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Mountain Home Public Schools
Gifted and Talented Education Program
(GATE)
Program Overview
GATE Staff
History
Definition of giftedness
Elementary Program
Secondary Program/Advanced Placement/pre-Advanced Classes
Arkansas GovernorÆs School
AEGIS Programs
Odyssey of the Mind




For information contact Steve Bergman: stbergman@mtnhome.k12.ar.us

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To Imagine is Everything,ö Albert Einstein


Mountain Home Public Schools
Gifted and Talented Education Program
(GATE)


Steve Bergman	Karyn Vaughan
Director of Gifted Programs	4^th/5^th grade GATE teacher
stbergman@mtnhome.k12.ar.us	kvaughan@mtnhome.k12.ar.us
B.S. Ed., Northeast Missouri State, 1969	B.S. Ed., SMSU, 1970
M.Ed., University of Missouri-Columbia , 1971	M.Ed. Arkansas State, 1977
Specialist in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Missouri 1971	(Reading)
	M.S. Ed., UALR, 1986
Gifted and Talented Certification, 1986	(Gifted Education)
20 years in Mountain Home Schools	24 years in Mountain Home
15 years in Gifted Education	15 years in Gifted Ed.
25 years educational experience	30 years educ. experience

Christine Storm	Joy Bigham
6^th/7^th grade GATE teacher	2^nd/3^rd GATE teacher
cstorm@mtnhome.k12.ar.us	jbigham@mtnhome.k12.ar.us
B.A., Lyon College, 1994	B.S. Ed., Delta State Univ. 1994
M.S. Ed., Univ. of Central Arkansas, 1998	M. Ed., Univ. of Arkansas 1996
(Gifted Education)	(Gifted Education)
Three years in Mountain Home	One year in Mountain Home
3 years in Gifted Education	4 years in Gifted Education
7 years educational experience	7 years educational experience

ôThere are only two lasting bequests we could hope to leave our children. One of these is roots; the other is wings.ö
Hodding Carter


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gifted and talented:

The Arkansas Department of Education states in its Program Approval Standards for Gifted and Talented Education Programs that:

ôGifted and talented children and youth are those of high potential or ability whose learning characteristics and educational need require qualitatively differentiated educational experiences or services.

Possession of these talents and gifts, or the potential for their development, will be evidenced through an interaction of above average intellectual ability, task commitment and/or motivation, and creative ability.ö

ôGifted means better at, not better than.ö 10^th grade AEGIS participant

ôI reckon thereÆs as much human nature in some folks as there is in others, if not more.ö

Edward Noyes Westcott

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	Serves nearly 300 formally identified gifted students in grades 2-12 and scores of others through various program options
	Offers pre-Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement courses in grade 7-12
	Proffers a modified send out program in mathematics and reading in grades 2-6
	Provides a curriculum that is differentiated in content, process and/or product
	Sponsors the Odyssey of the Mind Program district-wide
	Oversees the nomination and selection process for the Arkansas GovernorÆs School for the Gifted and Talented and AEGIS (Academic Enrichment for the Gifted in Summer) Programs
	Enables students to participate in Math Olympiad, Continental Math League, The Stock Market Game, and academic competitions like Quiz Bowl

Steve Bergman

Karyn Vaughan

Christine Storm

Joy Bigham