January 30, 2020
GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION (GATE) PRE-KINDERGARTEN PRE-SCREENING APPLICATIONS
The Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Project will begin accepting pre-screening applications for GATE pre-kindergarten next week. Children who are four years of age by July 31, 2020 are eligible for pre-screening.
Families interested in the GATE pre-kindergarten program may pick up pre-screening applications from the GATE office beginning February 3, 2020. The GATE office is located in room 313 at the Guam Department of Education headquarters located at 501 Mariner Avenue, Barrigada, Guam. Interested families may also download the application at www.sites.google.com/gdoe.
To complete testing, children must first be able to separate from parents. Children will then undergo a visual-motor integration test, vocabulary test, and a visual-closure test. Children must achieve a score of at least 130 on any one of these tests or a total of 350 in order to qualify for the program.
GATE pre-kindergarten is designed for gifted four-year-old children, and provides a balance between acceleration and enrichment activities that meet students’ physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs. The well-rounded program aims to provide a background of experiences that will help students become eager and effective learners.
The GATE pre-kindergarten program is currently offered through nine programs at seven school sites including Machananao Elementary School, Astumbo Elementary School, M.U. Lujan Elementary School, Carbullido Elementary School, Harry S. Truman Elementary School, and two programs each at Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School and Captain H.B. Price Elementary School.
For more information, call the GATE office at 300-3687/1247. The GATE Project is administered by the Guam Department of Education Federal Programs Division & funded by the U.S. Department of Education Consolidated Grant to the Outlying Areas.