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Nobel Expands to Kennedy

The Nobel High School Program is an honors humanities program designed to nurture and develop the creativity of high school students at John F. Kennedy High School. Students identified as creatively gifted are grouped together for key humanities classes taught by teachers trained to work with creativity gifted students. Focusing on critical thinking and creativity, students engage in a rich curriculum connecting literature, social sciences, philosophy and the arts. 
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This year is the second year of the Nobel program at Kennedy. We are excited to announce that this summer four more Kennedy teachers were trained to work with Nobel students. This fall additional Kennedy teachers will receive training. ​

Students are identified for Nobel by their scores on the Torrance Test of Creativity and MAP reading test. Nobel students from the Valley View Middle School Nobel program are automatically placed in Nobel at Kennedy. The Nobel program is also open to any other qualifying Kennedy student.
Current Oak Grove and Valley View middle school 8th graders who have an 85% or higher on their MAP reading test are offered the opportunity to take the Torrance Test of Creativity (TTCT). Qualifying students are also invited to enroll in the Kennedy Nobel classes. 

Students attending Hubert Olson Middle School, current KHS students, and out of district students interested in applying for Nobel should contact the high school gifted/talented coordinator, Meredith Aby-Keirstead, at maby@isd271.org or at 952-806-7811. 

Students in the Dimensions Academy STEM program can also enroll in Nobel classes. Currently, Jefferson High School does not have Nobel classes.  

Parents, guardians and students interested in the Nobel Program at Kennedy High School are invited to attend the information session at KHS on Tuesday, January 9th at 7:00 pm.

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