Marengo Elementary School is offering a program classroom for Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) identified students in 4th and 5 grades for the 2004-2005 school year. Children who most benefit from this program have been identified through a variety of testing and assessment procedures, including two cognitive abilities tests, CAT6 scores, and input from the child’s parents and teachers. The classes are taught by teachers who have received specialized instruction in the methods of teaching GATE students and in differentiating the curricula in terms of depth and complexity.

A committee of teachers and parents meet periodically with the District GATE Advisory Committee to discuss the school’s GATE program.