Each spring, we use a nonverbal ability test to screen all 2nd grade students for GATE services in Gilroy Unified School District. Students who score above a predetermined percentile are identified as GATE..

In the Spring, parents whose children completed the GATE screening the previous year receive the results. We also notify the child’s teacher and principal so they can differentiate instruction appropriately for that child. This process will be suspended until students are allowed to return to the school site.

• All referrals (completed either by teacher or parent) should be submitted to Educational Services.
• GATE testing is only done in the Fall and Spring windows and any referrals outside of this window will be held for the next testing window.
• A minimum of two years must have elapsed between initial screening and re-screening.

• Hoagies' Gifted
• National Association for Gifted Children
• Socratic Seminar
• Emotional Needs of GATE students-SENG
• Johns Hopkins: Center for Gifted Youth

California Association for the Gifted (An advocacy group of parents and educators which provides information and publications addressing issues of gifted.) 

Center for Talented Youth (CTY) (Offers academic opportunities, research, information, dissemination, consultation with educational organizations, public policy initiatives, and diagnostic and counseling services.) 

SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted)   
(A group that brings attention to the social and emotional needs of the gifted for both children and adults. They provide information, research and support groups.)

The Depth and Complexity framework focuses on teaching strategies on how to think and apply knowledge to real-world experiences. It was developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan, a professor from the University of Southern California’s School of Clinical Education, who is internationally renowned for her research, publications, and training related to differentiated curriculum and gifted education.

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• The Tech Challenge at home
• Exploratorium
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Lyceum
• Destination Imagination
• Academic Decathlon
• Math Challenge
• Lawrence Hall of Science UC Berkeley
• California Future Problem Solving
• ExploraVision
• FIRST LEGO League 
• West Valley College for Kids 
• Renzulli Learning