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We have provided updates on the alpha- and beta-development of the BJC Middle School curriculum the last two Snap!Cons, and have heard immeasurably valuable feedback. We went back to the drawing board, created a set of Design Principles (modeled off the BJC High School version), involved more curriculum authors, added some developers, and correlated with CSTA CS 6-8th grade and 9-10th grade standards. We went live with Professional Development for a pilot group of ~15 teachers this summer, from July 19th-23rd, 2021. We have a draft of Unit 1, a one-semester September to December curriculum that will hopefully engage students, making them eager to sign up for Unit 2 in the spring. Unit 2 is a Hardware unit, led by UC Berkeley graduate student Deanna Gelosi. We would like to use this opportunity to share the current state of our curriculum, and again provide an opportunity for the community to provide feedback. This work is funded by the Hopper-Dean foundation.