At the elementary school level, SCUSD offers two GATE models: 

• GATE School-Wide Cluster Model Services - Students identified to receive GATE services are clustered in a classroom with other students requiring GATE services at their own school. That classroom is taught by a teacher who has completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate.
• GATE Neighborhood Model Services - Students identified for GATE services are supported through in-class differentiated learning strategies at their own school site in a general education classroom taught by a teacher who has completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate. 
• GATE Cohort Model Services – Students identified for GATE services come from surrounding schools which do not offer GATE supports to form a self-contained GATE services classroom. GATE classes in these Cohort schools are composed of predominately GATE identified students and the cohort of students remains together from grades 2-6. They are taught by a teacher who has completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate. 

Click on the links below to see more information about the two models and schools participating. 

SCUSD GATE Cohort Model Services

District GATE Cohort classes serve gifted students from surrounding schools, as well as their own students. GATE classes in GATE Centers are composed of predominately GATE identified students. These classes are taught by teachers who have completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate.

The following schools have GATE Centers:

• Isador Cohen - Serves students requiring GATE services in Grades 2-6 through a multi-age model. Students have only 3 teachers from grades 2-6.  
• Phoebe Hearst - Serves students requiring GATE services in Grades 2-6. Wait Lists are common at this school site. 
• Pony Express - Serves students requiring GATE services in Grades 2-6.                 
• Sutterville - Serves students requiring GATE services in Grades 2-6. Wait Lists are common at this school site.   

GATE School-Wide Cluster Model Services

Cluster Model Programs serve gifted students from their own school. Gifted students are clustered with other GATE students in a general education classroom. GATE classes are taught by teachers who have completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate.

The following schools utilize Cluster Grouping:

• Camellia Basic (Grades 2-6)
• David Lubin (Grades 2-6)
• Elder Creek (Grades 4-6)
• Golden Empire (Grades 2-6)
• John Bidwell (Grades 2-6)
• Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School (Grades 2-6) 
• Matsuyama (Grades 2-6) 
• Theodore Judah (Grades 2-6)
• William Land (Grade 2-6)

GATE Neighborhood Model Services

Students identified for GATE services are supported through in-class differentiated learning strategies at their own school site in a general education classroom taught by a teacher who has completed their SCUSD GATE Certificate. 

The following schools utilize this model:

• Hollywood Park (Grades 2-6)
• Tahoe (grades 2-6)