circumscribe. 1  to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map. 2  to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations. 3  to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science.
Passionate about all things Australian. Middle school and High school ages depend entirely on individual school and when they set their Middle School. They vary from anywhere in years 6-9 (ages 10 - 15) for Middle school to Years 9-12 for High school (ages 14 - 18).
At this age, the middle school adolescent is going through a myriad of changes. Students between the ages of 10-14 are just beginning to understand abstract concepts. However, due to the different rates of development among children this age, middle school students will range from concrete operational to formal operational thinking.