- Desert Canyon Middle School
- Academic Programs
Vision & Goals
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SUSD Gifted Programs provide challenging curriculum to gifted students through the use of differentiated instruction designed to best meet the academic and affective needs of the students. The gifted program is designed to teach students with meaningful learning experiences that foster an enriched and in-depth understanding of the core curriculum. These best practices for gifted education guide and shape our gifted programs throughout the district.
Program Vision:
Prepare SUSD students for a global and technologically advanced society. Success requires advanced academic learning, appropriate social skills, emotional stability and ethical decision-making leadership.Program Goals:
Provide learning experiences that are responsive to the cognitive, creative and affective development of gifted students by applying education theory and research-based models of curriculum and instruction that are culturally relevant and designed to ensure specific student outcomes.
Desert Canyon MS Academic Programs
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DCMS Gifted Learning
Gifted Services
480-484-5014
Karen Brown, M. Ed.
Director of Gifted Learning Services
Sabrina Heavlin
Administrative Assistant
480-484-5014
Aimee Sulit
District Gifted Enrichment SpecialistDesert Canyon Middle School
Gifted Coach: Kelly O'Rourke
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STEM Applications
6TH, 7TH, 8TH GRADE - 2019 SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT!
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World Language Offerings
French, Mandarin and Spanish