GATE Program Overview
The goal of the Westlake Charter School’s GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) Program is to provide differentiated learning opportunities during the regular school day for identified students. Differentiation is an effective approach to teaching and learning. It modifies the curriculum content and/or teaching methodologies used with the core curriculum so that students may learn at their own ability levels and at their own pace.
Westlake Charter School offers GATE clusters in grades 2nd -5th in order to create the optimal learning environment for our GATE students. This is a research-based program in which GATE-identified students (generally 2-6 students in primary grades; 2-8 students in upper grades) are grouped together within the mixed-ability classroom. Students who have been identified as Gifted are placed into these cluster classrooms each school year.
Please reference the following documents to get more information about our GATE program and identification process:
GATE Testing Referral Form Parent
GATE Testing Referral Form Teacher