MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOLARS’ PROGRAM INFORMATION
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is requiring that each MSSP course in which your student participates, must consistently reflect one or more of your student’s area(s) of gifted identification (superior cognitive, creative thinking, reading, math, science, and/or social studies). If you are unsure of your child’s area(s) of gifted identification, you may contact the district gifted coordinator or the MSSP teachers for clarification. When we are back in our normal school situation, students are required to take 5 periods of MSSP courses per week to participate in the program. This can be adjusted during online learning based on the number of synchronous hours students have their core classes.
MSSP is a pull-out program for 6th-8th grade middle school students who have been identified as gifted in one or more areas as recognized by the state of Ohio. The program enables students to work with the Gifted Intervention Specialists in a variety of classes. MSSP classes include Find Out, FLEX, and CHOICES (addressing the social emotional needs of our MSSP students), Global Issues (which includes students participating in Model United Nations simulations), Creative Design, Experimental Design, Guided Independent Project, Between the Lines, and Innovative Thinking.
The MSSP classes are listed below with the area(s) of gifted identification needed to participate in the course:
MSSP Course
| Required Area of Identification
|
| Between the Lines | Superior Cognitive Reading |
Creative Design | Superior Cognitive, Creative Thinking, Science, and/or Math |
Experimental Design | Superior Cognitive, Creative Thinking, Science, and/or Math |
Find Out (6th grade only) | Superior Cognitive, Creative Thinking, Reading, Math, Science, and/or Social Studies |
FLEX - Friendship, Leadership and Executive Functions (7th grade only) | Superior Cognitive, Creative Thinking, Reading, Math, Science, and/or Social Studies |
Choices (8th grade only) | Superior Cognitive, Reading, and/or Social Studies |
Global Issues | Superior Cognitive, Reading, and/or Social Studies |
Guided Independent Projects | Superior Cognitive, Creative Thinking, Reading, Math, Science, and/or Social Studies |
Innovative Thinking | Superior Cognitive, Creative Thinking |
In addition to the previously mentioned requirements, the ODE requires that subjects chosen for research and study in Guided Independent Projects must be within the student’s area of gifted identification.