School for Advanced Studies

Overview:

Schools for Advanced Studies demonstration sites receive the SAS designation for their exemplary Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) implementation. The Schools for Advanced Studies designation, initially implemented in the 1998-1999 school year, was created to acknowledge exemplary school models of innovative, equitable, and effective GATE practices districtwide.

By providing high-quality differentiated instruction with an emphasis on,

depth
complexity
acceleration
novelty

SAS sites offer high-level academic opportunities that meet the unique educational needs of K-12 gifted learners, identified in the Intellectual Ability, High Achievement Ability, Specific Academic Ability, Creative Ability, and Leadership Ability categories or verified based on critical thinking/achievement.

The SAS model, which is in alignment with the California Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Program Resource Guide and the State Board of Education Recommended Standards for Programs for Gifted and Talented Students, explicitly supports the District's goal to ensure equitable GATE participation for underrepresented students.

Transportation services are not provided for SAS.

Please contact the counselors at Johnnie L. Cochran to have your student enrolled in the SAS program.