Garrison Honors Program
The Garrison Middle School Honors program operates under the guiding principle of a parallel curriculum, when possible. This means that students study the same content as their peers, but in a deeper and broader sense. So, in the area of Social Studies, for example, if all of 6th grade in Walla Walla are studying Egypt, Honors students do too but go deeper in their understanding of the culture as well as participating in hands-on learning and enrichment. Furthermore, all students will study reading strategies, but the content used to study it is different (see book list below).
7th/8th grade Honors literature classes focus on both classical and contemporary literature. The following novels will be read by all grades:
Honors Program Book List
NOVELS:
Year B
20 short stories
Famous Poetry
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Positronic Man/I Robot/The Martian (one of the three)
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Year A
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds/Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
"12th Night" by Shakespeare
Several Poe Stories
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Fairy Tales for Young Adults
Modern Poetry
