use their minds well to critically analyze and respond to complex real-world issues. They will use what they learn to become successful academically and professionally and to become advocates for themselves and their communities.
