Santa Barbara Junior High School

blue sphere SBJHS  GATE Academy

The GATE Academy at Santa Barbara Junior High is an interdisciplinary team approach to providing a rigorous, standards-based academic program. GATE Academy students will share four common teachers and be exposed to a common curriculum, regardless of their class schedule. Using this model, GATE students will benefit from GATE Academy teacher articulation across subject matters, and from one grade level to another.

The GATE Academy is staffed by eight outstanding and experienced teachers who specialize in meeting the needs of GATE students. This team meets regularly to align their assignments, projects, and tests, and to develop interdisciplinary units. They also continue their professional development in differentiating the curriculum using depth, complexity, acceleration, and novelty. Please feel free to contact the GATE Academy instructional team members with any questions you might have.

7th Grade GATE Team

glenn
robertson
croshaw
simmons

Math

Kathleen Glenn

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English

Sandy Robertson

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Science

Mark Croshaw

History

 Elise Simmons

8th Grade GATE Team

laks
shelton
garza
borden

Math 

Brianna Laks

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English

Science

History

Leo Borden

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