Gateway Educational Center is more flexible and students can coordinate schooling with a work schedule or other responsibilities. The instructional program will focus on core classes. Classes will be organized into blocks allowing students to earn a full-year credit in a core class in one semester. Career development and positive self-esteem recognition will be part of the curriculum through the use of guest speakers, field trips, team activities, and community service. A. Students can take up to four and a half blocks of core classes a day.
Credit is transferred to the home high school and students graduate from their home high school.
The cost for each student is paid by the student's home school district. This group of students was making a lunar module during a unit focusing on problem-solving facing the astronauts in Apollo 13 . Job shadowing is a special activity at Gateway which focuses on school to work transition. This student spent the day learning about the reality of a mechanic's work day. Earning a diploma is the major goal of students while they attend Gateway.