Summary
Organization name
Stargate Charter School
1994
Tax id (EIN)
84-1576891
Category
Education
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
14530 Washington StreetThornton, CO 80023
Broomfield County, CO, US
Gifts to Stargate School contribute to the finest educational product supporting the specialized needs of our gifted students-to challenge each student's academic abilities, support their unique emotional needs, promote individual character development and encourage a life-long love of learning.
Testimonials
Our most talented students deserve the best learning environment possible. At Stargate, we've spent more than 25 years building a nurturing and thoughtful educational community for intellectually gifted learners and their families. From kindergarten through twelfth grade, we work to meet students' academic and social-emotional needs and encourage students to share their passions with civility and openness. Our students are taught to think critically, ask questions and view mistakes as an important part of the lifelong learning process.
We hope you'll take the time to learn more about our school, to experience our exciting and diverse community and to see firsthand the students who are actively engaged in this educational journey.
Mission
Stargate School will provide a differentiated program designed specifically to meet the needs of identified intellectually gifted learners in order to challenge each student's academic abilities, support their unique emotional needs, promote individual character development and encourage a life-long love of learning.
Background Statement
Serving Gifted Children Since 1994
Stargate was founded specifically to serve the gifted student population. The term "gifted" refers to learners who have advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity, whose thoughts and feelings are more complex and of greater depth than typical learners, even when compared to high achieving children. Because of the complexity of their thought processes and their emotional intensity and sensitivity, gifted children see or perceive the world differently. They are highly curious and have exceptional reasoning ability, perceptiveness, and insightfulness.
The first organizational meetings were held at the homes of enthusiastic prospective parents who logged hundreds of volunteer hours in preparation for the school's opening on August 29, 1994. The passion to create a differentiated education lay not only with the parents, but the teaching staff who outlined a diverse educational curriculum that would address individualized needs. Together, they created an environment where students were excited about going to school, enthusiastic about what they were learning, and were happy with their newfound peers who became friends. Parents, too, found peers and acceptance for their sometimes eccentric ways. A community was formed. The name, 'Stargate,' was voted on in the first months of school. It comes from "Adams Twelve Five Star Schools" - the school district, which serves five communities - and Gifted And Talented Education.
For more information about Stargate's history, visit our website at: www.stargateschool.org/about-us/history
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Organization Data
Thornton, CO 80023