Welcome to Pierce Park Pull-Out GATE!
Welcome to Pierce Park Pull-Out GATE!
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I am so excited to get to work with you! New pull-out GATE students start at the beginning of each quarter. Please take a moment to look through this entire page to ensure you and your child are prepared for our first meeting together.
Meet Your Pull-Out GATE Facilitator
Meet Your Pull-Out GATE Facilitator
Pierce Park Pull-Out GATE Facilitator
Pierce Park Pull-Out GATE Facilitator
Leona Alexander has been a Gifted and Talented Education (G.A.T.E.) facilitator with the Boise School District since 2017. Before that, she lived and taught in the Denver metro area for 16 years. Mrs. Alexander has now lived in nine different states (and in Germany), and she is elated to call Boise her home. Mrs. Alexander and her family are excited to live in such a beautiful city and state where they can continue to nurture their love of camping and hiking in the mountains, and they are excited to add floating the Boise River to their yearly summer activities!
Mrs. Alexander was a professional musician before she started her journey in education and loves to integrate the arts in her instruction. She is currently working on completing her doctorate in educational leadership and policy study with a focus on ensuring each and every student has access to a engaging and challenging education.
Leona Alexander
Please click below for a full description of the Pull-Out GATE program.
Please click below for a full description of the Pull-Out GATE program.
Quick Look
The pull-out program is a once a week enrichment program.
The pull-out program meets once a week at a central location from approximately 9am-2pm.
The district provides busing to and from pull out location.
Pierce Park Pull-Out GATE
Pierce Park Pull-Out GATE
Weekly Schedule
Weekly Schedule
All classes meet 9:15am - 1:50pm
Monday - 1st Grade (Second Semester)Tuesday - 5th GradeWednesday - 4th GradeThursday - 3rd GradeFriday - 2nd Grade
Friday - 2nd Grade
2024-25 Start Dates
2024-25 Start Dates
Quarter 4
Quarter 4
1st Grade- Monday, March 245th Grade- Tuesday, March 254th Grade- Wednesday, March 263rd Grade- Thursday, March 272nd Grade- Friday, March 28
2024-2025
2024-2025
Bus Schedules
Bus Schedules
GATE Student & Teacher Contract
GATE Student & Teacher Contract
The GATE Student-Teacher Contract details the expectations regarding the role of the student and the classroom teacher when participating in Pull-Out GATE.
The GATE Student-Teacher Contract details the expectations regarding the role of the student and the classroom teacher when participating in Pull-Out GATE.
Please review this document with your child and sign to indicate you and your child understand the expectations. Your child should then ask to meet with their teacher to go over the contract and create a plan for concept checks.
Please review this document with your child and sign to indicate you and your child understand the expectations. Your child should then ask to meet with their teacher to go over the contract and create a plan for concept checks.
Once everyone has signed, please return the completed contract to Mrs. Alexander.
Once everyone has signed, please return the completed contract to Mrs. Alexander.
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GATE Supplies
GATE Supplies
Each student should bring their backpack to GATE with the following items:
Each student should bring their backpack to GATE with the following items:
composition notebook (to stay in the GATE classroom)
water bottle (bring each week)
personal healthy snack (We will work while we snack, so please be thoughtful about what type of snack you send. 😉)
First Grade ONLY Maker Box (to keep in classroom- see below)
First Grade Only...
First Grade Only...
BRING YOUR MAKER BOX ON THE FIRST DAY OF GATE!
BRING YOUR MAKER BOX ON THE FIRST DAY OF GATE!
(Maker Boxes should be no bigger than a standard shoe box and should have the child's name written on it.)
Another Maker Box Example
Another Maker Box Example
How to Create a Maker Box
How to Create a Maker Box
New to GATE
New to GATE
Parent Survey
Parent Survey
Please fill out! ❤️
Please fill out! ❤️
It is extremely important to me that your child has a positive, rewarding, challenging, and successful year in pull-out GATE. To help us get off to a great start, I would like to hear from you- parents! Please click on the link below to tell me a little more about your child and how I might best contact you!
Commonly Asked Questions
Commonly Asked Questions
How does lunch work for pull-out GATE?
How does lunch work for pull-out GATE?
Lunch works just like it does at your home school! You will have a copy of your lunch card here at Pierce Park, so if you choose to eat school lunch, it will be charged the same way it is at your home school.
You can also bring your own lunch to school, but please note that Pierce Park does not have a microwave for students to warm food.
The Pierce Park lunch menu may be different from your home school. Be sure to check the Pierce Park lunch schedule on your GATE days!
What if I have a music performance or field trip on a GATE day?
What if I have a music performance or field trip on a GATE day?
While we ask teachers to try to be thoughtful of the GATE schedule, there are times when a field trip or concert end up on a GATE day. We ask you to use your best judgement. If you have committed to a performance, and others are counting on you, you should most certainly stay and perform. Same with educational field trips.
However, since we only meet once a week, and you basically get a "field trip" once every week, we ask that you consider going to GATE on days your class might be having a "fun" day scheduled since you get to experience fun things every single week in GATE! 😉
But again, we just ask you use your best judgement. You are responsible for your learning, so you need to make the decisions that are best for you.
It is very helpful to let me know you won't be attending GATE as far in advance as possible so I can plan accordingly. 💕
Is there a walking club at Pierce Park?
Is there a walking club at Pierce Park?
We only have Panther Pacers (walking club) on Mondays.
What if I don't know anyone?
What if I don't know anyone?
You will make new friends in GATE! We do lots of fun activities to get to know each other, and you will find that you will quickly look forward to coming to GATE to see your new friends from other schools!
Important Pull-Out GATE Days
Important Pull-Out GATE Days
January
January
1-6- No School
7- First day back after break
8- 10:45 Hall Check Drill
9- 1:15 Lockdown Drill
10- 11:15 Evacuation Drill
20- No School (MLK Jr. Day)
February
February
12- 1:30 Evacuation Drill
17- No School (Presidents' Day)
March
March
10- 10:00 Evacuation Drill
14- No Pull-Out GATE (early release)
17-21- No School (Spring Break)
April
April
10- 1:45 Evacuation Drill
18- No School
May
May
2- 9:00 Evacuation Drill
Last Day of Pull-Out GATE
9- 2nd grade
12- 1st grade
13- 5th grade
14- 4th grade
15- 3rd grade
22- Last Day of BSD School
Appreciated Donated Items
Appreciated Donated Items
Tissues
Quart/Gallon size Baggies
Maker Space Supplies
chenille sticks (pipe cleaners)
pool noodles (dollar store)
duct tape
masking tape
Saran Wrap
misc. notions (beads, small wooden items, ribbon, elastic, buttons, etc.)
Play-doh/modeling clay
empty toilet paper/paper towel rolls
newspapers
*Please see additional items on our Amazon Wish List.*
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