Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)

The GATE program at Jean Farb Middle School is delivered through the humanities classes, three hours a day for 6th grade, two hours a day for 7th grade, and two hours a day for 8th grade, each week of the school year.

Students in our GATE classes have been placed in one of two ways:

1. They are either certified GATE and have passed the district’s GATE test or
2. They are high achievers with high scores on standardized tests (above 90 on the Raven, SDRT, SAT-9) and have been recommended by teachers.

GATE students will be required to maintain a grade of "C" or better in all GATE courses or they will be placed on academic probation.

Parents will be notified in two ways that their child is on academic probation: through a report card signifying a D or lower in any GATE class and/or by a letter sent home from the school. The parents, student and teacher will work together to write a Supportive Learning Plan that will identify the intervention strategies each will be responsible for implementing. If the grade is not brought up to at least a “C” by the required report period, that student will be placed into regular education classes.