Fargo Public Schools Self-Directed Academy

SDA: We have had so much fun learning with you this year! Robin Hood was an incredible way to see each of you shine.

And…that’s a wrap!

Fargo Public Schools will hold its last day of classes Thursday, June 4. Summer break starts for students on Friday, June 5. We wish you a safe and happy summer, and we look forward to seeing our students and staff members on August 26 when the 2026-27 school year begins. View the 2026-27 FPS School Calendar: https://ow.ly/1jAr50Z5lV8

SDA welcomed Andy Segal, Broadway performer and technical director for Fargo Public Schools theaters as well as Trollwood Bluestem stage, to share his experience with our students during our theater theme. Thanks for joining us!

SDA students are writing, designing sets, and practicing their improv and acting skills during the development of our theater theme. Interpreting themes in scripts, analyzing character motivation, adapting language, script development, costuming, set creation and performance are in the works!

Can you believe there are ten days left of the school year?

SDA has exciting projects happening these last two weeks. Every student’s participation is needed. We look forward to seeing you at school!

SDA students are busy engaging in a who dun it CSI unit this week.

SRO Dye talked with students about the steps in solving a crime, including coming up on a crime scene, how to make inferences and sifting through relevant evidence. Officer Dye answered questions related to our "crime scene" and his path to becoming a police officer.

To solve the CSI theme mystery, student detectives also learned how to lift and analyze fingerprint data. Students used critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills to support conclusions about which suspects match the fingerprint evidence.

Students discovered it was a "loop" fingerprint which narrowed our suspect list.

Hint: Dr. Kelly and Mrs. Horner are still on the list!

SDA celebrated dress like your favorite character this week. Our creativity is the best!

SDA celebrated students dress like a teacher and teachers dress like a student day today!

Can you guess who is who?

SDA students shared their science fair projects last week with our learning community. Students chose the grade level science standards they wanted to learn more about, developed hypotheses, conducted experiments, gathered and analyzed data and communicated their findings multiple ways.

It’s so much fun to learn more about the topics our students become experts in through project based learning!