School is in session from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. During that time you will have core academic classes (Math, Social Studies, English and Science) and elective/specialist classes (PE/Health, Arts, Design and World Language). Some students may also have support classes including Reading, AVID, and Academic Learning Development.
IB/MYP Course Requirements:
MYP Subject Areas
Course Name
Specific at Sanford
Language & Literature
English/Language Arts
On team, all 3 grades
Language Acquisition
World Language or ESL
Arabic, Ojibwe, Spanish, ESL
Individuals & Societies
Social Studies
Mathematics
Math
On team, all 3 grades;
Team Math, Telescope Math
Sciences
Science
Arts
Visual & Performing Arts
Band, Choir, Drama, Visual Art
Design
Technology
STEM/Coding, Design & Modeling, Gateway To Technology App Creator
Physical Education/Health
PE, Health
PE/Health class rotates between PE and Health lessons
Our priority at Sanford is to ensure all students have appropriate placement in core, accelerated, and support courses. Schedule changes will only be made for students who are in the wrong level of a class (ex. placed into Beginning Band instead of Concert Band) or are missing a class. This is because teaching positions and class offerings for an upcoming school year are based upon student course requests completed in the spring. If we allow students to change their schedule during a school year, class sizes can become very imbalanced. Schedule changes are rare.
Sanford does not move students from one teacher to another in the same subject, switch student team, or make schedule changes due to participation in athletics or activities outside of school.