As a traditional public school, we offer a robust array of academic and elective offerings for all students. Through our Pre-Academies in Agriculture, Culinary, and Communications, students explore various career options through hands-on learning and practical applications. In addition, SMS offers courses in all Fine Arts including: Chorus, Musical Theater, Orchestra, Band, Guitar, 2D and 3D Arts.

For core academics, SMS empowers students by offering advanced or high school level courses in all core academics to challenge students who are exceeding grade-level work. The advanced academic courses may allow students to earn high school credit and start the path to building the skills needed for Advanced Placement and college-level courses in high school. In addition, all our Pre-Academies empower students through high school credit bearing courses to allow students to get in-depth, hands-on training and earn high school credit, so they can take part in internships at the high school level. In addition, most of our Pre-Academies allow students to earn industry recognized certifications in various areas to secure an entry level job within various career fields.

We also empower students for success through two unique programs offered at SMS: The Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) and Genius Hour programs.

The AVID program is reflective of the school's demographics and prepares the selected students for success in the military, college or technical training schools, or the workforce by focusing on personal character development, employability skills, as well as soft skills including organization and successful study habits. In addition, students bring points of confusion from their core academic classes to the AVID class for tutorial sessions. In these sessions both peers and tutors support students to clarify and understand the assignments in their core classes.

The Genius Hour program provides students classified as academically gifted, along with a criteria-based selection of students, the opportunity to explore their interests in a classroom setting. The students are provided "pullout" time within the school day to work on Passion Projects facilitated by a teacher guiding students to problem solve and find solutions to problems of interest. The purpose for this program is to challenge our students to think outside the box and problem solve engaging in the highest level of critical thinking development.

SMS empowers all students to reach their highest success potential through programs of support to include:

Full inclusion model for students with disabilities taking regular standards courses
An immersive language approach for English language learners to continue learning content along with the language where English is not their primary spoken dialect
A dynamic learning environment for our students on Access Standards providing students with appropriate instruction in both core academic subjects along with life and social skills to include communication skills
A robust offering of support classes in reading and math to address students who are performing below grade level to provide an accelerated path to return to grade level performance and prepare students for success in core classes and set them up for success
Extended learning and tutoring both before and after school to provide extra support in all subjects for both remediation and acceleration of our students' success

School counselors, psychologist, and social worker proactively address the needs of the whole student. We look forward to empowering all of our students and families ensuring all students are successful in middle school. If you have questions or need assistance, reach out to us so we can work together in providing an environment where all students are successful.

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