Hello! 

I am Nicholas Gale and I am your child’s Advocacy Teacher/ Advocate. Advocacy is more than a Homeroom. Advocacy classes are first and foremost a time for students to build supportive relationships with their peers and with an adult they can trust. It is a time for everyone to feel recognized and welcomed into the school community. As your child’s Advocate, I will be your primary point of communication, and I am committed to advocating for your child this year. 

I will be starting my 6^th year here at Westgate. I am excited to teach 3^rd and 4^th grade this year! I graduated from Metropolitan State University with my Bachelor's in Biology with Elementary Licensure. I knew teaching was for me when I taught at the Denver Zoo for a couple of summers educating young scientists about the environment and animals around the world.  

When I am not in the classroom, I can be found rock climbing, fishing, camping, traveling, playing Dungeons and Dragons or meditating! 

I have subscribed you to my Advocacy page and my classroom pages, so you will receive updates to your email automatically. I will be posting an Advocacy update monthly and posting to my academic classes weekly.  Please follow this link for weekly updates, academic information, upcoming events, and other information.   

This quarter, your child will have Music with Mr. Hopson. You are not pre-subscribed to his Edlio page, so please go to Mr. Hopson’s page and subscribe!” 

This month, our August Advocacy theme is RISE!  

At Westgate, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a part of our Whole Child Education program. PBIS is a system in which students, staff, and community create a set of school-wide behavioral expectations/ core values, we teach those expectations in all of our various environments, and then we CELEBRATE when we see students doing those things! At Westgate, we RISE (Respect, Integrity, Safety, Empathy).