All fifth grade students will now be able to participate in KRAM as a result of this grant. Academically Gifted Students Students who have been identified as academically gifted attend Gateway classes daily. Fourth and fifth grade gifted students work one year above grade level with enrichment in language arts. Kindergarten through third grade gifted students attend Gateway for acceleration and enrichment. Each student has their own computer to use in the Gateway class.
Expository writing is stressed.
This year students are comparing and contrasting Shreveport with three other metropolitan areas of similar size in different regions of the United States. Gateway students run the Riverside Elementary School Store. This year they have earned money to upgrade a library computer to a pentium and to install CDRom players and sound cards in two other computers. Also, Gateway students are writing this Internet home page information. This year our Discoveries teacher's emphasis is on Ancient Egypt.