Programming

Goals and Objectives

• Foster a learning environment which values and enhances intellectual abilities and interaction among intellectual peers so that students may become self-reflective learners
• Ensure a rigorous core curriculum based on Indiana academic standards
• Provide a differentiated curriculum that responds to the academic needs of high ability students
• Offer an accelerated curriculum to meet individual needs
• Develop the academic abilities of students so that they will be able to master new and difficult curricular challenges
• Expose students to cultural experiences
• Integrate the content areas through key concepts, issues, and themes
• Assist in meeting the unique social/emotional needs of high ability students
• Become an integral part of the MSD of Wayne Township community of learners
• Provide students with opportunities to “learn how to learn,” which requires organizational skills, study skills, and persistence in the face of difficulty
• Develop critical, creative, and evaluative thinking processes so that students will be able to address complex issues with the necessary tools of problem solving