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Our first parents meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 18 at 7pm in the multi-purpose room of Apple Valley Middle School. The topic will be, "An Overview of the AVUSD GATE Program". We intend to hold 3-4 meetings for all of our parents of GATE students this year.
Our first newsletter will be sent home soon, and we will be posting an archive of them on this site.
To start, here are 3 really useful sites:
• California Association for the Gifted: http://www.cagifted.org/
• Serving the Emotional Needs of the Gifted: http://sengifted.org/
• Hoagies Gifted Education Page: http://sengifted.org/
2008-9 GATE Personnel Listing:
· Assistant Superintendent, Instruction: Trenae Nelson
· Director of Curriculum, Guy Bonanno
· District GATE Coordinator: Lance Arnt
· Crystal Schinhofen, Apple Valley HS
· Lance Arnt, Granite Hills HS
· Connie Goodwin, Apple Valley MS
· Mary Welemin, Vista Campana MS
· Wendy Mortimer, Vanguard Preparatory School
· Alona Daudel, Sitting Bull MS
· Valerie Woodard, Yucca Loma ES
· Frank Cleary, Mariana ES
· Tracey Loenhorst, Rancho Verde ES
· Pat Cleary, Mojave Mesa ES
· Colette Rozhon, Sycamore Rocks ES
· Kristi Croft, Sandia ES
· Lorrie Noss, Rio Vista ES
· Kathy Dombrady, Sitting Bull ES
· Nancy Gaines, Desert Knolls
School site coordinators and school GATE parent representatives will hold meetings on November 20, January 29, February 26, and April 23. All site coordinator meetings are held in the DO board room at 3.30 PM. Parent meetings begin at 5pm
If you have questions or concerns about the program, please contact either your school site coordinator or Lance Arnt, district GATE coordinator, at lance_arnt@avusd.org or at 760 961 2290, ext. 2212. | 
