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Middle School Gifted Program
The Goal of the Middle School Gifted Program
The Sioux Falls Middle School Gifted Program is designed to provide an academic challenge for highly capable learners. Classes include a greater depth of the subject matter, an accelerated pace, a wide variety of teaching and learning processes, and high expectations for student achievement.
SFSD Gifted Ed
There are 2 pathways in Middle School
Home Attendance School
Gifted Education services are provided to students who qualify at every middle school. Gifted Education is a semester-long Encore class scheduled into a student's day.
Contact your home school for more information.
Honors Program
The Sioux Falls School District will offer students with exceptionally high academic and intellectual ability a challenging, accelerated, integrated, and enriched curriculum in the core subjects. These honors education courses are offered at Patrick Henry Middle School.
The Middle School Honors Program is open to incoming 6th graders who have been identified for the “gifted education” program and who attend one of the Sioux Falls School District elementary schools. Online verification must be completed for enrollment. Contact Heidi for the verification of the enrollment form.
Kim Sharping
Principal
✆ (605) 367-7639
✉ Email Kim Sharping
➢ Patrick Henry
Honors Program Core Curriculum
The Middle School Honors Program offers students acceleration and enrichment of core curriculum in the areas of language arts, social studies, and science.
6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade |
|---|---|---|
Honors Language Arts Honors Social Studies Honors Science Gifted Education Encore | Honors Language Arts Honors Social Studies Honors Science Gifted Education Encore | Honors Language Arts Honors Social Studies High School Biology Gifted Education Encore Spanish I (Optional) |
In addition, Middle School Honors Program students may receive acceleration in math. Their placement is dependent on 5th grade South Dakota Assessment and MAP Growth Proficiency scores.
6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade |
|---|---|---|
6th Math 6th Accelerated Math 7th Accelerated Math 8th Math | 7th Math 7th Accelerated Math 8th Math Algebra I | 8th Math Algebra I Accelerated Geometry |
Heidi Kruse
Executive Assistant to the Assn't Superintendent
✆ (605) 367-7945
✉ Email Heidi Kruse
➢ IPC – Curriculum