Dana Middle School

Dana GATE Department

Definition:

The Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program supports unique opportunities for high-achieving and underachieving pupils who are identified as gifted and talented. By state definition, gifted students are pupils who possess a capacity for excellence far beyond that of their chronological peers. This capacity includes many and varied characteristics that require modifications of curriculum and instruction. These modifications form the basis of gifted and talented educational services.

Programs:

Dana hosts two GATE programs: GATE Cluster and GATE Seminar. For more information on each of these programs, please click on the appropriate webpage to the right.

Enrichment Elective Programs:

Dana offers a multitude of elective classes for all students including ASB, Band, Book O’Rama, Exploring Computers, Journalism, Musical Theatre, Discovery Science, Spanish, Drama, and more. Please follow this link for more information about our elective programs.

Parent Resources:

Dana’s GATE Team Leaders and parent DAC Representative host 2 meetings a year for parents. Relevant topics have included: Learning Styles, Social Emotional needs, Differentiation, etc. Parents can also find links and updates for district DAC meetings and other special events (such as the Distinguished Lecture Series) on the Dana website and in Dana eblasts.

GATE Team Leader:

Tara Barber      tbarber@sandi.net