Gateway College Preparatory School

While summer may have started, we are still celebrating our victories! Math Pentathlon is a cooperative, volunteer based club where kids engage in interactive math games that help develop problem-solving skills along with math fluency, spatial concepts, computational concepts, and logical reasoning.

These students practiced all year and competed against hundreds of schools in Texas and thousands of students. Since most of our students medaled last year in competition, they had to compete in a higher bracket with other medaled students (The best of the best). Our school and one other Austin school were the ONLY TWO schools in the ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS to receive a gold medal! Last year we received a silver medal, so we did better this year than last.

Congratulate all the students who participated and the amazing Parent Volunteer Coaches for all their hard work and dedication to our Gateway students. Go Gators!

Friday night, we celebrated our largest senior class in our history! If you missed out, check out our top students with their farewell address...Salutatorian: https://youtu.be/p_CGwv_F5yQ Valedictorian: https://youtu.be/auQ9R7cJJfQ

2026 Salutatorian Address at Gateway College Preparatory School Evan Kostusiak began is schooling in Kindergarten at Gateway Colleg...

One is a whiz kid. The other a world class athlete. Both are awesome! See you tonight.

It's been a long day...and a long week. But a short year! We're at the end. Grateful for our Kinder through 12th grade campus!

Mr. Steven Ross is the 2026 Orenda Secondary Teacher of the Year!
Steven is completing his seventh year with Orenda as a high school math and computer science teacher. The Head of High School, Colby Blackwell, had this to say: “Mr. Ross engages all students in meaningful and rigorous learning experiences designed to promote high levels of achievement and academic growth. He utilizes a variety of instructional strategies, including AVID strategies and Fundamental Five practices, to ensure lessons are engaging, structured, and accessible to all learners. Mr. Ross creates a classroom environment that encourages critical thinking, collaboration, and active participation, while maintaining high expectations for student success. Mr. Ross also works collaboratively with colleagues by sharing ideas, supporting campus initiatives, and contributing positively to team and departmental goals. Additionally, he maintains open and professional communication with families, ensuring they are informed and involved in supporting student growth and achievement.”

In addition to his teaching duties, Steven is “Mr. Robotics”, serving as a UIL coach and sponsor of High School Gateway Robotics, taking his team to state two years in a row. Great Job, Gator!

Gateway Families: Power continues to be out at our campus. School has been canceled for today, Wednesday, May 20. We will see you back tomorrow!

Teenagers don't want to take advice from their parents, am I right? So we asked six year-olds to dish out some wisdom.

Class of 2038 Offers Advice to the Class of 2026 Gateway College Prep School celebrates their largest graduating class in 2026. This year, we asked some of the Class of 2038 to give some advice to the soon-...

We are incredibly proud to announce that Tanish Kanike brought home a medal by securing a Top 20 spot in the National Middle School Chess Championship! (And he is only in the fourth grade!)
Great Job, Tanish!