Saddleback Valley Unified School District

Saddleback Mountains overlooking RSM Lake

Gifted and Talented Program (GATE)

SVUSD Gate logo: Explore, Expand, Excel

 

 

 

Saddleback Valley Unified School District provides our gifted students opportunities to eXplore, eXpand, and eXcel to maximize their potential.

Key Features of Gifted Instruction

Identification Process

2nd Grade

Recommendation based upon multiple classroom measures
 
Qualifying Cognitive Ability score
> 95th Percentile 
or
93rd Percentile
with Multiple Measures

3rd Grade

Test All Students

  

 
Qualifying Cognitive Ability score
> 95th Percentile 
or
93rd Percentile
with Multiple Measures

4th Grade

New to District &
Recommendation based upon multiple classroom measures
Qualifying Cognitive Ability score
> 95th Percentile 
or
93rd Percentile
with Multiple Measures

SVUSD no longer accepts the results of private testing for gifted identification. Private psychological testing will not be accepted for any reason.

GATE Office Contacts

Dr. Lindsey Gatfield, GATE Coordinator

(949) 580-3348

Marie Ferguson, Secretary

fergusonm@svusd.org

(949) 580-3348