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Why Sycamore?

From the Head of School

Welcome to Sycamore School!

I am proud to serve a school with a deeply held and focused mission: Sycamore School exists so that academically gifted children can experience the enriched, accelerated education they need to reach their potential and to lead responsible, constructive, fulfilling lives. Sycamore is similar to most private, independent schools in terms of infrastructure and administration. Our mission, however, sets us apart from most schools. Our mission drives everything we do and all we hope to be.

At Sycamore, we serve kids in the top 2-3% of the population in measures of intellectual potential. In a typical educational setting, these kids are outliers and often do not get their needs met. Here, however, that’s what we do. We offer a program of rigorous academics, visual and performing arts, athletics, and foreign language. Intertwined throughout the program are our four core character values: respect, moral courage, empathy, and relationships. Our kids learn to do good along with doing well.

Our faculty is second to none. Trained in gifted education, teachers here understand exactly what these kids need, and they know how to provide it. When kids of similar intellectual potential are placed with smart, dedicated teachers, the sparks begin to fly!

Please take some time to tour our website, and then come visit us. It’s very hard to understand the happy energy that pervades Sycamore unless you see it firsthand. I am privileged to be a part of this very special school!

Onward and upward!
Diane Borgmann
Head of School
Sycamore School

Here’s the promise we make to you:

As a parent, you have already made certain promises to your children.

You have promised to keep them safe. To love them. To discover who they are, and to do what you can do to help them grow in that identity. You have promised to help them develop a vision for their lives. To equip them. And to send them into the world as prepared as they can be.

At Sycamore School, those are our promises to your child.  And to you.

CONNECT WITH SYCAMORE PARENTS

If you would like to learn more about Sycamore from a current or past parent, the Enrollment Management Office is glad to help make that connection for you! Simply contact the Enrollment Management Office at admissions@sycamoreschool.org or at 317-202-2544 to request a list of Sycamore Parent Ambassadors. Our Parent Ambassadors are eager to answer any questions you might have about Sycamore!

Gifted Kids Being Themselves

For most people, the process of getting to know yourself and how you relate to other people is a daunting one. Anything that makes a child feel different can easily make him or her feel like an outsider. An understanding, accepting environment allows children to be themselves.

  • At Sycamore School, gifted students learn at a rate and intensity that fits them. It is accelerated, but it’s the rate and challenge that stirs intelligence to life and delight.
  • At Sycamore School, gifted students achieve greater learning success. The greatest challenge in educating a gifted student is engagement – and giving minds that cover ground in a big hurry a ton of ground to explore.
  • At Sycamore School, high intelligence is normal. Rather than being “different” and feeling like an outsider, gifted is the norm at Sycamore, which allows kids to be themselves.
Sycamore is the one place I fit in, in a world where everywhere else I always stand out.
Indiana’s Only Accredited, Private, Independent Preschool - 8th Grade School for Gifted Students