The full time Gifted and Talented Education program at Bessie E. Owens Elementary School offers students the opportunity to participate in challenging educational activities. Following the Common Core standards, GATE incorporates critical thinking skills, inquiry and project based learning, and enrichment to fully involve students in their education. Students in the full time program attend Owens daily, receiving differentiated instruction in the core curriculum using acceleration, depth, complexity, and/or novelty. Students are also challenged to participate in activities such as Oral Language Festival, Science Fair, Spelling Bee, Academic Pentathlon, Math Counts, Math Bowl, and Math Field Day.

In addition, the GATE program offers enrichment in the form of Science and Computer lab and a Performing Arts program.