Stargate Charter School

A nonprofit organization

Gifts to Stargate School contribute to the finest educational product supporting the specialized needs of our gifted students-to challenge each student's academic abilities, support their unique emotional needs, promote individual character development and encourage a life-long love of learning.

Testimonials

Our most talented students deserve the best learning environment possible. At Stargate, we've spent 30 years building a nurturing and thoughtful educational community for intellectually gifted learners and their families. From kindergarten through twelfth grade, we work to meet students' academic and social-emotional needs and encourage students to share their passions with civility and openness. Our students are taught to think critically, ask questions and view mistakes as an important part of the lifelong learning process.

We hope you'll take the time to learn more about our school, to experience our exciting and diverse community and to see firsthand the students who are actively engaged in this educational journey.

Stargate is ranked the #1 Public Elementary,Middle, and High School in Colorado.  

Mission

Stargate School will provide a differentiated program designed specifically to meet the needs of identified intellectually gifted learners in order to challenge each student's academic abilities, support their unique emotional needs, promote individual character development and encourage a life-long love of learning.

Background Statement

Serving Gifted Children Since 1994

Stargate was founded specifically to serve the gifted student population. The term "gifted" refers to learners who have advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity, whose thoughts and feelings are more complex and of greater depth than typical learners, even when compared to high achieving children. Because of the complexity of their thought processes and their emotional intensity and sensitivity, gifted children see or perceive the world differently. They are highly curious and have exceptional reasoning ability, perceptiveness, and insightfulness.

The first organizational meetings were held at the homes of enthusiastic prospective parents who logged hundreds of volunteer hours in preparation for the school's opening on August 29, 1994. The passion to create a differentiated education lay not only with the parents, but the teaching staff who outlined a diverse educational curriculum that would address individualized needs. Together, they created an environment where students were excited about going to school, enthusiastic about what they were learning, and were happy with their newfound peers who became friends. Parents, too, found peers and acceptance for their sometimes eccentric ways. A community was formed. The name, 'Stargate,' was voted on in the first months of school. It comes from "Adams Twelve Five Star Schools" - the school district, which serves five communities - and Gifted And Talented Education.

For more information about Stargate's history, visit our website at: www.stargateschool.org/about-us/history

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Stargate Charter School

Year Established

1994

Tax id (EIN)

84-1576891

Category

Education

Organization Size

Large Organization

Address

14530 Washington Street
Thornton, CO 80023

Service areas

Broomfield County, CO, US

Phone

303-450-3936

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