Voyager Team
Multi-Grade 6, 7, 8
The Voyager Team is a Multi-Grade team where students from 6th, 7th and 8th grade learn together for three years. For additional information, please click on the Voyager Team Home Page.
Language Arts
Mrs. Russell
Math
Science
Mr. Sharrock
Social Studies
Mrs. Long
Mr. Holmes
Gifted Program
- Higher level thinking skills
- Creative problem solving
- Research methods
- Scientific inquiry
- Hands-on exploration
- Critical thinking
- Creative expression
- Communication skills
- Differentiated, rigorous curriculum
- Foreign language instruction
- Technology integration
- Interaction with like peers
- Advanced math with opportunities for high school credit
- Family Events
The gifted team curriculum emphasizes thinking and problem solving. All classes incorporate critical thinking, creative expression, research methods, self-awareness, and oral and written communication.
- Learn with a team of highly qualified, enthusiastic, gifted endorsed teachers.
- Experience a rigorous curriculum with an international application, integrated basic skills, and higher level thinking skills.
- Benefit from a differentiated instruction that adjusts learning pace and depth to students’ learning styles and performance.
- Study through active participation in a variety of inquiry-based learning experiences.
- Develop communication skills necessary for the effective sharing of ideas.
- Focus on conceptual learning in holistic evaluation using varied and ongoing assessment strategies.
- Heighten intellectual curiosity and passion for learning.
- Exceed standards and meet potential.
- Advance research skills while working collaboratively to explore open-ended questions.
- Extend learning through multi-media technology instruction, practice, research, and student projects.
- Forge bonds and build positive energy with multi-grade peers and teachers.
- Enhance talent areas with daily off-team physical education and exploratory classes.
- Experience parent and family involvement as an integral component of our gifted teams.
All identified gifted students, full-time and resource, are invited to join a Sarasota Middle School multi-grade gifted team. Multi-grade team students, grades 6, 7, and 8 together, learn in a consistent, nurturing environment during their middle school years, building camaraderie with their peers and teachers. Learning experiences are continuous and spiraling.
Language arts, math, science, and social studies team teachers coordinate assignments, projects, and tests to maximize student success. Students can expect approximately twenty minutes of homework per class each day. High school credit classes require additional rigor and homework.
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Sarasota
Middle
School
On the prowl in search of excellence . . .
Mrs. Karen Rose, Principal
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4826 Ashton Road, Sarasota, FL 34233
Phone: 941-361-6464 Fax: 941-361-6798
School Hours are from 9:15a.m. (first bell) to 4:15p.m.
School Supervision from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m.
Student Absence Phone Number: 361-6583
A Community of
Caring School
