Students have music and physical education during one hour on alternating days. The other unified arts hour is made up of a series of classes each lasting a quarter or half a quarter of the school year. To Top of Page Exceptional Education and ESL Cherokee has outstanding services for students with special educational needs. In addition to these talented teachers, Cherokee has a very dedicated group of Special Education Assistants, Bilingual Resource Specialists, and support staff to help with exceptional needs and ESL programming. To Top of Page Talented and Gifted At Cherokee Middle School and in the MMSD, TAG programming is focused in the classroom.
Teachers use a variety of techniques to challenge all students.
Many teachers at Cherokee use differentiation of assignments to ensure that all students are challenged. Beyond the classroom, TAG challenges continue elsewhere in the building and through Cherokee staff offerings. Solve challenging math problems. Compete in the Spring. Begins October 10th.