All of us at Gateway are back from the holiday break and jumping into second semester. Last week, Gateway’s nearly 500 high schoolers split up into 25 different week-long projects of their choice for Project Week, our annual intersession between semesters. From cooking to kayaking, museum visiting and knitting, they explored one topic in depth for the entire week. 

Gateway High School was among 28 Bay Area schools awarded grant funding through the KNBR Step-up to the Plate for Education grant, funded by Wells Fargo Bank. Through an open community nomination process, the grant program disbursed a total of $100,000 to support athletics, arts, STEAM and community-based programs. Gateway was awarded $3,500 to support our athletic program, open to every high school student with no fees or costs associated with uniforms/jerseys. READ MORE >

Over twenty students from Gateway Middle School’s Creative Writing Club recently headed to 826 Valencia’s Tenderloin Center to create a podcast from scratch with the help of volunteer tutors and a staff facilitator. As part of 826 Valencia’s Message in a Bottle Podcasting Program, Gateway students were led through a full day writing workshop where they brainstormed, modeled, drafted, revised, and recorded their personal poems. READ MORE >

Gateway High School's entire student body recently participated in Project Week, an exciting intersession program in which students step out of the day-to-day classroom routine and choose one of over 25 different courses to participate in for the duration of the week, spanning roughly thirty hours of instructional time. READ MORE >

At Gateway, we are making the dream of college a reality for all of our students. Year after year, nearly 100% of our students are college bound, with 40% of these students being first generation college bound. We sat down with Jenna Marx, one of Gateway’s two full-time college counselors, to find out exactly how Gateway’s unique College Counseling Program supports the college application and matriculation process. READ MORE >

On Saturday, February 9 from 9:00 AM - 1:15 PM we are hosting Gateway Impact's Inaugural Powerful Learners Mini-Conference for teachers, tutors, and professionals who serve youth to connect and collaborate with other educators around tools and practices to help students become powerful learners. The morning will include free professional development, camaraderie and food. READ MORE >

Join us on Tuesday, January 29 from 9:15 - 11:00 AM for Conversations for Impact: 20 Years of Supporting Educators, to see how we're working to address what it takes to keep teachers in the profession and supporting high quality teaching. Our teachers and administrators will share their personal experiences and answer questions about how they’re supported at Gateway and what schools can do to make teaching exciting and sustainable. RSVP > 

As part of their National Board Certification, Gateway Middle School Humanities Teachers, Elizabeth Colen and Lucy Hilarides, created a tool to help students read, understand, and analyze complex texts deeper. The Layered Reading Approach is used in Gateway Middle School’s 8th grade humanities classes to examine difficult texts and instills a sense of ownership among students for their learning and reading comprehension. READ MORE >

In a recently posted blog on Conversations, Suzanne Herko, Gateway Middle School teacher and Gateway Public Schools Student Agency Coordinator, talks about how to start integrating student agency into classrooms and shares best practices and resources to help students become more self-aware and grow in their skills as learners. READ MORE > 

Join us on Saturday, March 9 from 6:00 - 10:00 PM for the Great Gateway Gathering, an annual celebration and fundraiser to directly support the students and teachers of Gateway Middle and High schools. Parents/guardians of Gateway’s students and Gateway’s faculty/staff are invited to join the party for an evening of delicious food, open bar, and - special this year - game night! This is a 21+ event. PURCHASE TICKETS >