GATE

There are two aspects to the Adams Middle School GATE program.  One is focused at the district level, and the other is at the site level.  Please feel free to contact Mr. Fujinaga with any questions.  For questions about qualification, please see the bottom of this page.

BUSD GATE Program (open only to BUSD GATE qualified students) 

• Run by District Coordinator - Mrs. Ranger
• Enrichment and social opportunities between the GATE middle school students throughout our district.  
  • GATE Middle School Enrichment Class at a common district site on Wednesday afternoons (information will be available in late September)
  • Annual Social/Mixer Activity.
  • Field Trips will either be offered through the district or individual site

Adams Middle School GATE program (mostly open to all students)

• Quarterly Enrichment classes
  • Quarterly link is found in the Morning Announcements 
• Odyssey of the Mind
  • Parent run
• CJSF
  • Open to qualifying 7th and 8th grade students
• 1-2 Field Trips per year (Priority is given to qualified GATE students but additional students may be invited if room allows)
  • Fall is usually a College visit
  • Spring is someplace fun (i.e. The Exploratorium, San Jose Tech, Museums)

Qualification

Qualification for the GATE program in the Brentwood Unified School District is by the district administered CogAT only. All BUSD students were screened in the spring of third grade. If you are new to the district, please contact the GATE Program Coordinator at your child's school by email to have your child placed on the testing list to receive the CogAT screener. The screener is administered in the spring each year and takes approximately one hour to complete. Students scoring at the 90th percentile or higher will be invited back to complete the full battery of tests which lasts approximately 2 1/2 hours. Students scoring in the 97th percentile or higher will qualify for BUSD's GATE program. The CogAT is administered in the fall and spring each year. Students completing the test within 24 months may be retested.