Staff, students and parents were part of a team that designed, developed and implemented the school's mission: to empower students to meet standards of excellence which foster intellectual curiosity and to ready them to be responsible, productive, employable citizens in a culturally diverse society.

Unique to the Elk Grove Unified School District, T. R. Smedberg Middle School and Sheldon High School operate on an identical 4 x 4 bell schedule. Students take four classes per term, eight for an academic year, allowing students to earn 80 additional units beyond what students would earn in a traditional setting. The academies and major programs offered at Sheldon High School provide middle and high school students an opportunity to accelerate and focus their learning within these academic areas at an earlier stage of their academic career. The academies are Visual/Performing Arts, Building Trades/Engineering, and Political Science/Government. The majors are Science, Human Services, Technology, Communications, and Fine Arts. To insure program effectiveness and increase student academic achievement, the Assessment and Program Evaluation Committee of T. R. Smedberg and Sheldon High schools will complete a three-year internal assessment and evaluation of our block schedule and 7-12th grade articulation process. The committee is comprised of parents, students, teachers and administrators. Reading is also a particular academic focus of the T. R. Smedberg Middle School/Sheldon High School complex. Staff development in instructional strategies for comprehension and fluency are part of the five-year reading plan objectives.

We welcome your support and involvement at T. R. Smedberg Middle School.

Philip I. Moore Principal