The GATE program serves students in grades 1st - 5th who have been identified as gifted in accordance with the GDOE’s multiple criteria process. All students identified for gifted services will be served using the cluster model. Warren T. Jackson is an International Baccalaureate school and is required to move from the pull-out resource model to the cluster model. All elementary schools in the North Atlanta Cluster are also following this same plan, as they are all IB schools. All general education teachers at Jackson are gifted endorsed.

This supplemental instructional program inspires students to go beyond the common thresholds of learning and feel comfortable doing so. They strive and they achieve, thanks to an innovative program designed by specially certified GATE teachers. The GATE teachers also collaborate with a child’s primary teacher to ensure each student receives ample support to meet expectations in both arenas.

Jackson Elementary serves its gifted students through the Cluster Grouping Model.

The GATE program serves students in grades 1st - 5th who have been identified as gifted in accordance with the GDOE’s multiple criteria process. All students identified for gifted services will be served using the cluster model. The Cluster Grouping Model serves gifted students daily in a homeroom where the teacher is content certified and gifted endorsed. All elementary schools in the North Atlanta Cluster follow the gifted cluster model.  

95% of Jackson Teachers are Gifted Certified, teachers who join our staff and do not have the certification have one year to begin the program. It is our goal to maintain 100% certification. 

Elementary gifted content is enrichment based,  it is not designed to advance or accelerate the core content areas. Enrichment content supplements the on grade level core curriculum. Enrichment instruction is designed to enhance students' academic experience and challenge them academically by extending their experiences in alignment with the level's current standards. It is not a replacement for the core curriculum, but rather an addition to it.