GATE Tips for Parents

School: What to Expect

• Personalized care of each student to encourage optimal growth and achievement
• STEM opportunities EiE ­- Engineering is Elementary
• Cluster classes – offering higher level thinking skills, creativity, advanced learning with rigor
• Technology – effective adaptive learning programs, research, interest­-based projects
• Foreign Language – Learning through Duolingo For Schools
• Educaching­ – integration of higher math, P.E., and community through geocaching
• Field Trips ­- Enhancing curriculum, expanding horizons

Tips for Nurturing Gifted Children

• Check out online resources. So much is available to help you understand and recognize the needs of your gifted child.
• Appreciate gifted learners as children. They need love, guidance, and creative pursuits.
• Be your child’s advocate by working together with teachers.
• Model life­long learning habits.
• Assure your child that being different is okay; appreciate individual differences in others.

Online Resources for Parents of Gifted Children

• www.arizonagifted.org — AAGT ­ Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented
• www.nagc.org — NAGC ­ National Association for Gifted Children
• sengifted.org — SENG ­ Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
• www.hoagiesgifted.org — Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page