Welcome to the Gifted And Talented Education site.
Our GATE Program highly encourages students to understand their capabilities, talents, strengths and potentials. As they grasp how each skill is identified in their everyday efforts, students can begin to connect the purpose of each skill’s usefulness, thus making learning even more relevant.
G.A.T.E. Skills
1. Divergent Thinking - risk taking, showing curiosity, imagination, brainstorming and innovation
Creativity
Fluency - ability to think of many things
Flexibility - different kinds of ideas
Originality - new and unique ideas
Elaboration - builds on other ideas; adds details
2. Critical Thinking - learning how to analyze through inductive and deductive thinking, sequencing, patterning, classifying, inference and making analogies
3. Affective Learning - becoming more aware of yourself as a gifted person and taking the responsibility to better understand yourself and others, to develop leadership qualities and to know whether something is right or wrong (moral reasoning)
4. Independent Learning - (Learning How to Learn) able to organize your thoughts and learn how to get answers for yourself
Learning to listen, observe and perceive
Learning to interview and survey
Learning to analyze data
Developing time management skills
5. Communication - effectively letting others know about your ideas by audio-visual knowledge, oral public speaking skills and written skills, such as creative or report projects
6. Creative Problem Solving - using common sense to recognize problems, find facts, identify problems, implement and evaluate solutions
Research - using computers, books, media or people to obtain needed or desired information
Independent Study - able to complete tasks without prompting from others
Community Resources - using outside speakers, field trips, volunteer projects and/or community outreach as a way of learning and participating
Computers
Criteria for the End of Year
Outstanding Ant GATE Award
J Signed and returned acknowledgement of the GATE Back to School packet. Must be submitted by the following week of class.
J Homework, assignments, and projects completed purposefully, on time and done with personal pride of excellence that meets the requirements of the GATE Standards.
J Parent Acknowledgement of reading monthly newsletters, memos and/or notes sent home, as well as acknowledgment of homework given.
J Student must have at least five hours (total for the school year) of some type of community involvement or service and provide documentation.
Examples:
· School events outside of campus
· Services done for religious purposes
· Involvement / Service for the Community
Renzulli’s Triad explains how intelligence, creativity and a commitment to complete tasks given determines a true gifted child. Where the three rings overlap is said to be where the gifted and talented students are found.
Back to School Information Packet awaiting revision
